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Mural showing Ukrainian and Russian soldiers hugging. Critics say the mural drew a false moral equivalence between the two sides.
Australian artist removes Ukraine and Russia mural after backlash
SYDNEY — An Australian artist has painted over a street mural showing Ukrainian and Russian soldiers hugging, after a community backlash.The Melbourne artwork advocated for "a peaceful resolution" between the two countries, creator Peter Seaton says.But some have likened the three-story mural to Russian propaganda.Seaton — known as CTO — has apologized for his work, saying it was "clumsy" and he "didn't think it would be so badly received".Thousands of Ukrainians have been killed and Russian forces have been accused of war crimes since they invaded in February.Critics said the work - titled Peace Before Pieces - drew a false moral equivalence between the two sides."What would people think if a mural featured a rapist and a victim hugging?"...
September 05, 2022

Australian artist removes Ukraine and Russia mural after backlash

Screen grab from FlightRadar24 website.
Mystery as private plane crashes into Baltic Sea
RIGA, Latvia — A private Cessna plane has crashed into the Baltic Sea off Latvia's coast in mysterious circumstances.Nato jets were scrambled to follow the plane on its erratic flight which began in southern Spain.Officials say the plane — believed to have had four people on board — had been due to land in Cologne, Germany, but instead headed out into the Baltic.Nato pilots and Swedish officials tracking the plane could see no-one in the cockpit."The aircraft was flying from Spain to Cologne, but during the flight the aircraft changed its flight route," the Latvian Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement."Air traffic controllers were unable to communicate with the aircraft's crew," it said, adding that the Cessna 551 was registered in Austria - but...
September 05, 2022

Mystery as private plane crashes into Baltic Sea

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss
Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak to be announced as UK's next PM
LONDON — Boris Johnson's successor as UK prime minister will be revealed later Monday when either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak is named next Conservative leader.The winner of the leadership contest will be announced at 12:30 BST before they take up office on Tuesday.The new PM inherits a flagging economy, with inflation at a 40-year high.BBC News has been told that a menu of options has been worked up in Whitehall to help struggling households, including a freeze on energy bills.Industry sources are increasingly optimistic that the new prime minister will back plans to freeze the energy cap, the maximum price for domestic gas and electricity set every three months by regulator Ofgem.This would not necessarily require upfront government financing at the beginning, BBC News economics...
September 05, 2022

Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak to be announced as UK's next PM

Thousands of demonstrators gather to protest against the government at the Vencesla's Square in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday.
70,000 Czechs take to the streets against government, EU and NATO
PRAGUE — Tens of thousands of protestors from across the political spectrum demonstrated against the Czech government, EU and NATO on Saturday.An estimated 70,000 people took to the streets of Prague, calling on the ruling coalition to bring energy prices under control while voicing their opposition to the European Union (EU) and NATO.Protest organizers from several far-right and fringe political groups said the central European nation should be neutral militarily and maintain gas imports from Russia.An estimated 70,000 people took to the streets, according to police.Some of the groups at the protest were the anti-migrant populist Freedom and Direct Democracy party, alongside the Czech Communist Party.“The aim of our demonstration is to demand change, mainly in solving the issue of...
September 04, 2022

70,000 Czechs take to the streets against government, EU and NATO

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on Sunday a huge new aid plan to combat skyrocketing energy costs and inflation.
Germany unveils new plan to tackle soaring energy costs
BERLIN — The German government announced on Sunday a huge new aid plan to combat skyrocketing energy costs and inflation, which will total 65 billion euros in support.“Germany stands together in a difficult time," said Chancellor Olaf Scholz at a press conference on Sunday. "As a country, we will get through this difficult time.”Scholz made the announcement along with leaders from the Greens and the pro-business FDP — the Social Democrat's two main coalition partners — after late-night talks on Saturday, which finalized a long-awaited action plan.Repeating his mantra that Germans will "never" face the energy crisis "alone", Scholz unveiled the package of measures, including a one-off payment of 300 euros for millions of pensioners and 200 euros...
September 04, 2022

