влада, вибори, народ
US House Voting to Investigate January 6 Attack on Capitol
The House of Representatives is poised Wednesday to create a select committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by hundreds of supporters of former President Donald Trump as lawmakers were certifying that Democrat Joe Biden had defeated him in last November’s election. The vote, formalizing creation of the committee that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced last week, is likely to occur almost entirely along party lines, with the slim Democratic House majority voting in favor and most Republicans against. Under the House resolution creating the committee, it would include 13 members, eight of them appointed by Pelosi and five named by Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican minority leader, “in consultation” with Pelosi, meaning she could veto his selections. A Pelosi aide said she is considering naming a Republican among her eight selections. FILE – House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy at the Capitol, May 13, 2021.But it remains unclear whether McCarthy plans to appoint any Republicans. He declined to answer questions about it on Tuesday, telling reporters, “The speaker has never talked to me about it.” A key House Republican leader, Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, on Tuesday recommended that Republican lawmakers oppose creation of the select committee, and some of the Republicans who favored creation of a bipartisan commission say they will vote against the select committee. The vote on the select House committee comes after the House, but not the Senate, approved creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the attack on the Capitol, when about 800 people stormed past law enforcement officials, some of them smashing windows and doors, ransacking congressional offices and scuffling with police. FILE – Supporters of President Donald Trump gather outside the US Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021.Five people were left dead from the chaos, with one protester shot dead by police. More than 500 people have been charged with an array of criminal offenses, some as minor as trespassing and others more serious, such as assaulting police or vandalizing the Capitol, which sustained $1.5 million overall in property damage. Many of the suspects were identified by friends and relatives in scenes captured on security cameras or in videos shot by the rioters themselves and posted on social media. Most of the criminal cases have yet to be adjudicated, although defense lawyers have been negotiating dozens of deals with federal prosecutors for their clients to plead guilty. Trump’s role in inciting the riot is expected to be a key consideration for the select committee, as well as security failures at the Capitol. At a rally near the White House an hour before the mayhem unfolded 16 blocks away at the Capitol, Trump urged supporters to “fight like hell” to block Biden’s certification as winner of the Electoral College vote that determines the outcome of U.S. presidential elections. McCarthy’s phone call with Trump as the riot unfolded could be explored as well. To this day, Trump has made baseless claims that vote fraud cost him a second four-year term in the White House. He never called Biden to formally concede the election outcome and did not attend Biden’s January 20 inauguration. Now Trump is mulling whether to make another run for the presidency in 2024 and retains a wide base of support among Republican voters. Trump has started to endorse some congressional candidates who are opposing lawmakers who either voted to impeach or convict him in connection with the January 6 attack. The House impeached him for his role in the insurrection that day, but the Senate acquitted him in February after Biden had already assumed the presidency. FILE – Rioters storm the Capitol, in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021.”It is imperative that we seek the truth of what happened,” she said. “To do that, we had hoped that Congress would establish an independent, bipartisan 9/11-type commission. We were successful with a strong bipartisan vote in the House, but [Senate minority leader] Mitch McConnell asked [Republican] senators to ‘do him a personal favor’ and vote against the commission. Despite the support of seven Republican senators, there is no prospect for a commission at this time.” She said the select committee “will investigate and report upon the facts and causes of the attack. It will report on conclusions and recommendations for preventing any future assault. And it will find the truth.”
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By Polityk | 07/01/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Майже кожен четвертий український чоловік зазнав фізичного насильства на вулиці – Amnesty International
Найбільшу загрозу фізичного насильства чоловіки вбачають з боку інших чоловіків, переважно від незнайомців на вулиці, кримінальних груп та силовиків
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By Gromada | 06/30/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Росія: лідер ерзян прокоментував слова Путіна, який порівняв українців і росіян із «мордвою»
«Мордва – це така мініатюрна модель «російського світу», нав’язувана Путіним Україні», – сказав Сиресь Боляєнь
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By Gromada | 06/30/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Biden, Western Governors Discuss Wildfire Response
U.S. President Joe Biden is holding talks Wednesday with a group of governors from eight Western states about wildfire preparedness as much of the region deals with drought. Biden and other administration officials are speaking from the White House with the governors joining by video.White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters last week the meeting will “focus on how the federal government can improve wildfire preparedness and response efforts, protect public safety, and deliver assistance to our people in times of urgent need.” Those attending include Democratic governors Gavin Newsom of California, Jared Polis of Colorado, Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Steve Sisolak of Nevada, Kate Brown of Oregon and Jay Inslee of Washington, along with Republican governors Spencer Cox of Utah and Mark Gordon of Wyoming. Not among the group are three other Republican governors from the region: Doug Ducey of Arizona, Brad Little of Idaho and Greg Gianforte of Montana. Gianforte tweeted Friday that he was “disappointed to learn in news stories” that the president “didn’t offer a seat at the table to Montana and other states facing a severe wildfire season.” Disappointed to learn in news stories that @POTUS didn’t offer a seat at the table to Montana and other states facing a severe wildfire season.I hope his call for working together wasn’t just lip service and Montana’s invitation is just lost in the mail.https://t.co/MLnCbeHBFw— Governor Greg Gianforte (@GovGianforte) June 25, 2021The National Interagency Fire Center, which coordinates the mobilization of resources to battle wildfires in the United States, has warned that many Western states are facing a greater than usual likelihood that significant wildfires will occur in the next few months. The U.S. Drought Monitor reports wide areas of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada and Utah are experiencing extreme or exceptional drought.
