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Aug. 10—On a warm August 2021 morning in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city was unnaturally quiet in the week that followed the United States' troop withdrawal. That day, an Afghan citizen and U.S. translator (referred to here as "John" to protect his identity) began to make his way to his work shift at 3 p.m. before traffic forced his driver to turn around. John returned home before going to ...
Bratislava — The Czech Senate approved the expansion of NATO almost unanimously on Wednesday.All 66 senators who took part voted in favour of Sweden joining the alliance, while 64 of 65 supported Finland's membership, news agency CTK reported.One senator abstained from voting, but said afterwards it had been an error.After the approval of the Senate, the upper house of the Czech Republic's ...
Brussels — EU member states are no longer allowed to import coal from Russia after the transitional period for the bloc's embargo ended at midnight (2200 GMT) on Wednesday.The embargo was part of the fifth sanctions package agreed by the EU in April and will be in full force from Thursday onwards.EU countries had agreed on a transitional period of 120 days to give the industry time to adapt to ...
The Hollywood Bowl has spent the first month of its 101st season with the Los Angeles Philharmonic reimagining and reinventing the orchestra's long history in the famed amphitheater. It had the incomparable assist of Gustavo Dudamel, the most Bowl-happy major conductor since the flamboyant Leopold Stokowski began appearing in the 1930s. It's been a splendid month of Bernstein, Beethoven and ...
WASHINGTON — If Rep. Madison Cawthorn doesn’t turn in his campaign finance report by Sunday, federal election regulators will deem it so late that there’s no hope of receiving it. And the regulatory agency has already put Cawthorn on notice that he’s racking up a hefty fine for taking his time. Debbie Chacona, assistant staff director with the Federal Election Commission, addressed the matter ...
If Rep. Madison Cawthorn doesn’t turn in his campaign finance report by Sunday, federal election regulators will deem it so late that there’s no hope of receiving it. And the regulatory agency has already put Cawthorn on notice that he’s racking up a hefty fine for taking his time. Debbie Chacona, assistant staff director with the Federal Election Commission, addressed the matter with Cawthorn ...
Moscow — The Russian military says it has destroyed a Gepard anti-aircraft tank during air strikes in southern Ukraine. "Near the locality of Novopavlivka in the Mykolaiv region, a combat vehicle supplied by Germany to the Kiev regime for the Gepard anti-aircraft gun complex was destroyed," Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday. This information cannot be ...
Berlin — Germany's Finance Minister, Christian Lindner, has said he wants to see fewer coronavirus restrictions this autumn and winter than in previous pandemic winters."There will be a more liberal, a more proportionate fight against the coronavirus pandemic," he told the Welt television channel.Lindner - who is the leader of the business-friendly FDP - described the protection concept ...
Odessa — The Ukrainian military has said it rendered a bridge near the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine unusable, after it was hit by missiles."The hit was accurate and effective," the army's Southern Command said on Facebook on Wednesday. The occupying forces, however, have not confirmed this information. The previous day, Russian broadcaster RT reported regular shelling of the bridge ...
After being acquitted Tuesday on all charges in a gruesome 2019 crash in New Hampshire that left seven motorcyclists dead, Volodymyr Zhukovskyy of West Springfield was in custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to a statement by ICE. “Zhukovskyy has an extensive criminal history including three prior convictions of charges that included possession of cocaine and heroin, ...