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Washington Post Corrects Misquote About Trump’s December Call with Georgia Election Official
The Washington Post has corrected a major story it published in January about the presidential election in the state of Georgia, saying it had “misquoted” then President Donald Trump in a phone call with a state election official. In the December call, Trump was voicing his concerns about alleged fraud.The original story, which was based on an anonymous source, said that in the call, Trump had told Georgia’s top election official to “find the fraud” and that they’d be a “national hero” if they did.On March 11, the Wall Street Journal revealed audio of the conversation, which showed Trump did not say those things.“Two months after publication of this story, the Georgia secretary of state released an audio recording of President Donald Trump’s December phone call with the state’s top elections investigator,” the Post wrote in its correction.The recording revealed that the Post misquoted Trump’s comments on the call, based on information provided by a source. Trump did not tell the investigator to “find the fraud” or say she would be “a national hero” if she did so. Instead, Trump urged the investigator to scrutinize ballots in Fulton County, Georgia, asserting she would find “dishonesty” there. He also told her that she had “the most important job in the country right now.”Numerous national media outlets repeated the erroneous quotes, citing The Washington Post.During the call, the former president did claim he had won Georgia and that “something bad” had happened with the election in the state.“I can assure you that our team and the (Georgia Bureau of Investigation), that we are only interested in the truth and finding the information that is based on the facts,” the election official replied, according to the audio released by the Wall Street Journal.Trump responded to the correction by calling the Post’s original reporting a “media travesty” but thanked the paper for correcting it.President Joe Biden won Georgia by about 12,000 votes.
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By Polityk | 03/17/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
US Report Says Russia, Not China, Tried to Influence 2020 Election
Russia’s government tried to seed the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign with “misleading or unsubstantiated allegations” against then-candidate Joe Biden through allies of former President Trump and his administration, U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday.The assessment was made in a 15-page report into election interference published by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. It underscores allegations that Trump’s allies were playing into Moscow’s hands by amplifying claims made against Biden by Russian-linked Ukrainian figures in the run up to the November 3 election. Biden defeated Trump and took office on January 20.U.S. intelligence agencies found other attempts to sway voters, including a “multi-pronged covert influence campaign” by Iran intended to undercut Trump’s support. The report also punctures a counter-narrative pushed by Trump’s allies that China was interfering on Biden’s behalf, concluding that Beijing “did not deploy interference efforts.””China sought stability in its relationship with the United States and did not view either election outcome as being advantageous enough for China to risk blowback if caught,” the report said.U.S. officials said they also saw efforts by Cuba, Venezuela and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah to influence the election, although “in general, we assess that they were smaller in scale than those conducted by Russia and Iran.”U.S. intelligence agencies and former Special Counsel Robert Mueller previously concluded that Russia also interfered in the 2016 U.S. election to boost Trump’s candidacy with a campaign of propaganda aimed at harming his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.
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By Polityk | 03/16/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Справа Шеремета: засідання перенесли на 23 березня
«Пан Антоненко хоче, щоб його бачили, щоб його бачив суд, присяжні, спілкуватися з ними особисто», пояснив адвокат
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By Gromada | 03/16/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
«Ріффу волю»: кілька сотень людей прийшли підтримати Антоненка під Шевченківський суд – фоторепортаж
Учасники акції палили фаєри і вигукували гасла на підтримку Андрія Антоненка. Вони тримали плакати «Ріффу волю», «Кайдани порвіте», «Хто наступний?» та інші
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By Gromada | 03/16/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Добровольця Ленга «можуть у будь-який момент видати і стратити» в США – адвокат про рішення суду
«Є багато прикладів, коли американців притягував уряд США за те, що вони воювали на Донбасі», стверджує адвокат Ленга
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By Gromada | 03/16/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
В «Укрзалізниці» відреагували на інформацію про можливість відсторонення Жмака
Володимир Жмак зараз знаходиться на лікарняному, 12 березня в нього діагностували коронавірус
