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Акція під ОП: апеляційний суд скасував домашній арешт Ратушного
Активіста були готові взяти на поруки понад десятка людей
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By Gromada | 04/21/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Democrats Push to Counter State-Level Voting Restrictions
A new law in the southern U.S. state of Georgia that restricts mail-in voting and strengthens voter identification requirements has sparked a nationwide debate over voting rights for minorities. Democratic Party lawmakers are weighing their options even though voting rights legislation has little chance of passage in the U.S. Senate. VOA’s Congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson has more.
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By Polityk | 04/21/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
В Укрзалізниці уточнили можливий розклад курсування «Бойківського експресу» з Києва до Славського
Згаданий поїзд вже є у графіку «Укрзалізниці» на початок травня: рейси призначені 1 та 4 травня туди і зворотно
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By Gromada | 04/21/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Derek Chauvin Convicted on all Charges in Death of George Floyd
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of all charges Tuesday in the death of George Floyd nearly a year ago.Chauvin had been charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.After hearing closing arguments Monday, the 12-member jury – comprising six white people and six people who are Black or multiracial — spent about 10 hours over two days discussing information from the three-week trial before coming to a decision.WATCH LIVE: President Joe Biden reacts to George Floyd trial guilty verdict In their final arguments, a prosecutor accused Chauvin, who is white, of killing Floyd, an African American, by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes. A defense attorney, Eric Nelson, contended that Floyd died partly from drug use and that Chauvin was following his police training in the way he arrested Floyd last May on the curb of a street in Minneapolis.Prosecutor Steve Schleicher summed up the case against Chauvin, who held down the handcuffed Floyd as Floyd lay prone on a city street and gasped — 27 times, according to videos of his arrest — that he could not breathe. “He was trapped…a knee to his neck,” Schleicher said, with Chauvin’s weight on him for nine minutes and 29 seconds. “George Floyd was not a threat to anyone,” Schleicher said. “All that was required was some compassion, and he got none.” “No crime was committed if it was an authorized use of force,” Nelson argued. “The state has not proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt,” the legal standard for a conviction, the defense attorney concluded as he asked the jurors to acquit Chauvin of murder and manslaughter charges. President Biden, during a meeting with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in the Oval Office, said that he is ‘praying the verdict is the right verdict’ in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Dereck Chauvin. “I’m praying the verdict is the right verdict,” Biden said during an Oval Office meeting with Latino lawmakers. “I think it’s overwhelming in my view. I wouldn’t say that unless the jury was sequestered now.”As the case nears its end, authorities in Minneapolis are bracing for possible street protests after the verdict. Many stores are boarded up to prevent a recurrence of the damage and looting that took place after Floyd’s death almost a year ago. “We cannot allow civil unrest to descend into chaos. We must protect life and property,” Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said Monday. “But we also must understand very clearly, if we don’t listen to those communities in pain and those people on the streets, many of whom were arrested for speaking a fundamental truth that we must change, or we will be right back here again.”Protests, some of them violent, broke out in many cities in the United States and throughout the world after Floyd’s death. The Black Lives Matter movement was at the forefront of the demonstrations, but thousands of people who had no previous connection to the Black-led protests joined in to condemn Chauvin’s actions, and more broadly, police treatment of minorities.The same issues raised by Floyd’s death came to the forefront in the community again when a now-resigned police officer in a Minneapolis suburb fatally shot a 20-year-old African American man during a traffic stop on April 11.Meanwhile, Republicans in the U.S. Congress said they planned to hold a censure vote Wednesday over comments made by Representative Maxine Waters of California. On Saturday, Waters was in the Minneapolis suburb where another Black man had been killed by a police officer earlier this month. Waters told protesters who had gathered in Brooklyn Center over the death of Daunte Wright that she wanted to see a murder conviction against Chauvin. She added, “We gotta stay on the street, we’ve got to get more active, we’ve got to get more confrontational, we’ve got to make sure that they know that we mean business.” On Monday, Judge Cahill called Waters’ comments “abhorrent” and that and they could lead to a verdict being appealed and overturned.
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By Polityk | 04/21/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Biden Administration Endorses Bill to Establish Washington as America’s 51st State
The Biden administration has endorsed legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would establish the capital of the United States, Washington, D.C., as America’s 51st state.
“For far too long, the more than 700,000 people of Washington, D.C., have been deprived of full representation in the U.S Congress,” the Office of Management and Budget said in a statement Tuesday. “This taxation without representation and denial of self-governance is an affront to the democratic values on which our nation was founded.”