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By Polityk | 06/30/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
В Івано-Франківській міськраді розповіли, чому було втрачено кілька сотень доз вакцини Covishield
В Івано-Франківській області станом на 30 травня 2021 року було втрачено 533 дози вакцини Covishield, розповіли у МОЗ
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By Gromada | 06/30/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Спека, град і шквали: синоптики розповіли, якою буде погода у перший день липня
У Києві в четвер короткочасний дощ, гроза. Температура 27-29°
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By Gromada | 06/30/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У кількох областях України оголошено надзвичайний рівень пожежної небезпеки – ДСНС
Попередження стосується передусім Вінницької, Хмельницької, Чернівецької та Луганської областей
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By Gromada | 06/30/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Посол Швеції привітав збірну України з перемогою в 1/8 фіналу Євро-2020 словами «Героям слава»
Тобіас Тіберг вбрався у спортивну футболку з національними символами України і взяв у руки два прапори – України та Швеції
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By Gromada | 06/30/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Радіо Свобода запускає новий мобільний застосунок
Встановлюйте оновлений застосунок Радіо Свобода на смартфони та планшети на платформах iOS та Android
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By Gromada | 06/30/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У Празі згадали порушення прав кримських татар
Показ фільму супроводжувала виставка фотографій російського журналіста Антона Наумлюка «Вкрадене кримське дитинство» про переслідування кримських татар після окупації півострова 2014 року
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By Gromada | 06/30/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
«Похорони мікробізнесу»: акція ФОПів у Києві (фоторепортаж)
Учасники акції вимагали збереження мікропідприємництва і спрощеної системи оподаткування обліку та звітності в Україні
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By Gromada | 06/29/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У Києві проведуть акцію на підтримку арештованого дописувача проєкту Крим.Реалії Владислава Єсипенка
«Журналісти і правозахисники зберуться в Києві, щоб висловити солідарність із заарештованим у Криму колегою, якого окупаційна влада переслідує за його журналістську діяльність»
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By VilneSlovo | 06/29/2021 | Повідомлення, Свобода слова
Can Money Absolve Sins of the Past?
The issue of reparations — making amends for historical wrongs perpetrated against a group or population — has always been highly controversial. But to the victims of atrocities like genocide and slavery, offering such compensation should be a no-brainer. VOA correspondent Mariama Diallo looks at examples of reparations as they relate to the debate over reparations for African Americans in the U.S.Henry Ridgwell contributed to this report.
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By Polityk | 06/29/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Biden Pushes for Adoption of Infrastructure Package
U.S. President Joe Biden heads to the midwestern state of Wisconsin Tuesday, making a pitch for congressional passage of a bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure package to repair the country’s crumbling roads and bridges, and at the same time boost blue-collar employment.
Biden is visiting the small city of La Crosse, population 52,000, and will tour its public transit center before speaking about what he sees as the merits of the infrastructure package he negotiated last week with a group of 10 centrist U.S. senators, five Republicans and five Democrats. WATCH LIVE at 2:00pm
He told a group of Democratic donors Monday night the spending package “signals to the world that we can function, we can deliver. We can do significant things and show that America is back.”
The measure focuses on fixing deteriorating roads and bridges that Americans encounter every day. But Biden emphasized it also would greatly expand high-speed internet in the U.S. in rural communities, replace lead pipes that imperil drinking water systems, install electric vehicle charging stations and invest in public transit systems.A White House memo said the construction package is four times the size of the infrastructure investment adopted after the Great Recession of 2008-2009 and the biggest since the Depression of the 1930s spawned President Franklin Roosevelt’s massive New Deal spending.