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By Gromada | 03/16/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Haaland Confirmed as Interior Secretary, 1st Native American Cabinet Head
The Senate on Monday confirmed New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland as interior secretary, making her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet department and the first to lead the federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation’s tribes for nearly two centuries.Haaland was confirmed by a 51-40 vote.Democrats and tribal groups hailed Haaland’s confirmation as historic, saying her selection means that Indigenous people — who lived in North America before the United States was created — will for the first time see a Native American lead the powerful department where decisions on relations with the nearly 600 federally recognized tribes are made. Interior also oversees a host of other issues, including energy development on public lands and waters, national parks and endangered species.”Representative Haaland’s confirmation represents a gigantic step forward in creating a government that represents the full richness and diversity of this country,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. “Native Americans for far too long have been neglected at the Cabinet level and in so many other places.”Haaland’s nomination has been closely watched by tribal communities across the country, with some virtual parties drawing hundreds of people to watch her two-day confirmation hearing last month.Supporters projected a photo of Haaland, a two-term congresswoman who represents greater Albuquerque, on the side of the Interior building in downtown Washington with text that read “Our Ancestors’ Dreams Come True.”Many Native Americans see Haaland, 60, as someone who will elevate their voices and protect the environment and tribes’ rights. Her selection breaks a two-century pattern of non-Native officials, mostly male, serving as the top federal official over American Indian affairs. The federal government often worked to dispossess tribes of their land and, until recently, to assimilate them into white culture.”It is long past time that an American Indian serve as the secretary of the Interior,” said Fawn Sharp, president of the National Congress of American Indians, the nation’s oldest and largest tribal organization.”The nation needs her leadership and vision to help lead our response to climate change, to steward our lands and cultural resources and to ensure that across the federal government, the United States lives up to its trust and treaty obligations to tribal nations and our citizens,” Sharp said.Jonathan Nez, president of the Navajo Nation in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, called Haaland’s confirmation “an unprecedented and monumental day for all first people of this country. Words cannot express how overjoyed and proud we are to see one of our own confirmed to serve in this high-level position.”Haaland’s confirmation “sets us on a better path to righting the wrongs of the past with the federal government and inspires hope in our people, especially our young people,” Nez added.Not everyone was celebrating. Some Republican senators have criticized Haaland’s views on oil drilling and other energy development as radical and extreme, citing her opposition to the Keystone XL oil pipeline and her support for the Green New Deal, a sweeping, if mostly aspirational, policy to address climate change and income inequality.Wyoming Senator John Barrasso, the top Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said Haaland’s “extreme views” and support of “catastrophic legislation” such as the Green New Deal would make her confirmation as interior secretary disastrous, harming America’s energy supply and economy.”American jobs are being sacrificed in the name of the Biden agenda, and Representative Haaland couldn’t defend it,” Barrasso said, referring to decisions by President Joe Biden to reject the Keystone XL pipeline and impose a moratorium on new oil and gas leases on federal lands.Barrasso also faulted Haaland’s support for continued protection for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region of the Rocky Mountains, despite a recommendation by the Fish and Wildlife Service that about 700 bears in parts of Montana, Wyoming and Idaho no longer need protections.”Representative Haaland has chosen to ignore the science and the scientists of the very department that she is now nominated to lead,” Barrasso said, calling on Interior to remove protections for the grizzly under the Endangered Species Act.Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell said she appreciates Haaland’s leadership in the House on a range of issues, adding that Haaland’s status as a Native American “will give us an extra advantage on (tribal) issues that are so important to Indian Country overall.”Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said she had “some real misgivings” about Haaland because of her views on oil drilling and other energy issues, but said Native Alaskans, an important constituency in her rural state, had urged her to back Haaland.”Quite honestly, we need (Haaland) to be a success,” Murkowski said.Senator Martin Heinrich, a Democrat from New Mexico said he was disappointed at the rhetoric used by Barrasso and other Republicans. Heinrich, who lives in Haaland’s district, said she “always has an open door and an open mind” to a range of views.
