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Marianna Budanova has a masters degree in psychology and worked several years ago as an adviser to the Kyiv mayor. — courtesy YouTube
Ukraine spy chief’s wife poisoned, says Kyiv
KYIV — The wife of Ukraine’s spy chief Lt. Gen Kyrylo Budanov, Marianna Budanova, has been poisoned with heavy metals, a spokesman for the country’s military intelligence has told BBC Ukrainian.Andriy Yusov said several other agency employees also had mild symptoms of poisoning. He did not specify how many.Reports in Ukrainian media did not say whether or not Russia was thought to be behind the alleged attack.There were no suggestions that Gen. Budanov may also have been targeted.The general, who leads the Main Directorate of Intelligence (DIU) of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, has played a key role in planning and sometimes executing major military operations against Russian forces, following Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.A Ukrainian intelligence source earlier told...
November 28, 2023

Ukraine spy chief’s wife poisoned, says Kyiv

Abdullahi Mire (far right) is supporting education initiatives in Dadaab refugee complex in northeastern Kenya. — courtesy UNSOM
Somali-born champion of refugee education wins top UNHCR award
NAIROBI — A former child refugee born in Somalia, who dedicated himself to changing lives through education, has been named as this year’s winner of the prestigious UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award.Abdullahi Mire grew up in the sprawling Dadaab refugee complex in northeastern Kenya with its population today of more than 240,000 registered refugees, mostly from Somalia.The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) coordinates operations there together with partners, relying also on the support of the Kenyan government and host communities.The majority of the population, around 56 percent according to 2020 figures, are children.At that point there were over 60,000 students enrolled up to secondary school level, but despite that, the demand for teachers, supplies and classroom space, has long outstripped...
November 28, 2023

Somali-born champion of refugee education wins top UNHCR award

Omid Scobie's book takes aim at the 'antiquated ideas' of the Royal Family
Omid Scobie book Endgame promises to detail turmoil in UK royal family
LONDON — A controversial book about the Royal Family is expected to pour more fuel on to claims of tensions between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the Prince and Princess of Wales.Omid Scobie's Endgame, published on Tuesday, promises to "pull back the curtain on an institution in turmoil".The book criticises King Charles III as an "unpopular king" and Prince William as a "power-hungry heir to the throne".Buckingham and Kensington Palace are not commenting on the book.Previously seen as close to the duchess, Scobie has said he did not interview Meghan for the book and "the Sussexes have nothing to do with" this publication.The duke and duchess's representatives have not commented on the book's claims of palace intrigue and briefings,...
November 28, 2023

Omid Scobie book Endgame promises to detail turmoil in UK royal family

Sergei Lavrov will attend an OSCE meeting in the North Macedonian capital Skopje later this week
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to visit first NATO country since Ukraine invasion
MOSCOW — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov plans to travel to North Macedonia later this week to attend a conference, a trip that would mark his first visit to a NATO member country since Moscow sent troops to Ukraine.Russia is one of the 57 members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, set up during the Cold War to help defuse East-West tensions.North Macedonia, which holds the group's rotating chairmanship, last week invited Lavrov to an OSCE foreign ministers' meeting that starts Thursday in Skopje, the capital of the small, landlocked Balkan country.NATO members banned Russian flights after Moscow launched its military action in Ukraine in February 2022. To reach North Macedonia, Lavrov's plane would need to fly through the airspace of Bulgaria...
November 28, 2023

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to visit first NATO country since Ukraine invasion

The plane will fly from London Heathrow to New York's JFK airport
First transatlantic flight using 100% green fuels to take off
LONDON — The first transatlantic flight powered only by sustainable fuels is due to take off on Tuesday morning.Operated by Virgin Atlantic, it will fly from London's Heathrow to New York's JFK airport at 11:30 GMT.Airlines see the flight, which is supported by government funding, as demonstrating that a greener way of flying is possible.But a lack of supply remains a challenge, while other technology will be needed to hit emissions targets.So-called sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) can be made from a variety of sources, including crops, household waste and cooking oils.For this flight, a Boeing 787 will be filled with 50 tons of SAF. Two types are being used, with 88% derived from waste fats and the rest from the wastes of corn production in the US.Following test and analysis,...
November 28, 2023

