The first portent
After the "Last Supper" parody, sponsors began to withdraw their adverts from the Olympics. The first to do so was the American telecommunications company C Spire, which provides wireless internet access and is ranked sixth among the largest internet service providers in the United States.
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After the "Last Supper" parody, sponsors began to withdraw their adverts from the Olympics. The first to do so was the American telecommunications company C Spire, which provides wireless internet access and is ranked sixth among the largest internet service providers in the United States.
"We were shocked by the mockery of the Last Supper during the opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics. C Spire will be pulling our advertising from the Olympics," the company posted on its X account.
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Peu! Olympic Triathlon training cancelled over poor water quality in the Seine
Still reeling from Friday night’s freak show of an Olympic opening ceremony featuring drag performers parodying the Last Supper, the Games’ organizers are facing a new problem: unsatisfactory water quality in the Seine River for Olympic events.
Organizers canceled a triathlon training session Sunday after testing determined that the water was simply too polluted for Olympians to train safety, with a “joint decision” made to scrap the swimming leg of the triathlon orientation.
Organizers say pollution levels increased due to recent heavy rains, but expressed ‘confidence’ that water quality would get back to safe levels by the time the triathlon competition kicks off July 30. If not, the entire event may be postponed.
Water quality in the Seine River has been a concern for months ahead of the Games, with authorities spending 1.4 billion euros to try to address high levels of toxic sewage, rat infestations, and high E.coli bacteria levels.
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Still reeling from Friday night’s freak show of an Olympic opening ceremony featuring drag performers parodying the Last Supper, the Games’ organizers are facing a new problem: unsatisfactory water quality in the Seine River for Olympic events.
Organizers canceled a triathlon training session Sunday after testing determined that the water was simply too polluted for Olympians to train safety, with a “joint decision” made to scrap the swimming leg of the triathlon orientation.
Organizers say pollution levels increased due to recent heavy rains, but expressed ‘confidence’ that water quality would get back to safe levels by the time the triathlon competition kicks off July 30. If not, the entire event may be postponed.
Water quality in the Seine River has been a concern for months ahead of the Games, with authorities spending 1.4 billion euros to try to address high levels of toxic sewage, rat infestations, and high E.coli bacteria levels.
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Protesters gathered to oppose the construction of a high-speed railway in the Italian region of Piedmont. Police officers used tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators.
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The Syrian port of Tartus hosted a parade of warships and support vessels from the Russian Navy's permanent operational formation in the Mediterranean Sea, as Russia celebrates Navy Day.
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Olympic transport chaos in Paris
The transport system at the Olympic Games in Paris is still not up to scratch. Videos have been shared on social media showing how members of the Greek water polo team had to get off the bus and move cars that were parked in a dangerous position blocking their way.
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The transport system at the Olympic Games in Paris is still not up to scratch. Videos have been shared on social media showing how members of the Greek water polo team had to get off the bus and move cars that were parked in a dangerous position blocking their way.
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Polling stations officially opened in Venezuela on Sunday for a presidential election that will shape the nation's political trajectory for the next six years.
Voting is taking place from 6 a.m. (10:00 GMT) to 6 p.m. local time, with the possibility of extended hours based on voter turnout.
The National Electoral Council is expected to announce the initial official results late Monday night once the counting trend becomes irreversible. Candidates need a simple majority of the votes to win.
Incumbent President Nicolas Maduro was among the first to cast his ballot in the presidential election. He arrived at the Simon Rodriguez ecological school polling station in Caracas shortly after it opened, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
This year's election day coincides with the birthday of former President Hugo Chavez. Maduro's supporters, following Chavismo, are expected to back him for continued economic recovery despite sanctions. Meanwhile, the opposition seeks to return to a liberal market system, hoping for US support in the event of a victory.
The president-elect will assume office on January 10, 2025 and serve a six-year term.
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The Lebanese Hezbollah movement reported that it attacked the positions of the Israeli army in border settlements.
Earlier on Sunday, the movement also said that positions and concentration points of Israeli forces in the settlement of Manara were attacked."The targets were hit by direct strikes and burned down along with those who were in them," the press statement said.
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Earlier on Sunday, the movement also said that positions and concentration points of Israeli forces in the settlement of Manara were attacked."The targets were hit by direct strikes and burned down along with those who were in them," the press statement said.
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A letter containing plague bacteria was sent to the French Interior Ministry, and addressed to the head of the department Gerald Darmanin, Le Parisien reports. According to the newspaper, the letter did not reach the ministry: it was intercepted at a post office sorting center.
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Golan Heights incident is escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah Blame for Saturday’s rocket attack on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, which reportedly killed 12 and injured 30, was pinned by Tel Aviv on Lebanon’s Shiite Hezbollah movement,…
Information about the evacuation of facilities of the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah from the south and east of Lebanon in anticipation of a possible Israeli operation following the shelling of the Golan Heights is "rumors," a Lebanese source authorized to comment on the issue told Sputnik on Sunday.
"The situation at the front with Israel has not changed, there is no evacuation of Hezbollah positions, as they say. Such conversations are conducted as an element of psychological warfare and are rumors," the source said.
Previously two security sources told Reuters Hezbollah was on high alert and had preemptively cleared out some key sites in both Lebanon's south and the eastern Bekaa Valley in the event of a possible Israeli attack.
Meanwhile Israeli Ynet reports that Israel is not planning a full-scale war with Lebanon after the shelling of the Golan Heights, the Israeli portal Ynet writes, quoting a number of high-ranking officials. It claimed the intensity of the fighting with Hezbollah would only increase for a few days.
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The consecration ceremony of the New Chersonesos Museum and temple complex took place in Sevastopol
12 bishops and more than 100 other clergymen marched in a procession from the Museum of Christianity to St. Vladimir's Cathedral in the Tauride Chersonesos, consecrating the main objects of the museum and temple complex: museums of Christianity, Antiquity and Byzantium, Crimea and Novorossiya, the temple park, the Griffin Arena amphitheater and the reconstructed Byzantine Quarter.
After the procession, the opening of the monument to the Holy Prince Vladimir, equal to the Apostles, took place. The monument is installed near St. Vladimir's Cathedral, which was opened after restoration.
The New Chersonesos was built with unprecedented speed — in just a year and eight months.
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12 bishops and more than 100 other clergymen marched in a procession from the Museum of Christianity to St. Vladimir's Cathedral in the Tauride Chersonesos, consecrating the main objects of the museum and temple complex: museums of Christianity, Antiquity and Byzantium, Crimea and Novorossiya, the temple park, the Griffin Arena amphitheater and the reconstructed Byzantine Quarter.
After the procession, the opening of the monument to the Holy Prince Vladimir, equal to the Apostles, took place. The monument is installed near St. Vladimir's Cathedral, which was opened after restoration.
The New Chersonesos was built with unprecedented speed — in just a year and eight months.
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