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By Polityk | 03/16/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Фонд соцстрахування попередив про затримки виплат лікарняних і декретних
На сьогодні затримка складає 21 робочий день або 1,8 млрд грн, додали у фонді
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By Gromada | 03/15/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У 2020 році в Україні за домашнє насильство засудили 921 людину – Державна судова адміністрація
У державній судовій адміністрації зазначили, що у 2020 році на розгляді в судах перебувало 1877 проваджень щодо домашнього насильства
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By Gromada | 03/15/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Вовк знову не з’явився до суду – ВАКС
ВАКС постановив зупинити сплив строків у провадженні на час розшуку голови ОАСК Павла Вовка
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By Gromada | 03/15/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Biden, Democrats to Promote Coronavirus Relief Benefits
U.S. President Joe Biden and other Democrats are embarking this week on visits to numerous states to promote the benefits of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package Biden signed into law last week, hoping to make sure voters know how the aid could help them and that it was approved over uniform Republican opposition. Biden is scheduled to discuss the plan in remarks at the White House on Monday, while his wife, Jill, goes to the state of New Jersey to join Governor Phil Murphy at an elementary school where she is expected to talk about steps the school took to reopen and how the relief package can help families. Biden Signs Coronavirus Relief Package$1.9 trillion measure cleared Congress over uniform Republican opposition Vice President Kamala Harris travels Monday to Las Vegas where she will visit a COVID-19 vaccination site. Biden makes his first trip promoting the relief plan Tuesday when he goes to Delaware County, a key suburban Philadelphia jurisdiction in the eastern state of Pennsylvania that he carried over former President Donald Trump in the November election. The relief package is one of the largest economic assistance packages in U.S. history and the first major legislative victory for Biden. It was approved solely with the votes of Democrats. Republican lawmakers objected to the size of the deal and to the fact that some of the funding is not tied directly to trying to end the pandemic in the United States, where more than 534,000 Americans have died.Senate Passes $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill50-49 vote falls along party lines in 100-member chamber Biden said in a speech Thursday night that members of his administration will spread out across the country to “speak directly” to Americans about the plan. Biden and the other Democrats plan to highlight that millions of adult Americans, all but those in the upper-income brackets, will receive $1,400 stimulus checks, with tax credits for children. Billions of dollars are being sent to state and local governments and businesses that have been hit hard by the yearlong pandemic in the United States. Additional aid is being spent to boost vaccinations of millions of Americans. Key Facts About the $1.9T COVID Bill Legislation still needs final passage in House, president’s signature The president and his aides hope to highlight how much assistance is being spent in individual states. National polls have shown that the relief package has wide support, even among Republicans, but Biden is not taking its popularity for granted.Democrats are mindful that in 2009, the last Democratic president, Barack Obama, under whom Biden served as vice president, spent little time promoting the $800 billion economic stimulus package he and fellow Democrats helped push through Congress to help rescue the U.S. economy from the steep recession they inherited from Republican President George W. Bush.Republicans, who mostly opposed the stimulus, went on to capture the House of Representatives in the 2010 elections.Biden press secretary Jen Psaki, a veteran of the Obama administration, told reporters last week: “We didn’t do enough to explain to the American people what the benefits were” in 2009.The White House is planning to make surrogates and senior administration officials available for local television interviews in cities across the country and get more than 400 mayors and governors to talk about what the relief package means for them and their communities.Congresswoman Liz Cheney, the House’s No. 3 Republican, said in a statement that only a small fraction of the $1.9 trillion deal was aimed at the virus and warned that it might eventually lead to tax increases to help pay for it.
