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The SBU said defense officials signed a contract for 100,000 mortar shells in August 2022, but no arms were ever provided. — curtesy RFE
Ukraine says it has uncovered major arms corruption
KYIV — Ukraine's security service says it has uncovered corruption in an arms purchase by the military worth about $40m (£31m).The SBU said five senior people in the Defense Ministry and at an arms supplier were being investigated.It said the defense officials signed a contract for 100,000 mortar shells in August 2022.Payment was made in advance, with some funds transferred abroad, but no arms were ever provided.Corruption has been a major stumbling block in Ukraine's bid to join the European Union.The SBU said an investigation had "exposed" officials of the Ministry of Defense and managers of arms supplier Lviv Arsenal, "who stole nearly 1.5 billion hryvnias in the purchase of shells"."According to the investigation, former and current high-ranking...
January 28, 2024

Ukraine says it has uncovered major arms corruption

King Charles III
King Charles in London hospital for prostate procedure
LONDON — Britain’s King Charles III was admitted to a London hospital on Friday morning for a corrective procedure for an enlarged prostate.Buckingham Palace said in a statement that the 75-year-old monarch had arrived at the facility for his “scheduled treatment.”“His Majesty would like to thank all those who have sent their good wishes over the past week and is delighted to learn that his diagnosis is having a positive impact on public health awareness,” it added.The palace revealed on January 17 that the king was set to undergo treatment “in common with thousands of men each year” and that his condition was “benign.”Charles arrived at The London Clinic, a private healthcare facility near Regent’s Park, accompanied by his wife, Queen Camilla, the UK’s PA Media...
January 26, 2024

King Charles in London hospital for prostate procedure

Alexander Lukashenko, pictured here in November 2023, has been the President of Belarus since 1994
Belarus arrests families of political prisoners in fresh crackdown
MINSK — Belarus has conducted mass raids, interrogations and arrests of dozens of friends and relatives of political prisoners, a Belarusian human rights group said, in the regime’s latest crackdown on dissent.At least 159 people were persecuted across the country on Tuesday in a “massive security raid” carried out by the Belarusian State Security Committee, referred to as the Belarusian KGB, according to Viasna Human Rights Center.The Belarusian KGB reportedly came to the homes and workplaces of the friends and family of political prisoners, interrogating around 100 people and arresting at least 26 others. Many said they were forced to sign non-disclosure agreements, Viasna said, adding some detainees’ phones were inspected before being returned with monitoring software...
January 25, 2024

Belarus arrests families of political prisoners in fresh crackdown

Luis Rubiales resigned as Spain's football federation president following the incident
Spain's Luis Rubiales faces trial over Hermoso World Cup kiss
MADRID — A Spanish judge has proposed that former football federation president Luis Rubiales should stand trial over the women's World Cup kiss involving captain Jenni Hermoso.Rubiales grabbed Ms Hermoso's head and kissed her during the presentation after Spain's victory in Australia.She said the kiss was "not consensual", a statement denied by Rubiales.A judge has found there is enough evidence for the matter to proceed to trial.During a hearing in Madrid, the judge described the kiss as "not consensual and... a unilateral and surprising initiative", according to a statement from the court cited by the Reuters news agency.Prosecutors previously charged Mr Rubiales with sexual assault and coercion.Penalties for such a kiss range from a fine to four years...
January 25, 2024

Spain's Luis Rubiales faces trial over Hermoso World Cup kiss

Vladlen Tatarsky
Russian woman jailed for 27 years for St Petersburg cafe bomb killing
MOSCOW — Russian woman Darya Trepova has been sentenced to 27 years in jail for the killing of pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky last April.Tatarsky was killed by a bomb in a statuette Trepova gave him, as he was about to give a talk in St Petersburg. Dozens were injured in the blast.Trepova, 26, denied the charges, saying she thought the statuette contained a listening device.She said she had acted on the orders of a Ukrainian contact, and was set up.The sentence is one of the harshest imposed on a woman in Russia's history.The attack on Tatarsky, 40, (real name Maxim Fomin) happened on 2 April, 2023.Trepova was charged with "a terrorist act carried out by an organized group causing intentional death" and the "illegal possession of explosive devices by an organized...
January 25, 2024

