влада, вибори, народ
Україна та Британія домовилися про спільне будівництво кораблів та баз для українських ВМС
Меморандум передбачає спільне проєктування та будівництво військових кораблів в Україні та Великій Британії, реконструкцію українських суднобудівних підприємств і будівництво двох баз ВМС України
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By Gromada | 06/21/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У Запоріжжі підписали кримськотатарський прапор, який запустять над окупованим Кримом
Акція приурочена до 30-річчя відновлення діяльності Курултаю кримськотатарського народу
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By Gromada | 06/21/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
New Yorkers to Cast Votes in Mayoral Primary
This Tuesday, local voters will cast their ballots in a primary election on the path to selecting the next mayor of New York. Some experts call the country’s biggest city and its financial capital a bellwether, despite the city’s overwhelmingly liberal lean. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more.
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By Polityk | 06/21/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Бойовики за добу двічі порушили режим тиші, втрат серед українських військових немає – штаб ООС
На Луганщині безпілотний літальний апарат бойовиків перетнув лінію розмежування
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By Gromada | 06/20/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Коронавірус у кримському «Артеку»: кількість хворих дітей зросла до 12 – директор
«Артек» працює в штатному режимі, на зміні в таборі наразі близько 2,5 тисячі дітей
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By Gromada | 06/20/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Спікер розповів, коли Рада відкриє кулуари для журналістів
Доступ журналістів до кулуарів Верховної Ради закрили в березні минулого року з початком карантину
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By VilneSlovo | 06/20/2021 | Повідомлення, Свобода слова
Проїзд із Києва в напрямку Борисполя обмежать з 23 червня через ремонт
Рух у два боки буде здійснюватися по проїзду у напрямку Києва, повідомили в аеропорту
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By Gromada | 06/19/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
11 US Mayors Say They are Committed to Paying Reparations for Slavery
Eleven U.S. mayors said Friday they are committed to paying reparations for slavery but gave few details on how they would accomplish the task.The group, led by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, announced a coalition to pursue reparations, Mayors Organized for Reparations and Equity (MORE).“Our coalition stands on the belief that cities can — and should — act as laboratories for bold ideas that can be transformative for racial and economic justice on a larger scale,” the group said on its website.It said the 11 cities would create local commissions comprised of representatives from Black-led organizations that would determine how to implement the reparations. Questions that would need to be decided include who would qualify for reparations, how much money would be spent and who would pay for the reparations.The mayors said on their website that city programs would vary in “style and scope” but would “serve as high-profile demonstrations for how the country can more quickly move from conversation to actions” on the issue.They noted that the conversation “has hardly moved beyond theory since the end of the Civil War.”Garcetti said during a news conference Friday that “cities will never have the funds to pay for reparations on our own,” according to the Associated Press.“When we have the laboratories of cities show that there is much more to embrace than to fear, we know that we can inspire national action as well,” Garcetti said.The other mayors involved in the coalition are from St. Louis, Missouri; Tullahassee, Oklahoma; Providence, Rhode Island; Austin, Texas; Durham, North Carolina; Asheville, North Carolina; Kansas City, Missouri, Sacramento, California, and St. Paul, Minnesota.The formation of the coalition comes as the nation marks Juneteenth, a celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. President Joe Biden signed a bill this week creating a federal holiday on Juneteenth — June 19.
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By Polityk | 06/19/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
У Дніпрі підписали кримськотатарський прапор, який запустять над окупованим Кримом
Акція зібрала десятки людей. Вони лишали слова підтримки на прапорі різними мовами
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By Gromada | 06/18/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У Києві провели в останню путь хореографа Григорія Чапкіса (фоторепортаж)
Про себе Чапкіс говорив, що «танцювати та ходити навчився одночасно»
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By Gromada | 06/18/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
З початку літа кількість потопельників в Україні перевищила пів сотні – рятувальники
«Моторошна статистика, що свідчить про байдуже ставлення громадян до питань власної безпеки», кажуть в ДСНС
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By Gromada | 06/18/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У Мінсоцполітики анонсували «нові стимули» для працевлаштування людей з інвалідністю
Мінсоцполітики також розпочало підготовку програми «Рука допомоги» для осіб з інвалідністю, які хочуть заснувати власний бізнес
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By Gromada | 06/18/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
US Supreme Court Again Rejects a Health Care Law Challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court for the third time rejected a challenge to the country’s chief health insurance law that provides millions of Americans with coverage to help pay their medical costs.The court, in a 7-2 decision, dismissed on Thursday a bid by 18 Republican-led states and the administration of former President Donald Trump to upend the 2010 Affordable Care Act.It was the signature legislative achievement of former President Barack Obama, Trump’s immediate predecessor, and is popularly known in the U.S. as Obamacare.The country’s highest court also rejected challenges to the law in 2012 and 2015, with all three decisions keeping in place such politically popular provisions as allowing young adults to remain on their parents’ insurance policies until they turn 26 and ensuring coverage for patients with preexisting health conditions. As originally approved by Congress, the law required people to pay a penalty if they chose to not buy health insurance. But Congress in 2017 set that penalty — the so-called individual mandate — at zero.Republican state attorneys general, and the Trump administration, contended that removing the penalty provision made the whole law unconstitutional.The court did not consider the validity of the claims made against the law but ruled that the states opposed to it did not have legal standing to make the challenge.The majority decision was written by liberal Justice Stephen Breyer and joined by two of the three conservative justices appointed to the court by Trump — Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. The third Trump appointee, Neil Gorsuch, joined Justice Samuel Alito in dissent.President Joe Biden has said he will attempt to add provisions to the Affordable Care Act, which was approved when he was Obama’s vice president.