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By Polityk | 03/15/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Biden, Democrats to Tout Coronavirus Relief Benefits
U.S. President Joe Biden and other Democrats are embarking this week on visits to numerous states to promote the benefits of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package Biden signed into law last week, hoping to make sure voters know how the aid could help them and that it was approved over uniform Republican opposition.On Tuesday Biden is to visit Delaware County, a key suburban Philadelphia jurisdiction in the eastern state of Pennsylvania that he carried over former President Donald Trump in the November election.Biden Signs Coronavirus Relief Package$1.9 trillion measure cleared Congress over uniform Republican opposition Meantime, first lady Jill Biden is headed to the northeastern state of New Jersey on Monday and to New Hampshire on Wednesday. Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, are visiting Colorado and New Mexico in the western United States in the coming days, as well as New Jersey, Georgia and Pennsylvania on the East Coast.The relief package is one of the largest economic assistance packages in U.S. history and the first major legislative victory for Biden. It was approved solely with the votes of Democrats. Republican lawmakers objected to the size of the deal and to the fact that some of the funding is not tied directly to trying to end the pandemic in the U.S., where more than 534,000 Americans have died. Biden said in a speech Thursday night that the first and second couples and members of his Cabinet will spread out across the country to “speak directly to you” about the plan.Biden and the other Democrats plan to highlight that millions of adult Americans, all but those in the upper-income brackets, will receive $1,400 stimulus checks, with tax credits for children. Billions of dollars are being sent to state and local governments and businesses that have been hit hard by the yearlong pandemic in the U.S. Additional aid is being spent to boost vaccinations of millions of Americans.Key Facts About the $1.9T COVID Bill Legislation still needs final passage in House, president’s signature The president and his aides hope to highlight how much assistance is being spent in individual states. National polls have shown that the relief package has wide support, even among Republicans, but Biden is not taking its popularity for granted.Democrats are mindful that in 2009, the last Democratic president, Barack Obama, under whom Biden served as vice president, spent little time promoting the $800 billion economic stimulus package he and fellow Democrats helped push through Congress to help rescue the U.S. economy from the steep recession they inherited from Republican President George W. Bush.Republicans, who mostly opposed the stimulus, went on to capture the House of Representatives in the 2010 elections.Biden press secretary Jen Psaki, a veteran of the Obama administration, told reporters last week: “We didn’t do enough to explain to the American people what the benefits were” in 2009.The White House is planning to make surrogates and senior administration officials available for local television interviews in cities across the country and get more than 400 mayors and governors to talk about what the relief package means for them and their communities.Congresswoman Liz Cheney, the House’s No. 3 Republican, said in a statement that only a small fraction of the $1.9 trillion deal was aimed at the virus and warned that it might eventually lead to tax increases to help pay for it.
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By Polityk | 03/15/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Фільм «Аватар» 2009 року знову став найкасовішим в історії
«Аватару» вдалося повернутися на вершину після повторного показу фільму в Китаї
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By Gromada | 03/15/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Pentagon Chief sees Asia Ties as Deterrent Against China
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday he was traveling to Asia to boost military cooperation with American allies and foster “credible deterrence” against China.Austin kicked off via Hawaii, seat of the American military command for the Indo-Pacific region, his first foreign visits as Pentagon chief.”This is all about alliances and partnerships,” he told reporters on the trip that is to include meetings with key allies in Tokyo, New Delhi and Seoul.”It’s also about enhancing capabilities,” he added, recalling that while the United States was focused on the anti-jihadist struggle in the Middle East, China was modernizing its army at high speed.”That competitive edge that we’ve had has eroded,” he said. “We still maintain that edge. We are going to increase that edge going forward.””Our goal is to make sure that we have the capabilities and the operational plans… to be able to offer a credible deterrence to China or anybody else who would want to take on the US,” he added.Lloyd will be joined in Tokyo and Seoul by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.”One of the things that the secretary of state and I want to do is begin to strengthen those alliances,” he said. “This will be more about listening and learning, getting their point of view.”This tour in Asia of the heads of diplomacy and defense of the United States follows an unprecedented summit of the “Quad,” an informal alliance born in the 2000s to counterbalance a rising China.Blinken will join President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, in Anchorage on March 18 with their Chinese counterparts Wang Yi and Yang Jiechi.The Alaska talks will be the first between the powers since Yang met Blinken’s hawkish predecessor Mike Pompeo in June in Hawaii — a setting similarly far from the high-stakes glare of national capitals.The Biden administration has generally backed the tougher approach to China initiated by former President Donald Trump but has also insisted that it can be more effective by shoring up alliances and seeking narrow ways to cooperate on priorities such as climate change.