Germany unveils new plan to tackle soaring energy costs

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in this recent file photo
Russia wants to destroy Europeans' normal life, Zelensky warns
KIEV — Russia wants to destroy the normal life of every European citizen, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.“It is trying to attack with poverty and political chaos where it cannot yet attack with missiles,” Zelensky said in his regular address on Saturday.He was speaking hours after Russia said that its main gas pipeline to Europe would not reopen as planned.Europe accused Russia of using its gas supplies to blackmail Europe amid the Ukraine conflict, which Moscow denies.Energy prices have soared since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 and scarce supplies could push up costs even further.There are growing fears families in the EU will be unable to afford the cost of heating this winter.Governments across the continent are contemplating what measures to take to...
September 04, 2022

Russia wants to destroy Europeans' normal life, Zelensky warns

IAEA inspectors arrived at the plant recently.
Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant loses link to main power line
KIEV — The Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine has lost its link to its last remaining main power line, the UN nuclear watchdog said.The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) added that the plant, Europe's largest, is now relying on a reserve line to supply power to Ukraine's grid.Separately, Ukraine's state nuclear company said only one of the station's six reactors now remains in operation.Both Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of repeatedly shelling the plant.Inspectors from the IAEA arrived at the nuclear plant on Thursday amid security concerns.After inspecting it, the agency's chief Rafael Grossi said the integrity of the plant had been "violated several times".Located in the city of Enerhodar in southern Ukraine, the...
September 04, 2022

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant loses link to main power line

Mourners leave flowers where people were killed along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice in 2016. — courtesy photo
Eight people to stand trial for role in 2016 Bastille Day attack
PARIS — Six years after the attack in Nice, eight defendants will appear on Monday before the special court of Paris for a new extraordinary terrorist trial, scheduled to last more than three months.This attack on the Promenade des Anglais, on the evening of Bastille Day — the French National Day — left 86 dead, including 15 children and adolescents, and more than 450 injured.This is the second deadliest attack on French soil after those of Nov. 13, 2015.Symbolically, the trial will take place in a special "tailor-made" courtroom built for the Nov. 13 trial — known as "V13" — in the capital's historic courthouse.A total of 865 people joined the trial as civil parties at the end of August, while others will be able to do so during the hearing. For those who...
September 03, 2022

Eight people to stand trial for role in 2016 Bastille Day attack

The Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine. — courtesy IAEA
Ukraine: ‘Physical integrity’ of Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant ‘has been violated several times’
VIENNA — Further damage to the embattled Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine “cannot” be allowed to happen, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said.Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi was speaking on Thursday after he and IAEA experts visited Europe’s largest nuclear plant, which has seen repeated shelling in recent weeks, sparking fears of a catastrophe.“It's obvious that the plant, and the physical integrity of the plant has been violated, several times. [Whether] by chance [or deliberately], we don't have the elements to assess that. But this is a reality that we have to recognize, and this is something that cannot continue to happen,” he told journalists.“Wherever you stay, wherever you stand, whatever you think about this...
September 03, 2022

Ukraine: ‘Physical integrity’ of Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant ‘has been violated several times’

Wheat flour is distributed to vulnerable families in Abyan, Yemen. — courtesy WFP/Mahmoud Fadel
World food prices drop for fifth consecutive month: FAO
ROME — World food prices have fallen for a fifth consecutive month but are still nearly eight per cent higher than a year ago, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Friday.Its latest Food Price Index shows that the prices of five commodities — cereals, vegetable oil, dairy, meat and sugar — were lower in August than in July.The Index tracks the monthly international prices of these breadbasket staples. It averaged 138.0 points last month, down nearly two per cent from July, though 7.9 percent above the value a year before.Ukraine exports a factor FAO said the decline in cereal prices reflected improved production prospects in North America and Russia, and the resumption of exports from Black Sea ports in Ukraine.A landmark agreement to unblock Ukraine grain...
September 03, 2022

World food prices drop for fifth consecutive month: FAO

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