Russian woman jailed for 27 years for St Petersburg cafe bomb killing

Berlin’s culture senator Joe Chialo
Berlin scraps 'anti-discrimination' clause after backlash from cultural world
BERLIN — After several weeks of protest from figures in the arts and entertainment industry, the Berlin Senate has scrapped the controversial “anti-discrimination clause” for arts funding.The clause was introduced in December 2023 and required recipients of government arts funding to renounce “any form of antisemitism according to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s [IHRA] definition of antisemitism”, and declare that they were in favor of a “diverse society”.The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism cites examples including “drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis” and “denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State...
January 25, 2024

Berlin scraps 'anti-discrimination' clause after backlash from cultural world

More than 170 items - including jewellery, watches, cash and weapons - were found during the arrests, police say
Spain police bust gang of alleged ex-military robbers
MADRID — Spanish police say they have busted a gang of ex-military men from Eastern Europe who allegedly robbed luxury homes in the southern Málaga province.Six people were arrested on Wednesday, including the alleged ringleader from Albania. A stash of jewelry, watches, cash and weapons was found.The gang is alleged to have carried out 71 thefts from luxury homes and businesses mostly in Marbella.Police say the suspects were "highly skilled" in robberies and break-ins."With their knowledge of military techniques, they used strict personal security and counter-surveillance measures while moving around on foot or in vehicles, changing direction or making unexpected stops," a police statement alleges."They were also trained to access any type of property,...
January 25, 2024

Spain police bust gang of alleged ex-military robbers

Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a media briefing on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at United Nations Headquarters
Russia accuses Ukraine of downing plane, calls for UN Security Council meeting
NEW YORK — The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday afternoon at the request of Moscow, which has accused Kyiv of shooting down a Russian military transport plane near the border with Ukraine on Wednesday.The Russian military said its radar registered the launch of two missiles from Ukraine’s Kharkiv region which borders the Belgorod region. The ministry did not provide evidence for its claim and Ukraine has said it was looking into it but did not immediately provide any information. Instead, it cautioned against sharing “unverified information.”.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia wanted to discuss the circumstances of a plane crash and said the full facts were still being verified:“Ukrainian prisoners of war were...
January 25, 2024

Russia accuses Ukraine of downing plane, calls for UN Security Council meeting

The plane was seen going down near the village of Yablonovo in Belgorod region
Russia risked lives in downed plane, Zelensky says
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of "playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners", after a deadly plane crash in western Russia.He demanded an international inquiry after Wednesday's crash in the Belgorod region near Ukraine's border.Russia said there were no survivors after Kyiv had downed the Il-76 plane with 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six Russian crew and three escorts.Moscow claimed the Ukrainians were being flown for a prisoner exchange.Ukraine's military intelligence said it had not been told to ensure safe airspace, as on previous occasions.In his video address late on Wednesday, President Zelensky said it was "obvious that the Russians are playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners, with the feelings of their...
January 25, 2024

Russia risked lives in downed plane, Zelensky says

Protesters wearing masks which say, 'We don't need an Adani Port', sit in a village market in Tamil Nadu
Indian villagers taking on a billionaire's port plan
CHENNAI — Thousands of villagers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are fighting a proposal to expand a port owned by billionaire Gautam Adani, one of the world's richest men.The villagers, most of whom make a living through fishing, say the port expansion in Kattupalli — a small village located in Tiruvallur district along the Bay of Bengal coast — would submerge their lands and wreak havoc on their livelihoods. Adani Ports denies this.The 330-acre multi-purpose port — originally built by Indian conglomerate Larson & Toubro (L&T) — was acquired by Adani Ports in 2018.The company later proposed to expand it more than 18-fold to an area of 6,110 acres by claiming portions of land along the coast.According to the company's master plan, the expansion would increase...
January 24, 2024

Indian villagers taking on a billionaire's port plan

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