влада, вибори, народ
Верховний суд визнав законним відсторонення від навчання дітей, яким не зробили щеплення
Забороною щодо відвідування нещепленими дітьми навчальних закладів держава реалізує обов’язок забезпечити безпеку життя та здоров’я усіх учасників освітнього процесу – суд
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By Gromada | 03/24/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
ЗНО відбудеться у заплановані терміни незалежно від епідситуації – МОН
Основна сесія зовнішнього незалежного оцінювання відбудеться з 21 травня до 15 червня
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By Gromada | 03/23/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
З початку року у підземці 6 разів застосовували встановлені там дефібрилятори – метро Києва
Напередодні вперше з допомогою дефібрилятора вдалося врятувати життя 56-річного пасажира
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By Gromada | 03/23/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Степанов розповів, скільки зафіксовано побічних реакцій на вакцину
За словами Степанова, відсоток побічних реакцій не є критичним
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By Gromada | 03/23/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Відтепер для в’їзду в Україну потрібна довідка про негативний ПЛР-тест – Степанов
Тестування, кажуть у МОЗ, має бути проведене не пізніше, ніж за 48 годин до перетину кордону
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By Gromada | 03/23/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Національні музеї отримали торік 250 тисяч гривень компенсації через COVID-19 – Мінкультури
На придбання масок та антибактеріальних засобів було виділено майже 2,4 мільйона гривень у минулому році
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By Gromada | 03/23/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
US Senate Confirms Former Union Leader as Next Labor Secretary
The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed former union leader Marty Walsh, a son of Irish immigrants, as the next labor secretary, boosting U.S. President Joe Biden’s efforts to expand workers’ protection and delivering a win for the country’s organized labor movement.Walsh’s confirmation, by a 68-29 margin on Monday evening, is likely to have a major impact on U.S. workplace laws and regulations, including vigorous enforcement of occupational safety and health rules, overtime payments and proper administration of employee benefit plans.Walsh, 53, led Boston’s Building and Construction Trades Council for two years before winning the 2013 race for mayor with strong backing from large labor groups. He has also served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.Walsh has supported key proposals affecting workers, including a $15 minimum wage, paid family leave and the PRO Act, a proposal to update labor laws and give workers more ability to organize at work that the House of Representatives passed last year.Despite the far-reaching impact on employers and businesses, Walsh’s nomination has not attracted much controversy.During his nomination hearing, Walsh spoke about being collaborative, a trait that has won him support from large business groups.”Throughout my career, I’ve led by listening, collaborating and building partnerships. That’s how, if confirmed, I will lead the Department of Labor,” he said.In a letter to the Senate last week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said it supported Walsh’s nomination, noting that he “has a reputation as a consensus builder and has displayed a willingness to work with a wide array of constituencies.”Walsh would be the last of Biden’s Cabinet secretaries to be confirmed by the Senate, though two other Cabinet-level positions remain to be confirmed.
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By Polityk | 03/23/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
US House Holds Hearing on Statehood for Washington, DC
The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee held a hearing Monday on a bill that would make Washington, D.C., the country’s 51st state.The bill — which passed in the House last year but died in the then-Republican-controlled Senate — represents what was once considered a fringe proposition among a handful of advocates to becoming part of the agenda for Democrats in Congress.The District of Columbia was created on an undeveloped tract of land between the U.S. states of Maryland and Virginia in 1790 and became known as the Federal City for a brief period afterward. Residents initially were allowed to vote in either Maryland or Virginia.But in 1800, the U.S. Congress moved into the new Capitol, and later passed the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, which stripped D.C. residents of voting rights in all federal elections, including for U.S. president, and gave Congress oversight of the city.Washington currently has more than 700,000 residents — a population greater than the states of Wyoming and Vermont — who do not have a vote in Congress. At Monday’s hearing, D.C. House Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, author of the legislation, said it was designed to correct that situation.As a delegate, Norton can vote in committee but not for the final bill passage.Under her plan, the area that includes the Capitol, the White House and federal office buildings would become the “federal district,” with the remaining portions of the city becoming the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, named partially for former slave, abolitionist and voting rights advocate Frederick Douglass.Republicans in Congress vehemently oppose the bill as a “power grab” by Democrats, as the staunchly Democratic city would mean more seats for their party in Congress.Republicans argued their opposition last week on constitutional grounds, with conservative witnesses arguing that statehood could not be achieved through simple legislation and that a constitutional amendment would be required.If it passes in the House, the measure will have difficulty passing the Senate, where Democrats have only a one-seat majority, and the bill would need eight Republican votes.