The bill, H.R. 51, calls for Washington to continue to serve as the country’s federal seat of government while residents gain full representation in Congress for the first time.
The measure is expected to face stiff resistance from congressional Republicans, who do not want two more likely Democrats from the Democratic-majority city in an evenly divided Senate.
The Republicans have argued that the bill goes against the U.S. Constitution, which created the District of Columbia as a federal district, and have proposed alternative schemes whereby District residents could vote for representatives in neighboring states.
The House is set to vote on the bill this week after it was passed last week by a party-line vote in the House Oversight and Reform Committee. The administration said it plans to collaborate with Congress during the legislative process to ensure that it “comports with Congress’ constitutional responsibilities and its constitutional authority to admit new states to the Union.”
The administration also urged lawmakers to “provide for a swift and orderly transition” to statehood for the residents of the nation’s capital.
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By Polityk | 04/21/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Verdict Reached in Trial of Officer Charged in George Floyd’s Death – WATCH LIVE
A verdict has been reached in the high-profile trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is accused of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.After hearing closing arguments Monday, the 12-member jury – comprising six white people and six people who are Black or multiracial — met to discuss the process of working toward a verdict, which is expected to be announced shortly.WATCH LIVE: George Floyd Trial Verdict TrueSorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can
President Biden, during a meeting with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in the Oval Office, said that he is ‘praying the verdict is the right verdict’ in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Dereck Chauvin. “I’m praying the verdict is the right verdict,” Biden said during an Oval Office meeting with Latino lawmakers. “I think it’s overwhelming in my view. I wouldn’t say that unless the jury was sequestered now.”As the case nears its end, authorities in Minneapolis are bracing for possible street protests after the verdict. Many stores are boarded up to prevent a recurrence of the damage and looting that took place after Floyd’s death almost a year ago. “We cannot allow civil unrest to descend into chaos. We must protect life and property,” Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said Monday. “But we also must understand very clearly, if we don’t listen to those communities in pain and those people on the streets, many of whom were arrested for speaking a fundamental truth that we must change, or we will be right back here again.”Protests, some of them violent, broke out in many cities in the United States and throughout the world after Floyd’s death. The Black Lives Matter movement was at the forefront of the demonstrations, but thousands of people who had no previous connection to the Black-led protests joined in to condemn Chauvin’s actions, and more broadly, police treatment of minorities.The same issues raised by Floyd’s death came to the forefront in the community again when a now-resigned police officer in a Minneapolis suburb fatally shot a 20-year-old African American man during a traffic stop on April 11.
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By Polityk | 04/21/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
63-річний екстремал пройшов пішки понад тисячу кілометрів Україною
Сергій Гордієнко пішки здолав 1 180 кілометрів за два місяці й п’ять днів
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By Gromada | 04/20/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У Києві демонтували понад 36 тисяч шин, які «прикрашали» двори та вулиці – влада
Деякі райони вже передали шини на утилізацію підприємствам, із якими підписали договори, та які мають на це спеціальну ліцензію
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By Gromada | 04/20/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Провадження можуть закрити через смерть обвинуваченого – суд щодо справи про напад на жінку в поїзді
Потерпілій у справі Анастасії Луговій повідомили, що обвинувачений Віталій Рудзько помер у СІЗО 13 квітня. Засідання Солом’янського суду перенесли на 19 травня
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By Gromada | 04/20/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Київ планує відремонтувати у 2021 році дві пам’ятки архітектури за бюджетний кошт
На відновлення прибуткового будинку (вулиця Десятинна 14) та келії Флорівського монастиря (вулиця Фролівська 6/8) передбачено 20 мільйонів гривень на 2021 рік
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By Gromada | 04/20/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У лютому українці подали на 72% більше клопотань про надання притулку у ЄС, ніж у січні
Загалом, у лютому до країн ЄС надійшло близько 38 300 заяв про надання міжнародного захисту. Українці подали майже 1000 таких заяв, що є найбільшим показником за останні чотири роки
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By Gromada | 04/20/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Із вересня зміниться порядок видачі пенсій – Мінсоцполітики пояснило, чому усіх переведуть на банківські картки
До 1 вересня українці можуть самостійно вибрати один із понад 40 уповноважених банків для отримання пенсій
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By Gromada | 04/19/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
В Україні у 24 школах немає інтернету – МОН
На Закарпатті у 17 школах немає доступу до інтернету, повідомили у МОН
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By Gromada | 04/19/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У Таїланді помилували 9 українців – Денісова
Денісова уточнила, що шестеро громадян вже повернулися в Україну, а троє продовжують відбувати ув’язнення
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By Gromada | 04/19/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Кореспондент Радіо Свобода зафіксував обстріл українських позицій на Донбасі
Поблизу Горлівки увечері 17 квітня та вночі на 18 квітня проти ЗСУ використовувалися гранатомети та стрілецька зброя
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By Gromada | 04/18/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
За добу на фронті 17 обстрілів бойовиків, один український військовий поранений – штаб
«На обстріли російсько-окупаційних військ українські захисники відкривали вогонь у відповідь», повідомляють у штабі
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By Gromada | 04/18/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Запорізька АЕС відключила шостий енергоблок для планового ремонту
На ремонті також перебувають енергоблоки №1 і №3
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By Gromada | 04/18/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
China at Forefront of US-Japan Summit
Strategic competition with China was one of the main issues discussed in U.S. President Joe Biden’s Friday meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, the first foreign leader to visit the White House since Biden took office. White House Correspondent Patsy Widakuswara has this report.