The package includes the largest investment in passenger rail services since the creation of the country’s Amtrak system. In Wisconsin alone, the White House said, the measure would help repair 979 bridges and more than 3,100 kilometers of highways in poor condition.
The White House emphasized that 90% of the jobs generated by the infrastructure spending could go to workers without college degrees.
“This is a blue-collar blueprint to rebuild America,” the memo says.
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download this video to view it offline.Download File360p | 8 MB480p | 12 MB540p | 16 MB720p | 35 MB1080p | 65 MBOriginal | 74 MB Embed” />Copy Download AudioBiden’s push for adoption of the infrastructure package got off to a rocky start last week.
He announced it jointly with the bipartisan group of lawmakers, only to shortly later tell reporters he would reject it if Congress did not also approve trillions of dollars in new social spending legislation that he wants to aid families and advance clean energy but that most Republicans adamantly oppose.
On Saturday, Biden said that his comments “created the impression that I was issuing a veto threat on the very plan I had just agreed to, which was certainly not my intent.” Key Republican ‘Trusts’ Biden on Infrastructure Deal Mitt Romney says he believes the US leader still stands by the roads-and-bridges repair package he negotiated with a centrist group of senators
Biden walked back the infrastructure veto threat and said he wholeheartedly supports it and the still-developing social spending legislation, while recognizing that Republicans would try to defeat the so-called “human infrastructure” legislation. If Congress eventually approves the social safety legislation, it could be that only Democratic lawmakers vote for it.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that Biden is “eager” for Congress to approve both bills and that the president is going to “work his heart out” to make it happen.
“The president intends to sign both pieces of legislation into law,” Psaki said.
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By Polityk | 06/29/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
ДСНС обіцяє грози в Києві та регіонах до кінця дня
Грози, шквали, подекуди град очікуються по Україні, крім більшості південних областей
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By Gromada | 06/29/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Над станцією «Академік Вернадський» з’явилися рідкісні перламутрові хмари
В Антарктиці побачити їх можна переважно взимку, коли в нижніх шарах стратосфери (на висоті 15-27 кілометрів) температура опускається до аномального рівня (близько -85°С)
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By Gromada | 06/29/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
«Укрпошта» подовжила контракт зі Смілянським до 2023 року – він каже, що це його останній термін
Кандидатуру чинного очільника підтримали всі члени наглядової ради, в тому числі представники Міністерства інфраструктури
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By Gromada | 06/29/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
House to Vote on Bill Launching Probe of Capitol Insurrection
A new committee to investigate the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol would have 13 members and the power to subpoena witnesses, according to legislation released by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday. The House is expected to vote on the bill this week. The effort comes after Senate Republicans blocked the formation of an independent, bipartisan commission to probe the attack, in which hundreds of former President Donald Trump’s supporters violently broke into the Capitol and interrupted the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory. The new, partisan House panel would have eight members appointed by Pelosi and five appointed “after consultation with” Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy. A Pelosi aide said the speaker is considering including a Republican among her appointments, which would bring the likely partisan split to 7-6. The aide was granted anonymity to discuss her thinking. Pelosi said in a statement that January 6 was “one of the darkest days in our nation’s history” and that the committee will seek the truth about it. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California speaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, June 28, 2021.”The select committee will investigate and report upon the facts and causes of the attack and report recommendations for preventing any future assault,” she said. Many Republicans were concerned about such a partisan probe, since majority Democrats are likely to investigate Trump’s role in the siege and the right-wing groups that were present for it. Almost three dozen House Republicans voted to create an independent panel, which would have had an even partisan split among members. Seven Republicans in the Senate supported moving forward on that bill, but that was short of the 10 Senate Republicans who would be necessary to pass it. As laid out in Pelosi’s legislation, the new select committee would have subpoena power and no specific end date. The panel can issue interim reports as it conducts the probe. Trump is not explicitly referenced in the legislation, which directs the select committee to investigate “facts, circumstances and causes relating to the January 6, 2021, domestic terrorist attack upon the United States Capitol Complex and relating to the interference with the peaceful transfer of power.” The panel would also study “influencing factors that fomented such an attack on American representative democracy while engaged in a constitutional process.” The House passed the bill to form an independent commission last month, and Pelosi said it was her preference to have an independent panel lead the inquiry. But she said last week that Congress could not wait any longer to begin a deeper look at the insurrection so she would form the select panel. She has not said who will lead it. FILE – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York speaks with reporters at the Capitol, June 22, 2021.Still, Pelosi said the select committee could be complementary to an independent panel should one ever be formed and that she is “hopeful there could be a commission at some point.” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said he might hold a second vote, but there’s no indication that any Republican votes have changed. Many Republicans have made clear that they want to move on from the January 6 attack, brushing aside the many unanswered questions about the insurrection, including how the government and law enforcement missed intelligence leading up to the rioting, and the role of Trump before and during the insurrection. Others in the Republican Party have gone further, with one suggesting the rioters looked like tourists, and another insisting that a Trump supporter named Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed while trying to break into the House chamber, was “executed.” Two officers who battled the rioters, Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone and Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, have been lobbying Republicans to support an independent commission and met with McCarthy on Friday. Afterward, they said they had asked McCarthy to denounce Republican comments downplaying the violence. FILE – Michael Fanone, a Washington Metropolitan Police Department officer, leaves a meeting with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., at the Capitol in Washington, June 25, 2021.In the absence of an independent commission, Fanone said he asked McCarthy for a commitment not to put “the wrong people” on the new select panel and that McCarthy said he would take it seriously. McCarthy’s office did not respond to requests for comment on either the meeting or the legislation to form the select committee. The officers also asked McCarthy to denounce 21 Republicans who voted earlier this month against giving medals of honor to the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police to thank them for their service on January 6. Dozens of those officers suffered injuries, including chemical burns, brain injuries and broken bones. McCarthy, who voted for the measure, told them he would deal with those members privately. Seven people died during and after the rioting, including Babbitt and three other Trump supporters who died of medical emergencies. Two police officers died by suicide in the days that followed, and a third officer, Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, collapsed and later died after engaging with the protesters. A medical examiner later determined he died of natural causes.
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By Polityk | 06/29/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Ми взяли тайм-аут для підготовки «Укрпошти» – Лазебна про доставку пенсій
«Укрпошта» буде готуватися до того, щоб давати спрощені або зручні, комфортні умови для людей»
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By Gromada | 06/29/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Міністр соцполітики розповіла деталі про виплату допомоги за медиків, загиблих від COVID-19
«Там, де підтверджені випадки, виплати йдуть, кошти є, заборгованості немає», – запевнила вона
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By Gromada | 06/28/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У Дніпрі з нагоди Дня Конституції України 1000 містян писали диктант просто неба
Мета акції – привернути увагу містян до вивчення української мови, а також пропагувати національно-патріотичне виховання
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By Gromada | 06/28/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Key Republican ‘Trusts’ Biden on Infrastructure Deal
A key U.S. Republican lawmaker said Sunday he takes President Joe Biden at his word that he has no intention of vetoing a $1.2 trillion infrastructure measure Biden agreed to last week even though initially the U.S. leader said he would reject it if Congress does not also approve social spending legislation. FILE – Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, arrives for a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2021.Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, one of the five Republican centrists who negotiated the infrastructure package with Biden to repair the country’s deteriorating roads and bridges, told CNN, “I do trust the president” to sign the funding measure if Congress approves it alone in the coming months. Biden created confusion about his support for the politically bipartisan roads-and-bridges bill by first saying Thursday he had agreed to the deal with the handful of opposition lawmakers. Shortly after, Biden said he would veto it if it was not passed by Congress in tandem with trillions more in spending on expanding the social safety for U.S. families and advancing the use of clean energy. On Saturday, Biden said that his comments “created the impression that I was issuing a veto threat on the very plan I had just agreed to, which was certainly not my intent.” Biden said he hopes Congress approves both pieces of legislation, even though he well understands Republicans will oppose the social safety net spending, with that legislation likely only garnering support from Democrats in the politically divided Congress. “So, to be clear: our bipartisan agreement does not preclude Republicans from attempting to defeat my Families Plan; likewise, they should have no objections to my devoted efforts to pass that Families Plan and other proposals in tandem,” Biden said. “We will let the American people—and the Congress—decide.” Romney said, “We Republicans are saying, ‘Absolutely, no,’ to what Democrats are calling the “human infrastructure” spending. “Don’t raise taxes; fix the (roads and bridges) infrastructure,” Romney said. “Get it done.” But Romney added, “I think [Biden] is making a huge mistake” with the social spending bill. “We’re not going to sign up for a multi-trillion-dollar bill.” Another of the Republicans who negotiated the infrastructure package with Biden, Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, told NBC’s “Meet the Press” show that the lawmakers who negotiated with Biden had been assured it would not be linked with the Democratic package on spending to benefit families. “Why is that important?” Cassidy said. “First, there’s bipartisan opposition to the non-hard infrastructure portion of [the Democrats’] bill. Bipartisan in both chambers, that’s Number One. Number Two, Republicans think that portion is bad for our country. We have an inflation rate that is higher than it’s been in quite some time. And that bill would make it higher.” “This infrastructure bill is good for America, for all Americans,” Cassidy said. “It is going to make us more productive; it’s going to create lots of jobs.”