Biden called the decision “a victory for more than 130 million Americans with pre-existing conditions and millions more who were in immediate danger of losing their health care in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic.”
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra praised the Supreme Court decision, saying it was “a victory for all Americans, especially people with a preexisting condition or anyone who was worried they could be forced to choose between their health and making ends meet. Health care should be a right — not a privilege — just for the healthy and wealthy.”
In a separate decision Thursday on religious rights, the court ruled that the eastern city of Philadelphia was wrong to terminate a foster care services contract with Catholic Social Services, which refuses to work with same-sex couples because of its religious beliefs.
All nine justices agreed with the outcome, but Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for a majority of six that Philadelphia violated the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of free exercise of religion in ending the contract with the Catholic organization.
Roberts said the organization only sought “an accommodation that will allow it to continue serving the children of Philadelphia in a manner consistent with its religious beliefs; it does not seek to impose those beliefs on anyone else.”
“The refusal of Philadelphia to contract with [Catholic Social Services] for the provision of foster care services unless it agrees to certify same-sex couples as foster parents cannot survive strict scrutiny, and violates the First Amendment to the Constitution,” Roberts wrote.
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By Polityk | 06/18/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
ЗНО з математики не склали понад 31% абітурієнтів, з англійської – понад 10% – УЦОЯО
15 червня тестуванням з географії завершилася основна сесія зовнішнього незалежного оцінювання, яка тривала з 21 травня
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By Gromada | 06/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Мінсоцполітики: субсидії автоматично призначать понад 2,5 млн одержувачів
«Житлові субсидії отримають всі, хто їх дійсно потребує», – додали в міністерстві
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By Gromada | 06/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
US House Votes to End 2002 Iraq War Authorization
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday that would repeal the authorization of use of military force in Iraq that has been in effect since 2002. Supporters of the measure say the repeal is necessary to restrict presidential war powers.The 268-161 House vote came one day after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced his support of the legislation, saying it would prevent acts of “military adventurism” like President Donald Trump’s authorization of a 2020 aerial attack on a Baghdad airport.
Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was killed in the attack.
“The Iraq War has been over for nearly a decade,” Schumer said. “The authorization passed in 2002 is no longer necessary in 2021.”
Schumer said he planned a Senate vote on the repeal measure later this year, while the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said it would consider it at a meeting next week.
The White House said in a statement Monday it supported the legislation and emphasized that current military operations do not rely on the 2002 authorization.
Republican Congressman Michael McCaul indicated he would oppose the House bill. The lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee agreed reform “is needed” but added that a serious effort would have included talks with national security leaders and a new strategy to tackle the evolving war on terrorism.
The U.S. Constitution grants Congress the authority to declare war. That power has shifted to the president, however, as Congress approved “forever war” AUMFs (Authorization for Use of Military Force), which have not expired.
Examples include the 2002 Iraqi war and the fight against al-Qaida and affiliates after the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001.
Some legislators say the 2001 resolution to combat terrorism that was approved after the September 11 attacks, should also be reassessed.
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By Polityk | 06/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
US Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law Again
The U.S. Supreme Court for the third time on Thursday upheld the legality of the country’s chief health insurance law that provides millions of Americans with coverage to help pay their medical costs. The court, in a 7-to-2 decision, rejected a bid by 18 Republican-led states and the administration of former President Donald Trump to upend the 2010 Affordable Care Act. It was the signature legislative achievement of former President Barack Obama, Trump’s immediate predecessor, and is popularly known in the U.S. as Obamacare. The country’s highest court had also rejected legal challenges in 2012 and 2015, with all three decisions keeping in place such politically popular provisions as allowing young adults to remain on their parents’ insurance policies until they turn 26 and ensuring coverage for patients with preexisting health conditions. As originally approved by Congress, the law required people to pay a penalty if they chose to not buy health insurance. But Congress in 2017 set that penalty — the so-called individual mandate — at zero. Republican state attorneys general, and the Trump administration, contended that removing the penalty provision made the whole law unconstitutional. The court did not consider the validity of the claims made against the law but ruled that the states opposed to it did not have legal standing to make the challenge. The majority decision was written by liberal Justice Stephen Breyer, and joined by two of the three conservative justices appointed to the court by Trump, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. The third Trump appointee, Neil Gorsuch, joined Justice Samuel Alito in dissent. President Joe Biden has said he will attempt to add on provisions to the Affordable Care Act, which was approved when he was Obama’s vice president. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra praised the Supreme Court decision, saying it was “a victory for all Americans, especially people with a pre-existing condition or anyone who was worried they could be forced to choose between their health and making ends meet. Health care should be a right — not a privilege — just for the healthy and wealthy.”