Producer: Kim Weeks
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By Polityk | 04/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
State Department Watchdog Says Pompeo, Wife Violated Ethics Rules
The State Department’s internal watchdog has concluded that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife violated federal ethics rules by asking staffers to run personal errands and perform non-official work such as making restaurant reservations, shopping and caring for their dog.In a report released on Friday, the department’s inspector general concluded that those requests were “inconsistent” with the regulations. But, because Pompeo is no longer a federal employee and not subject to federal disciplinary or other measures, it did not call for any action against the former secretary who left office on Jan. 20 at the end of the Trump administration.Instead, it recommended that the State Department clarify its policies to better define tasks that are inappropriate for staffers under the ethics rules and make it easier to report alleged violations. The department accepted all of the recommendations in its response to the report.Pompeo and his attorney strongly denied the allegations contained in the inspector general’s report, which said the former secretary and his wife, Susan, “made over 100 requests to employees in the office of the secretary to conduct work that appeared to be personal in nature.” Pompeo’s lawyer noted that the report identifies only a handful of questionable requests and that those did not amount to violations of the rules.The report identified inappropriate tasks as including “picking up personal items, planning events unrelated to the department’s mission, and conducting such personal business as pet care and mailing personal Christmas cards.” Many of those requests were directed to a longtime assistant of the Pompeos who was hired by the State Department as a senior adviser to the secretary.It said it had found evidence that Susan Pompeo had “on several occasions” instructed the adviser to plan events for groups with which the Pompeos had nongovernmental relationships. It said it had identified at least 30 instances in which either the secretary or his wife told staffers to make restaurant reservations for personal lunches and dinners.The inspector general “found that such requests were inconsistent with department ethics rules and the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch,” the report said.In an interview with investigators in late December, Pompeo said he had not paid that staffer or others separately for work that he either considered to be related to government business or to be minimal favors that longtime acquaintances would routinely do for each other, according to the report.The inspector general, however, noted that there was no exception in the ethics rules for minimal personal favors. “Rather, the standards prohibit any use of a subordinate’s time to perform personal activities unless compensation is paid,” it said.In a response appended to the report, the lawyer, William Burck, alleged that the report was biased and unfit for publication. Pompeo had shaken up the inspector general’s office by firing its former chief in a move that critics alleged was aimed at halting potentially embarrassing investigations into his tenure at the department.”The poor quality of the report bespeaks not merely unprofessionalism in its drafting but also bias, which we are concerned may be politically motivated,” Burck said. He said the report was “not fit for publication” and demanded evidence to support the investigators’ claims that the Pompeos had made more than 100 inappropriate requests of staffers.In its response to the report, the State Department made no judgement on the findings but did accept the recommendations.”The department appreciates the work of the Office of Inspector General, and, as the report notes, concurs with all the recommendations and will proceed to implement them,” it said.