Many Democrats, especially progressives, argue that aggressively combating climate change and expanding America’s social safety net are just as important as repairing physical infrastructure. Biden proposed raising taxes on some U.S. corporations to pay for an initial infrastructure plan of about $2 trillion.
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By Polityk | 06/28/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Blinken in Italy for Meetings With Top Leaders, Pope
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s multination trip to Europe takes him to Italy Sunday for several days of meetings with top Italian leaders, Pope Francis, Group of 20 leaders and ministerial-level officials.After being warmly welcomed in France and Germany, Blinken left Paris on Sunday for Rome, where he is meeting with the Italian foreign minister, United Nations food security agencies and U.S. Embassy officials. He also already met with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.Blinken and Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio will co-chair a meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in Rome on Monday, when he also meets with Prime Minister Mario Draghi and President Sergio Mattarella to discuss the Syrian civil war and the humanitarian needs in that country. The State Department says Syria remains a big concern, with tens of thousands of women and children in humanitarian camps subject to security issues as members of the Islamic State terrorist group work to exploit the camps to recruit the next generation of fighters.Also Monday, Blinken goes to Vatican City for meetings with Pope Francis and Archbishop Paul Gallagher. Among the topics he and Vatican officials are expected to discuss are climate change, human trafficking and debt relief for impoverished countries.His meeting with the pope comes ahead of an expected October meeting between the pontiff and U.S. President Joe Biden, the second Catholic U.S. president.At a recent conference, U.S. Roman Catholic bishops voted to draft a statement on Communion that may rebuke Catholic political figures, including Biden, who defend abortion rights but personally oppose the practice.During his visit to Paris on Friday, Blinken warned that the absence of an interim agreement to monitor Iran’s nuclear activities could prompt the U.S. to abandon efforts to rejoin a nuclear deal.“We’ll see if we can bridge the differences, but they’re real, and we have to — we have to be able to bridge them,” Blinken said at a briefing in Paris after meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean Yves Le Drian.“I would tell you that with regard to the [International Atomic Energy Agency], this remains a serious concern, a concern that we’ve communicated to Iran, and it needs to be … resolved.” Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, accompanied by Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Mathias Cormann, of Australia, speaks at the OECD headquarters in Paris, June 25, 2021.The top U.S. diplomat arrived in France from Germany, where on Thursday he and German leaders said the U.S. and Germany were partnering to counter Holocaust denial and antisemitism, an effort the secretary of state said will “ensure that current and future generations learn about the Holocaust and also learn from it.”Speaking at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Blinken said Holocaust denial and antisemitism go hand in hand with homophobia, xenophobia, racism and other forms of discrimination, and have become “a rallying cry for those who seek to tear down our democracies.”The top U.S. diplomat also met Thursday with Libya’s interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dabaiba on the heels of an international conference focused on supporting Libya’s transition to a permanent, stable government.Wednesday’s conference, hosted by Germany and the United Nations, included officials from 17 countries and reinforced support for national elections in Libya scheduled for late December.Libya has experienced political instability since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ousted longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi from power. Rival governments operated in separate parts of the country for years before a cease-fire deal in October that included a demand for all foreign fighters and mercenaries to leave Libya within 90 days.This report includes information from Reuters and AFP.
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By Polityk | 06/28/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
На період святкування Дня Конституції рятувальники перейшли на посилений режим служби
Особливу увагу приділено об’єктам із масовим перебуванням людей
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By Gromada | 06/27/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У Києві відкрили сквер на честь Героя України, розвідника Максима Шаповала
Сквер заклали на Повітрофлотському проспекті, 11-13
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By Gromada | 06/27/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Польща: в Перемишлі вшанували бійців УГА і УНР
На військовому цвинтарі поховані від 2 до 3 тисяч українських вояків УГА і петлюрівців, які відступили з України перед приходом більшовиків
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By Gromada | 06/27/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