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By Polityk | 03/23/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
На Банковій розпочали очистку стін Офісу президента – фоторепортаж
Під час акції на підтримку Стерненка 20 березня протестувальники розмалювали написами частину фасаду будівлі і розбили кілька шибок
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By Gromada | 03/22/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
В Офісі генпрокурора розповіли, скільки обвинувальних актів стосовно правоохоронців скерували до суду
В ОГП зазначили, що за січень-лютий 2021 року ДБР скерувало до суду 174 обвинувальні акти щодо правоохоронців
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By Gromada | 03/22/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У «Києве, мий» оцінили обсяг і вартість робіт з прибирання будівлі Офісу президента
Ходоловський: 80 тисяч гривень за прибирання 450 квадратних метрів на фасаді і 150-200 квадратних метрів на вулиці
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By Gromada | 03/22/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Суд 22 березня обере запобіжний захід для Владислава Сорда, затриманого на акції під ОП – адвокат
Адвокат зазначив, що з підзахисним він спілкувався лише під час затримання
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By Gromada | 03/22/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
В Україні виявили 7 893 нових випадки COVID-19 – МОЗ
Минулої доби шпиталізували 3 026 людей, одужали – 2 993, померли 157 людей
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By Gromada | 03/22/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Справа Стерненка: затриманому на акції під ОП ветерану повідомили про підозру – адвокат
Влада Сорда звинувачують у хуліганстві з використанням зброї
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By Gromada | 03/22/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Штаб повідомляє про два обстріли бойовиків на фронті, без втрат
Обидва обстріли з гранатометів зафіксовані поблизу Водяного
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By Gromada | 03/21/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
US Homeland Security Chief: ‘Border is Secure’
U.S. Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday that the country’s southwestern border with Mexico is “secure” and “closed,” even as thousands of Central American migrants are pouring into the United States at a rate that is on pace to be the highest in 20 years. The U.S. currently is holding 15,000 unaccompanied migrant children at the border, but Mayorkas said the U.S. was obligated under its laws to care for them, rather than expel them to their home countries as was the policy under former President Donald Trump. Mayorkas said it was “just false” to say that the children were “dealt with humanely” under the Trump administration. “The prior administration dismantled the asylum process,” he told the “Fox News Sunday” show. “We are encouraging families not to send their children” to the border. But if the children cross into the United States, he said they will be cared for over several days, sent to relatives already living in the United States or placed with vetted people willing to take care of them. “This is about vulnerable children,” he said. “We can (process them) in a safe and orderly manner. We will succeed.” Single adults and families arriving at the border are being sent back to Mexico under current U.S. immigration policies. When President Joe Biden took office two months ago, he stopped construction of the border wall Trump championed and embraced what Biden said would be more humane immigration policies. While he has urged people in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador to stay home, his policy shifts have led to thousands of people making the dangerous trek north through Mexico to try to reach the U.S. The bigger flow of migrants started last April, nine months before Trump left office, but has grown markedly under Biden. According to government records, about 74,000 people were stopped at the border in December, Trump’s last full month in office, but the total grew to 100,000 in February, Biden’s first full month as president. In the same two months, the number of unaccompanied children reaching the U.S. grew from about 5,000 to more than 9,400, The migration crisis has proven to be a quick political headache for Biden. An administration critic, Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, a possible 2024 Republican presidential candidate, told Fox News, “It was the Biden administration that ended the ‘remain in Mexico’ policy” of the Trump administration, “The border is wide open,” Cotton said, rebuffing Mayorkas’s contention that it is secure. He said Biden has “dismantled the very effective policies the Trump administration had in place.” Last week, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy led a group of Republican lawmakers to the border to condemn Biden’s policies. “This crisis is created by the presidential policies of this new administration,” McCarthy said. “There’s no other way to claim it than a Biden border crisis.”
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By Polityk | 03/21/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Senate Filibuster Bumps Against Biden’s Agenda
Democrats in the US Senate are considering a historic rule change in order to get President Joe Biden’s agenda passed. VOA’s Steve Redisch explains the filibuster.
