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Deutsche Welle: LGBTQ troops and vets go to war with homophobia in Ukraine

The silence inside a makeshift cinema in the heart of Kyiv was shattered with the crash of a windowpane. Fireworks flashed. Homophobic attackers were …
Deutsche Welle

BBC: Wuhan lab-leak theory fuels Trump comeback rally

Vindication Night: Trump’s idea about a Wuhan lab leak, once dismissed as a conspiracy theory, has gained respectability. He is now using this shift …
BBC

Associated Press: Regional election poses crucial test for French far right

PARIS — A decisive, second round of voting in France’s regional elections on June 27 is being scrutinized as a litmus test of whether the …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: Russians sign up for Sputnik V vaccine, get ‘EpiVac’ instead

Many Russians are complaining that the COVID-19 vaccine they signed up to get was swapped for another without their knowledge. Some only found out …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Julia Mincheva: VAT for the chosen ones

As of March 1, a reduced VAT rate of 14% on transactions for supplies and imports of certain types of agricultural products is applied in Ukraine. …
Julia Mincheva

CNN: Sydney in lockdown as coronavirus cases spread across Australia

Sydney entered a hard two-week lockdown on June 26 night local time as authorities try to contain a fast-spreading outbreak of the highly infectious …
CNN

Paul Goble: Pandemic is Putin’s Chornobyl

The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, something no one in Moscow expected, Vladimir Pastukhov says, may turn out to be “Putin’s Chornobyl,” an …
Paul A. Goble

France 24: Thailand to reimpose coronavirus curbs to contain outbreak

Thailand from Monday, June 28, will reimpose COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants, construction sites and gatherings in the capital Bangkok and its …
France 24

Defence Blog: Russian long-suffering aircraft carrier’s return to fleet delayed

The Russian Navy’s only aircraft carrier, the long-suffering Admiral Kuznetsov, reportedly will return to operations three years later than originally …
Defence Blog

The Australian: Upholding freedom of the seas

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson deserves solid international support for his defiant stand following the Russian navy’s attack on a British …
The Australian

AFP: Lukashenko crackdown leaves Belarus’ IT sector brain drained

The IT industry in Belarus is struggling with a rapidly dwindling number of workers as thousands of specialists decided to leave their country in the …
Agence France-Presse

CNBC: WHO urges fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks

The World Health Organization on June 25 urged fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks, social distance and practice other Covid-19 pandemic …
CNBC

The Guardian: The rise of BookTok – teen influencers pushing books up the charts

Young TikTok users are sharing their passion for books with millions – bringing titles they love to life online and reshaping the publishing world, …
The Guardian

Meduza: Why Moscow police arrested 4 Pussy Riot activists in a single day

Four Pussy Riot activists were handed 15-day jail sentences in Moscow on June 23, along with four of their friends. Meanwhile, another Pussy Riot …
Meduza

George Barros: Russia expands integration with Belarusian and Serbian militaries

The joint Russian-Belarusian-Serbian military exercise Slavic Brotherhood 2021 advanced Russian efforts to gain control over the Belarusian military …
George Barros

RFE/RL: World Athletics OKs more Russians for competition as ‘neutrals’

The ruling body of international track-and-field athletics said on June 26 that its doping review board had approved eligibility for 61 more Russians …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

BBC: Fifth body found at Florida building collapse site

The death toll has risen to five after the collapse of an apartment block in Florida, authorities say. Read more here.
BBC

UkrInform: Ukraine-China trade turnover grows by 48%

In January-May 2021, trade turnover between Ukraine and the People’s Republic of China increased by 48 percent compared to the same period last year …
UkrInform
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