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By Polityk | 03/14/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Спогади і листи тим, хто в неволі: Виставка у Києві про кримських політв’язнів (фотогалерея)
У Музеї Києва відкрилася виставка про кримських політв’язнів
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By Gromada | 03/13/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Сенатори США засудили владу Росії через переслідування Радіо Свобода
За останні місяці Роскомнагляд скерував Радіо Свобода в Росії повідомлення про складання сотень адмінпротоколів за буцімто фактами порушень через статус «ЗМІ-іноземного агента»
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By Gromada | 03/13/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Пожежі почастішали – ДСНС про початок сезону забороненого спалювання сміття
Напередодні тільки на Закарпатті рятувальники 25 разів виїжджали на гасіння пожеж сміття, сухої рослинності та чагарників
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By Gromada | 03/13/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
В Україні кількість нових випадків COVID-19 зросла на понад 13 тисяч – МОЗ
За минулу добу шпиталізували 3 967 людей, 4 897 людей одужали, померли – 243
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By Gromada | 03/13/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Schumer, Gillibrand Join Calls for Cuomo to Resign; Governor Remains Defiant
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand called Friday on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign, adding the most powerful Democratic voices yet to calls for the governor to leave office in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment and groping. Both had earlier said an independent investigation into the allegations against Cuomo was essential. FILE – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.Earlier Friday, Cuomo insisted he would not step down in the wake of sexual harassment allegations and condemned the coalition of Democrats calling for his resignation. “I’m not going to resign,” the third-term Democratic governor said during an afternoon phone call with reporters. “I did not do what has been alleged. Period.” The governor’s comments came on the day his party in New York and beyond turned sharply against him following allegations of harassment as well as sweeping criticism of Cuomo for keeping secret how many nursing home residents died of COVID-19 for months. Cuomo’s growing list of detractors now covers every region in the state and the political power centers of New York City and Washington. A majority of Democrats in the state legislature and 21 of the state’s 27 U.S. House members have called on him to step down. The escalating political crisis jeopardizes Cuomo’s 2022 reelection in an overwhelmingly Democratic state. Republicans across the country have seized on the scandal to try to distract from President Joe Biden’s success with the pandemic and challenge his party’s well-established advantage with female voters. Number of critics growingHours earlier, White House press secretary Jen Psaki declined to say whether Biden believes Cuomo should resign. She said every woman who has come forth about harassment by the New York governor “deserves to have her voice heard, should be treated with respect and should be able to tell her story.” FILE – U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.Dozens of Democrats called on Cuomo to resign this week, but the coalition of critics expanded geographically and politically on Friday to include the likes of New York City progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; the leader of the House Democratic campaign arm, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney; and a group of Long Island-based state lawmakers who had been loyal Cuomo allies. “The victims of sexual assault concern me more than politics or other narrow considerations, and I believe Governor Cuomo must step aside,” Maloney said. Ocasio-Cortez said she believes the women who accused Cuomo of wrongdoing. “After two accounts of sexual assault, four accounts of harassment, the Attorney General’s investigation finding the Governor’s admin hid nursing home data from the legislature and public, we agree with the 55+ members of the New York State legislature that the Governor must resign,” she tweeted. FILE – Activists with VOCAL-NY block traffic outside New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office, demanding his resignation, in New York, March 10, 2021.In recent days, Cuomo has been calling lawmakers and supporters asking them to refrain from calling for his resignation and instead support the ongoing investigations. His strategy does not appear to be working. The state Assembly allowed an impeachment investigation into Cuomo on Thursday as lawmakers investigate whether there are grounds for his forcible removal from office. The firestorm around the governor grew after the Times Union of Albany reported Wednesday that an unidentified aide had claimed Cuomo fondled her at his official residence late last year. The woman hasn’t filed a criminal complaint, but a lawyer for the governor said Thursday that the state reported the allegation to the Albany Police Department after the woman involved declined to do so herself. Additionally, Cuomo is facing multiple allegations of sexually suggestive remarks and behavior toward women, including female aides. One aide said he asked her if she would ever have sex with an older man. And another aide claimed the governor once kissed her without consent and said governor’s aides publicly smeared her after she accused him of sexual harassment. Cuomo stands firmThe governor on Friday vowed that he’ll still be able to govern despite a growing list of New York elected officials who say they’ve lost faith in him. Cuomo didn’t address the reality of an increasingly untenable position: He’s seeking a fourth term next year, managing the state’s pandemic response and negotiating a state budget with state lawmakers who’ve lost confidence in his leadership. He again raised questions about the motives of women accusing him of inappropriate behavior. “A lot of people allege a lot of things for a lot of reasons,” he said Friday. “I won’t speculate about people’s possible motives. But I can tell you as a former attorney general who has gone through this situation many times, there are often many motivations for making an allegation. And that is why you need to know the facts before you make a decision.” But dozens of Democrats have already determined the allegations are serious enough to warrant his immediate removal. Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, who chairs the powerhouse U.S. House Judiciary Committee, said Cuomo has lost the confidence of New Yorkers. “The repeated accusations against the governor, and the manner in which he has responded to them, have made it impossible for him to continue to govern at this point,” Nadler said.