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By Polityk | 06/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Українці майже 7 млн разів перетнули кордон із країнами ЄС з березня 2020 року – ДПСУ
До COVID-19, в аналогічний період 2018-2019 року, ДПСУ фіксувала майже 23 мільйона перетинів кордону
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By Gromada | 06/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Майже 19 тисяч сімей отримали запрошення для дітей до дитсадків столиці – КМДА
У столиці популярна практика, коли батьки стають у чергу в дитсадок відразу після народження дитини
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By Gromada | 06/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
«Укрзалізниця» повідомила про додаткові поїзди до Одеси на святкові вихідні
Раніше повідомлялося, що у червні в українців буде на два вихідні дні більше через Трійцю (20 червня) і День Конституції (28 червня), які є державними святами
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By Gromada | 06/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Congress Approves Bill to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the nation.The House voted 415-14 Wednesday to make Juneteenth, or June 19, the 12th federal holiday. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law.Juneteenth commemorates when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free. Confederate soldiers surrendered in April 1865, but word didn’t reach the last enslaved Black people until June 19, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to Galveston, Texas. That was also about 2½ years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the Southern states.It’s the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was created in 1983.”Our federal holidays are purposely few in number and recognize the most important milestones,” said U.S. Representative Carolyn Maloney. “I cannot think of a more important milestone to commemorate than the end of slavery in the United States.”Standing tallSpeaking next to a large poster of a Black man whose back bore massive scarring from being whipped, Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat, said she would be in Galveston this Saturday to celebrate along with Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas.”Can you imagine?” said the rather short Jackson Lee. “I will be standing maybe taller than Senator Cornyn, forgive me for that, because it will be such an elevation of joy.”FILE – New Orleans baby dolls dance at the ancestor oak tree in Congo Square, in celebration of Juneteenth, a holiday that marks the end of U.S. slavery in 1865, in New Orleans, June 20, 2020. Juneteenth will soon be an official national holiday.The Senate passed the bill a day earlier under a unanimous consent agreement that expedites the process for considering legislation. It takes just one senator’s objection to block such agreements.”Please, let us do as the Senate. Vote unanimously for passage,” Representative David Scott of Georgia pleaded at one point with his colleagues.The bill was sponsored by Senator Edward Markey, a Democrat, and had 60 co-sponsors. Democratic leaders moved quickly to bring the bill to the House floor.Some Republican lawmakers opposed the effort. Representative Matt Rosendale of Montana said creating the federal holiday was an effort to celebrate “identity politics.””Since I believe in treating everyone equally, regardless of race, and that we should be focused on what unites us rather than our differences, I will vote no,” he said in a press release.Most states recognize Juneteenth as a holiday or have an official observance of the day, and most hold celebrations. Juneteenth is a paid holiday for state employees in Texas, New York, Virginia and Washington.Official nameUnder the legislation, the federal holiday would be known as Juneteenth National Independence Day.Republican Representative Clay Higgins of Louisiana said that he would vote for the bill and that he supported the establishment of a federal holiday, but he was upset that the name of the holiday included the word “independence” rather than “emancipation.” “Why would the Democrats want to politicize this by co-opting the name of our sacred holiday of Independence Day?” Higgins said.”I want to say to my white colleagues on the other side: Getting your independence from being enslaved in a country is different from a country getting independence to rule themselves,” Representative Brenda Lawrence, a Michigan Democrat, replied, adding, “We have a responsibility to teach every generation of Black and white Americans the pride of a people who have survived, endured and succeeded in these United States of America despite slavery.”
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By Polityk | 06/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Biden Administration, US Lawmakers Grapple With Domestic Extremism Threat
The United States faces a growing threat from domestic violent extremists, according to a strategy released this week by the Biden administration. The warning comes as U.S. lawmakers continue to investigate the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump seeking to derail the Electoral College vote count confirming Joe Biden’s presidential victory. VOA Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson has more.Producer: Katherine Gypson.
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By Polityk | 06/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Військовий поранений внаслідок обстрілу поблизу Луганського – ОТУ «Північ»
Стан здоров’я військовослужбовця задовільний, повідомляють в угрупованні
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By Gromada | 06/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Суд відмовився розглядати оскарження дозволу на заочне розслідування щодо Януковича у справі про захоплення влади
Відмову в суді пояснили тим, що адвокати подали скаргу на рішення, яке не підлягає оскарженню
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By Gromada | 06/16/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Байден згадав про тиск на Радіо Свобода в Росії під час переговорів із Путіним
Президент США нагадав про «важливість свободи преси та свободи висловлення думки»
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By VilneSlovo | 06/16/2021 | Повідомлення, Свобода слова
В електронному «кабінеті водія» запустили послугу замовлення страхового поліса на авто – МВС
Електронний «кабінет водія» – це ресурс, де можна здійснити обмін та відновлення посвідчення водія, верифікувати водійські документи, замовити індивідуальні номерні знаки тощо
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By Gromada | 06/16/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