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By Polityk | 03/21/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Від Дніпра до Києва: 63-річний мандрівник-екстремал пішки подолав понад 600 кілометрів
За словами Сергія Гордієнка, одна з цілей нинішнього походу – тримати себе у формі в умовах пандемії
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By Gromada | 03/20/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Continuity More Likely Than Change in US-China Policy, Experts Say
The US secretary of state and national security adviser wrapped up their first in-person talks with top Chinese officials in Alaska on Friday. Elizabeth Lee reports.
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By Polityk | 03/20/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
US House Backs Measure Condemning Myanmar Coup
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation Friday condemning the military coup in Myanmar, as lawmakers decried increasingly harsh tactics used to suppress demonstrations since the February 1 ouster of the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.The measure passed 398-14, with one lawmaker voting “present.” All of the “no” and “present” votes came from Republicans.The resolution condemned the coup and the detention of Myanmar’s civilian leaders, called for the release of all those detained and for those elected to serve in parliament to resume their duties.The House had passed another Burma-related measure Thursday by voice vote. That bill, which must be passed by the Senate before becoming law, would require President Joe Biden’s administration to provide a report to Congress on events in Myanmar and its response to them.”We must, we must make it clear that the United States is watching and that we support the restoration of democracy,” said Representative Gregory Meeks, the Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, urging support for the measures.Security forces killed at least nine opponents of Mynamar’s military junta Friday, as Southeast Asian countries urged an end to the violence and Western ambassadors condemned what they called the army’s “immoral, indefensible” actions.
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By Polityk | 03/20/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Biden to Nominate Former Sen. Nelson as NASA Chief
U.S. President Joe Biden announced Friday he plans to nominate former U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to lead the U.S. space agency, NASA.In a statement, the White House says as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a three-term senator from Florida, Nelson, a Democrat, chaired committees on space, science and transportation. They also note he co-authored the landmark 2010 NASA bill which set the current path of private-sector partnership. In the statement, the White House notes Nelson, as a congressman in 1986, even flew on a six-day space shuttle mission. He currently serves on the NASA advisory council.Nelson, if approved by the Senate, would take over the agency as commercial space projects are already shuttling supplies and astronauts to the International Space Station.NASA is also preparing to return astronauts to the moon in the next four years.Nelson’s nomination has already received the endorsement of Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican.“I cannot think of anyone better to lead NASA than Bill Nelson,” Rubio tweeted on Thursday.
If approved, Nelson would be NASA’s 14th administrator, and would take over from the Trump administration’s appointee, former Oklahoma congressman Jim Bridenstine.
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By Polityk | 03/20/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Користувачі по всьому світу повідомили про збої в роботі Instagram, Facebook Messenger і Whatsapp
У Facebook, що володіє Instagram і Whatsapp, підтвердили проблеми з FB-месенджером
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By Gromada | 03/19/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Зеленський про Ліну Костенко в день уродин: «Ваші сила й талант не перестають захоплювати»
У різних рейтингах відомих людей України Ліна Костенко зазвичай посідає одне з чільних місць
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By Gromada | 03/19/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Полоненого на Донбасі українця Матюшенка відправляють «на яму» за «неправильну стрижку» – дружина
«Про полонених зараз стали значно менше говорити», каже Тетяна Матюшенко
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By Gromada | 03/19/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
США в ОБСЄ попереджають про нові спроби Росії зняти з себе відповідальність за ескалацію на Донбасі
«Ми не сприймемо і не ігноруватимемо постійні спроби Росії відмежуватися від конфлікту, за який вона несе одноосібну відповідальність»
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By Gromada | 03/19/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
US Envoy Contrasts Biden’s Criticism of Iran’s Poor Human Rights Record with Trump Approach