First transatlantic flight using 100% green fuels to take off

The Parthernon Marbles, also known as the Elgin Marbles
Sunak cancels Greek PM meeting in Parthenon Sculptures row
LONDON — A diplomatic row has broken out between the British and Greek governments over the Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles.The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was due to meet Rishi Sunak in London, but No 10 cancelled the meeting at the last minute.He told reporters he was "deeply disappointed by the abrupt cancellation" of the meeting.Mitsotakis rejected an alternative meeting with the deputy prime minister.The cancellation came a day after Mitsotakis told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that the marbles should be returned, as having some of the artefacts in London and the rest in Athens was like cutting the Mona Lisa in half.The Greek prime minister told reporters on Monday evening he was disappointed the meeting had been cancelled "mere...
November 28, 2023

Sunak cancels Greek PM meeting in Parthenon Sculptures row

Adviser to the jailed ex-Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan Mirza Shahzad Akbar. — courtesy EPA
Imran Khan’s former adviser suffers acid attack in UK
LONDON —An adviser to the jailed ex-Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan says he was the victim of an acid attack outside his home in the UK.Mirza Shahzad Akbar said the chemical used in the attack missed his eyes but caused injuries on his body.Police said they were investigating. No one has been arrested.Akbar was an adviser to Khan, who was removed from office last year and is in prison on numerous charges that he says are politically motivated.Pakistani authorities deny this.In a post in Urdu on X, formerly Twitter, Akbar said “the attacker threw an acid solution on me and ran away”.“I will not be intimidated nor bow down to those who are doing this,” he said in another post in English.He told the BBC he had received numerous threats in the UK since fleeing Pakistan with his...
November 28, 2023

Imran Khan’s former adviser suffers acid attack in UK

A portrait of murdered teacher Samuel Paty at the school where he taught, — courtesy Reuters
Six French teenagers on trial over teacher Paty's murder
PARIS — Six French teenagers accused of complicity in the murder of a teacher will go on trial today.The children were aged between 13 and 15 at the time of the killing of Samuel Paty in 2020 at the hands of a Chechen refugee.The suspects are accused of slander and pointing out the teacher to the killer at the school. They face a maximum of 2.5 years in prison.Paty was stabbed and beheaded on Oct. 16, 2020, after reportedly showing students cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad during a class on freedom of expression.The youngest suspect was 13 years old at the time of the killing. She was suspended from school nine days before Paty's murder — for reasons unrelated to the case.She is alleged to have untruthfully told her father that she had been disciplined for having confronted Paty...
November 27, 2023

Six French teenagers on trial over teacher Paty's murder

Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker Prize with Prophet Song
Booker Prize 2023: Ireland's Paul Lynch wins with Prophet Song
LONDON — The 2023 Booker Prize has been awarded to Prophet Song, a dystopian vision of Ireland in the grips of totalitarianism.It was written by Ireland's Paul Lynch, 46, marking the first time he has won the prestigious fiction writing prize.Set in Dublin, it tells the story of a family grappling with a terrifying new world in which the democratic norms they are used to begin to disappear.Lynch said Prophet Song was inspired by the Syrian war and refugee crisis.Reacting to his win on stage at the award ceremony in Old Billingsgate, London, Lynch said it was with "immense pleasure" that he was taking the Booker back to Ireland.The author, who was born in Limerick and now lives in Dublin, added that the novel was "not an easy book to write".Asked about the recent...
November 27, 2023

Booker Prize 2023: Ireland's Paul Lynch wins with Prophet Song

Thousands attend march against antisemitism in London
Thousands march against antisemitism in London
LONDON — Tens of thousands of people have marched through central London at a demonstration against antisemitism.Organizers estimated 60,000 took part in the first march of its kind since the Israel-Gaza war began, including former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.The rally comes amid a steep rise in hate crime, especially against the capital's Jewish community.English Defense League founder Tommy Robinson — who was asked not to attend by organizers — was arrested by police.There had been concern that he might disrupt the demonstration.The Met Police later said in total two people had been arrested. As well as Robinson, 40, who was detained at the start of the march, police arrested a man for making antisemitic comments when crowds were leaving Whitehall.The large crowd gathered...
November 26, 2023

Thousands march against antisemitism in London

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