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Italy sea rescue law could put more migrant lives at risk: UN rights chief

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“More people in distress will be made to suffer and more lives risk being lost because timely help is not available, if this law is passed,” he said in a statement.  Mr. Türk expressed his...
Europe

Ukraine: UN appeals for $5.6 billion to help millions affected by relentless conflict

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The situation for many in Ukraine remains desperate, amid “relentless” shelling of civilian targets and infrastructure, the UN’s Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, told journalists in Geneva. Humanitarian funding is needed to continue supporting lifesaving...
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Guterres calls on countries to fully fund $397 million quake appeal for Syria

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The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday announced a $397 million humanitarian appeal to aid the people of earthquake-ravaged Syria, to help secure “desperately needed” relief for nearly five million people.
Europe

Rights expert urges Denmark and Greenland to examine colonial legacy’s impact

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The development would represent a key measure to tackle past injustices and create a more inclusive society, said UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Cali Tzay, in a statement...
Economy

Maria Gabriel: European alliances lead the way for the EU’s university strategy

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There are currently 44 of them, with the goal of becoming 60 by 2024 In the European University Strategy, the leading initiative is the European University Alliances and their acquisition of status. This was said...
Economy

Serbia discovered gold worth several billion near the border with Bulgaria

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Serbia has serious mineral deposits, and even without counting the new gold deposit near Zhagubitza, they are estimated at nearly 200 billion dollars. "All exploration companies, after confirming the reserves, report this data to the...
Defense

Moldovan intelligence: We have identified Russian activity to destabilize the country

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"At this stage we cannot give any further details due to the risk of compromising" the measures taken to clarify what happened, the statement added Moldovan intelligence services announced today that they had discovered "destabilizing"...
Europe

Rights expert urges Italy to stop criminalizing activists saving migrant lives at sea

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Preliminary criminal proceedings opened last May in Sicily against 21 people charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigration in connection with several search-and-rescue missions conducted between 2016 and 2017.  Those accused include four crew members...
Health

Tips that can save your life in an earthquake

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Let's stay safe indoors The most important thing during the earthquake itself is to move as little as possible and carefully - most injuries during earthquakes are caused by movement, falls and sprains, fractures and...
Christianity

The patriarchs of the three Christian communities in Syria demanded the lifting of sanctions against Damascus

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The patriarchs of the three major Christian denominations in Syria - the Eastern Orthodox John X, the Syro-Jacobite Ignatius-Ephrem II and the Roman Catholics of the Eastern Rite (Uniates) Joseph - sent yesterday, February...
Europe

First Person: Türkiye earthquake – 60 seconds of terror

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When Monday’s devastating earthquakes struck Türkiye and Syria, killing thousands of people, Olga Borzenkova, a spokesperson for the UN migration agency (IOM), was in Gaziantep, Türkiye, one of the most affected areas. She describes her experience, and the emergency response effort...
International

Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, latest report

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The death toll from Monday's earthquakes in Turkey and Syria now exceeds 3,000 in both countries. Turkish President declared a seven-day national mourning in Turkey on Monday evening.
Europe

UN relief chief tells Security Council ‘we can do better’ in Ukraine

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“On the eve of the horrific one-year milestone, we have a lot to do and we can do better,” said Martin Griffiths, who also serves as the Emergency Relief Coordinator. The tragedy continues to unfold “We...
Christianity

Russian Patriarch Kirill worked for the KGB in the 1970s

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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, a close supporter of President Vladimir Putin, worked for Soviet intelligence while living in Switzerland in the 1970s. This is what two Swiss newspapers write, referring to declassified archives, France...
Human Rights

Matteo Renzi lost a case for toilet paper with his face, will compensate a journalist

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Marco Travalho will receive 42 thousand euros from the former prime minister Matteo Renzi. Renzi lost his case against the journalist Marco Travalho, who showed toilet paper with the former prime minister's face on live...
Human Rights

Referendums in the US – on streetcars and same-sex marriage

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In the US, referendums are used to decide various sensitive issues. In 1940 at the m.v. trams are massively replaced by buses. However, the residents of San Francisco decided in a referendum in 1947...
International

France bought a new masterpiece for the Orsay museum for 43 million euros

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The painting “Boating Party” by the French artist Gustave Caillebotte is among the last Impressionist masterpieces owned by the artists' heirs France has bought a stunning Impressionist masterpiece for the Musée d'Orsay for its national...
Culture

Alla Pugacheva shoes are renamed in Russia, the singer no longer has any property in her homeland

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Russian pop queen Alla Pugacheva has said that she no longer owns any real estate in Russia. "No apartments, no houses, no castles," she added. At the same time, the censorship in Russia has reached...
Europe

Moldova: The long and winding road to safety

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Tucked away in the southeastern corner of Europe, Moldova’s winters may be drab and harsh, but the road from Ukraine’s border spools out through bare, brown hills like a ribbon of hope. To Larysa, who...
Europe

UN child rights committee lauds Swiss asylum offer to Kurdish family

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“We welcome the timely action taken by Switzerland to suspend the children’s return to Bulgaria, in compliance with the Committee’s request for interim measures,” said Ann Skelton, a member of the Committee on the...
Europe

UN aid convoys deliver lifesaving relief to Ukraine’s war-ravaged east

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Medicines, roofing repair kits, bottled water and solar lamps were offloaded, highlighting the desperate plight of many thousands of people who are unable or unwilling to leave their homes, amid “regular” shelling attacks. On Thursday,...
Business and Finance

Former Bulgarian finance minister buys part of the business of the sanctioned Russian bank VTB

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Former Bulgarian (NDSV party) Finance Minister Milen Velchev (2001 – 2005) will purchase the Swiss-based commodity trading unit of Russia's VTB Bank - a Russian majority state-owned bank headquartered in various federal regions of...
International

The James Webb Telescope has discovered the coldest ice in the known universe – and it contains the building blocks of life

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Recent observations of ice molecules by the James Webb Space Telescope will help scientists understand how habitable planets form. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have observed and measured the coldest-ever ice in...
International

Each of the Fabergé eggs hides a surprise

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The works of Peter Carl Faberge remain an unsurpassed pinnacle of world jewelry art. They are recognized as gems, on a par with the highest class works of fine art. The rich ornamentation of...
International

The Earth’s core rotates in the opposite direction

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Deep below the surface of the earth, a giant has begun to rotate in the opposite direction to that of the Earth, according to research results cited by AFP. Earth's core, which is about the...
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