The Biden administration is contrasting its criticisms of Iran’s poor human rights record from those made by former President Donald Trump, with a senior official saying the U.S. is trying to make its Iran critiques more credible by stressing a need to also solve rights problems at home.“President Joe Biden has made clear … that human rights are going to be a priority in Iran and in the region as a whole,” said U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley in a Wednesday interview with VOA Persian at the State Department. “And I think we have restored a more principled approach in which we push for the respect of human rights throughout the world, including, by the way, in the United States.”Prior to Malley’s interview, the Biden administration had issued eight public statements about Iran’s human rights record since taking office on Jan. 20, with the toughest being a March 9 announcement of sanctions against two interrogators of Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for allegedly violating the rights of anti-government protesters in 2019 and 2020.The Trump administration had frequently been vocal about Iran’s poor rights record during its four-year term and sanctioned multiple Iranian government-linked individuals and entities for alleged human rights abuses.In an echo of Trump’s approach, Malley told VOA the Biden administration has tried to “shine a spotlight on Iran [and] the struggle of courageous activists” such as jailed Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh. A U.S. official in Geneva had mentioned Sotoudeh in a March 9 statement to the U.N. Human Rights Council urging Iran to end its “systematic use of an arbitrary and unfair justice system to detain and impose sentences against human rights defenders.”In another message similar to that of the Trump administration, Malley said U.S. officials were putting a “huge emphasis” on trying to bring home Iranian American dual citizens seen as unjustly detained in or prevented from leaving Iran. He named businessman Siamak Namazi, who was arrested in October 2015; Siamak’s father and former U.N. official Baquer Namazi, who was detained in February 2016 and has been on a medical furlough from prison since 2018; and environmentalist Morad Tahbaz, who was arrested in January 2018.Malley said the U.S. also will continue to seek the return of the remains of retired FBI agent Robert “Bob” Levinson, who disappeared in Iran after being abducted in 2007 and later died in captivity according to U.S. intelligence assessments.“It is unconscionable that … the Iranian government would use the lives of individuals as pawns in a political game to try to extract benefit,” Malley said. “This is not something [where] you sign an agreement and that’s enough. What you need to do is push and make sure that there’s pressure, and make sure that the Iranian people themselves know that the United States is standing with them in that fight.”Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can
download this video to view it offline.Download File360p | 3 MB480p | 4 MB540p | 4 MB1080p | 17 MBOriginal | 34 MB Embed” />Copy Download AudioUS Envoy Talks Human RightsIn an effort to contrast his message from that of the previous administration, Malley said the U.S. views the human rights fight as one involving not just Iran but other countries.“And it’s [involving] the U.S. trying to restore its own faith with its commitments back at home, commitments on democracy, on the respect of human rights,” he said. “One of the first decisions President Biden made was to lift the travel ban on Muslims and Africans to try to restore the U.S. to a stronger position in terms of being able to argue for universal human rights everywhere.”Biden repealed the Trump travel ban on Iran and 12 other nations within hours of being sworn in. He said the visa restrictions on citizens of those nations, seven of them predominantly Muslim states in the Middle East and Africa, were inconsistent with a U.S. tradition of welcoming people of all faiths and undermined national security.Trump had said the bans were justified by concerns about foreign terrorist entry to the United States and about the ability of U.S. authorities to screen visa applicants from nations afflicted by terrorism.Malley’s human rights comments drew mixed reactions from U.S. analysts and policy advocates contacted by VOA Persian.Barbara Slavin of the Atlantic Council welcomed the U.S. envoy’s position. “The Trump administration approach was riddled with double standards, condemning Iran vociferously while ignoring or soft-peddling egregious abuses by countries ‘friendlier’ to the United States such as Saudi Arabia. I thought it was important that he admitted that the U.S. record is hardly perfect in this regard,” she said.National Iranian American Council policy director Ryan Costello said the Biden administration should not only speak out “more evenly” on human rights abuses in the Middle East and the world but also ease Trump-imposed Iran sanctions that he said, “have hurt ordinary Iranians and contributed to the securitized political environment in Iran.” Biden has offered to ease those sanctions if Iran first resumes compliance with a 2015 deal in which it promised world powers to curb nuclear activities that could be weaponized, in return for sanctions relief.Alireza Nader of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies said he does not believe Biden will achieve any human rights improvements in Iran without maintaining the Trump-era sanctions that were part of the former president’s “maximum pressure” campaign against the Islamist-ruled nation. “The Iranian people want the Islamic Republic gone and an easing of pressure only helps the regime,” he said.Iran International senior analyst Jason Brodsky said the newly defined U.S. human rights approach to Iran is unlikely to influence an Iranian supreme leader who has gone to great lengths to ensure the survival of Iran’s ruling system. “A U.S. universal and self-critical policy by itself won’t change that calculus, and the international community needs to understand that dynamic,” Brodsky said.This article originated in VOA’s Persian Service.
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By Polityk | 03/19/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