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By Polityk | 04/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
US Senator Who Served as Ambassador to Japan Lauds Closer Ties but Issues Warning
For the man who represented the United States in Tokyo from 2017 to 2019, Friday’s visit to the U.S. capital by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is an affirmation of two years of hard work.It is not often that U.S. Republicans and Democrats agree about much these days, but former Ambassador William Hagerty, who came home to launch a successful bid for a Senate seat from his home state of Tennessee, is quick to praise President Joe Biden for arranging the White House meeting.”I’m delighted to see Prime Minister Suga come to the very first face-to-face summit that our new President Biden is holding,” the newly minted Republican senator told VOA in an interview this week.The fact that Biden, like former President Donald Trump before him, chose to meet the prime minister of Japan at the outset of his presidency shows continuity in U.S. strategic priorities, Hagerty said.”It underscores the importance of the strategic alliance that we hold with Japan,” he said. “It also underscores the importance of that region of the world not only to America, but to global security.”Postwar helpHagerty stressed the lasting importance of U.S. efforts after World War II to help lift Japan from ruins to the top ranks of democratic governance and prosperity.”After World War II, an unprecedented effort took place. General [Douglas] MacArthur and a team moved to Japan; they oversaw a reconstruction of the Japanese economy. I even found notes from General MacArthur because I lived in the same house that he did while he was there,” Hagerty said.He said those notes revealed extensive efforts, including tireless outreach by the United States to persuade American industries to buy Japanese products in order to lift the Japanese economy.Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can
download this video to view it offline.Download File360p | 5 MB480p | 8 MB540p | 8 MB720p | 14 MB1080p | 36 MBOriginal | 59 MB Embed” />Copy Download AudioSen. William Hagerty spent two years as the US ambassador to Japan”We created very favorable trade terms with Japan at that time to encourage the rebuilding of that economy,” he said, singling out the 1964 Summer Olympics as a critical opportunity for Japan to reintroduce itself to the world.”From that point on, the manufacturing capacity and the technological capacity of Japan continued to accelerate greatly; their relationship with America was absolutely vital to that acceleration.”Turning to the present day, Hagerty said the United States and Japan “need to continue to strengthen our strategic alliance” on all fronts: military, economic and diplomatic.In his new role as a senator, Hagerty is bringing his unique perspective on Japan to bear in his work on the Senate Banking, Foreign Relations, Appropriations and Rules committees. And he issued a warning.Supply chainsWhile emphasizing that the two countries need to work together as closely as possible, Hagerty said, “One thing is clear: We need to look at our supply chains very carefully.”The United States has placed certain Chinese companies on the entities list here to not sell semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China. I want to make certain that Japan understands and underscores the significance of this,” he said, “because certain Japanese manufacturers have stepped up their export of semiconductor manufacturing equipment since the United States has blocked the export here.”We need to be working together,” he continued. “Japanese manufacturers should not be undercutting our posture, because we are aligned strategically in terms of dealing with the threat that’s coming from China.””Hagerty is correct,” said June Teufel Dreyer, a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Miami in Florida. Teufel Dreyer cited the case of Rakuten Group Inc., an influential player in Japan’s wireless network business, whose dealings with a Chinese entity have raised eyebrows in Washington.”In anticipation that this will come up in the Suga-Biden meeting, Japanese officials have privately briefed U.S. [National Security Council] officials that they’re monitoring the situation,” Teufel Dreyer told VOA.The professor said the American concern about technology transfers extends beyond its relationship with Japan. “When the U.S. shares its cutting-edge technology with allies, it runs the risk that some of what is shared ends up in the hands of adversaries,” she said.For his part, Hagerty says that compared with four years ago, when he first took up the post as U.S. ambassador to Japan, the strategic challenge facing America “continues to get more serious, particularly with respect to China.”And that, he said, makes it imperative that the United States and its allies work more closely together.
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By Polityk | 04/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
У французькому Версалі запрацював україномовний аудіогід – ОПУ
Це чотирнадцятий україномовний аудіогід у відомих туристичних місцях світу
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By Gromada | 04/16/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Для учасників пробного ЗНО в Києві та на Миколаївщині змінили дату проведення – 15 травня
На Чернігівщині, як і повідомлялося, пробне тестування пройде 24 квітня
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By Gromada | 04/16/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Офіс омбудсмена: за три місяці на порушення закону про мову скаржились 1129 разів
«Української, зокрема і у сфері обслуговування, стає дедалі більше», – Кремінь
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By Gromada | 04/16/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Politicians Turn to Hollywood Talent Agents to Boost Their Image
Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger are among the most well-known celebrities who used their superstar status to jump into politics. Now some politicians are using Hollywood talent agents to build their political brand. Karina Bafradzhian has the story.
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By Polityk | 04/16/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Чотирьох кандидатів допустили до фіналу конкурсу на голову правління «Суспільного»
Не пройшли до фіналу конкурсу на голову правління «Суспільного» не пройшли дев’ять кандидатів
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By VilneSlovo | 04/16/2021 | Повідомлення, Свобода слова
Сервіс Google Earth оновили. Тепер можна побачити, як змінювалася планета упродовж 37 років
Тепер на сервісі Google Earth доступні 24 мільйони знімків супутників за останні 37 років
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By VilneSlovo | 04/16/2021 | Повідомлення, Свобода слова