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By Polityk | 03/13/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
СБУ розслідує дії посадовців «Донецькоблгазу» через відключення 58 котелень в зоні ООС
Правоохоронці розслідують ймовірну диверсію
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By Gromada | 03/12/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Протягом 2020 року у світі загинули 65 журналістів та працівників медіа – звіт
Найбільше вбивств журналістів відбулося в Мексиці, найбільше ув’язнених – у Туреччині
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By VilneSlovo | 03/12/2021 | Повідомлення, Свобода слова
Березнева погода: Київ засипало мокрим снігом (фоторепортаж)
Снігопади, хуртовини та налипання мокрого снігу приніс до України атмосферний фронт, який прийшов із Західної Європи. Про це повідомляло Радіо Свобода з посиланням на Укргідрометцентр. У деяких областях, де циклон прийшов із сильним вітром, було завдано шкоди електромережам. На Заході країни сніг часто переходить у дощ.
Української столиці циклон дістався орієнтовно опівдні 12 березня. Сніг у Києві іде практично всю другу половину дня п’ятниці – при температурі, близькій до нуля. Який сьогодні Київ у березновому снігу? Про це у фоторепортажі Радіо Свобода
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By Gromada | 03/12/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
«Укравтодор» не виключає проблем із рухом через негоду, з вечора вантажівки не пускатимуть до Києва
Українцям радять планувати свої поїздки з урахуванням прогнозів синоптиків
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By Gromada | 03/12/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Син Ахметова купив віллу у Швейцарії за 2 млрд гривень – Лещенко
За словами Лещенка, маєток коштує 60 мільйонів франків або два мільярди гривень
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By Gromada | 03/12/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Слідчий у справі Стуса «майор Селюк» звільнився у 2003 році полковником юстиції і мав відомчі відзнаки – СБУ
Слідчий Селюк домігся, що поета Василя Стуса двічі засудили і визнали особливо небезпечним рецидивістом
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By Gromada | 03/12/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Biden Signs Coronavirus Relief Package
U.S. President Joe Biden signed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package into law Thursday, opening the door for the release of federal aid for financially ailing American households and businesses.Biden, a Democrat, signed the package one day after the House of Representatives approved the bill 220-211 without Republican support and one day earlier than the White House initially had planned.“This historic legislation is about building a backbone in this country and giving people in this country, working people, middle-class folks, people who built the country, a fighting chance,” Biden said as he prepared to sign the bill.Republican lawmakers objected to the package, saying it was too large and did not sufficiently target those who were most in need of economic assistance. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday called the bill “costly, corrupt and liberal.”No federal minimum wage hikeThe measure narrowly passed in the Senate on Saturday after the chamber altered some aspects of a bill approved earlier by the House. Among the changes was the removal of an increase in the federal minimum wage.White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks to reporters at the White House, March 11, 2021, in Washington.White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki praised the legislation at a news conference Monday, saying that while there were some changes on the margins as the Senate acted, it represented the “core” of what Biden proposed.On Tuesday, she said Biden and other senior administration officials planned to continue to tout the benefits of the relief plan after it passed.“We certainly recognize that we can’t just sign a bill,” Psaki told reporters. “We will need to do some work and use our best voices, including the president, the vice president and others, to communicate to the American people the benefits of this package.“So, I think you can certainly expect the president to be doing some travel, and we’ll have more details on that in the coming days,” she said.
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By Polityk | 03/11/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
