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Associated Press: Tourism boom pressures Tibet’s historic sites

Tourism is booming in Tibet as more Chinese travel in-country because of the coronavirus pandemic, posing risks to the region’s fragile environment …
Associated Press

UA.TV: Donbas residents are forced to take Russian passports

Donbas residents are forced to take Russian passports. Ukrainian politicians and human rights activists are concerned about the consequences of such …
UA.TV

COVID-19 in Ukraine: 323 new cases, 16 new deaths, 4,390 new vaccinations

Ukraine has registered 323 new cases of COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. on June 21. The total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic is …
Kyiv Post

Halya Coynash: Sanctions against men who fought for Ukraine

At least seven men who defended Ukraine against Russia and its proxies in Donbas have been placed under Ukrainian ‘sanctions’. The six Chechens and …
Halya Coynash

Ukraine Digest: June 20-21

What we’re watchingMonday, June 21. It’s a public holiday today in Ukraine — Pentecost or Trinity Day. Here’s the list of public holidays in …
Brian Bonner

Voice of America: Violators to come under scrutiny at UN Human Rights Council

Countries accused of abusing their peoples’ human rights will come under the lens of the U.N. Human Rights Council over the next three weeks.   Dozens …
Voice of America

Al Jazeera: Russian ambassador returns to US to build ‘equal, pragmatic’ ties

Russia’s ambassador to the US has flown back to Washington, DC, saying he hoped to build “equal and pragmatic” ties after a US-Russia summit in Geneva …
Al Jazeera

Reuters: Why do France’s regional elections matter? Look ahead

Marine Le Pen’s far-right Rassemblement National party hoped France’s regional elections in June would bolster her credentials as a leader fit for …
Reuters

Wall Street Journal: China, other Asian countries vaccinate against Covid-19 faster than ever

Covid-19 vaccine rollouts have accelerated in many Asia-Pacific countries in recent weeks, overtaking the pace of doses being administered in the U.S. …
Wall Street Journal

BBC: Israel warns on Iran as nuclear talk progress

Israel’s prime minister has called on the US and its allies to “wake up” to the threat of Iran as talks continue to revive a landmark deal to limit …
BBC

Petition to fire Zelensky’s deputy chief of staff collects enough signatures, president must respond

A petition to fire President Volodymyr Zelensky’s deputy chief of staff Oleh Tatarov, a suspect in a bribery case, has collected the necessary 25,000 …
Oleg Sukhov

Bloomberg: Ukraine unexpectedly keeps rates stable despite inflation surge

Ukraine unexpectedly kept its benchmark borrowing rate unchanged, defying concerns over soaring inflation by arguing it sees the surge as …
Bloomberg

People march in memory of deceased Belarusian activist Vitold Ashurak

A group of 50 activists marched in Kyiv on June 20 to commemorate Belarusian activist Vitold Ashurak, who died in a Belarusian prison on May …
Volodymyr Petrov

Bloomberg: One of the most fertile nations wants to feed the world

It was nicknamed the bread basket of the Soviet Union, and now Ukraine might finally be able to start living up to its agricultural potential in an …
Bloomberg

Wall Street Journal: Biden’s tests for Putin, and vice versa

The test of any summit between a U.S. President and an adversarial head of state is what the adversary concludes about the American. The three hours …
Wall Street Journal

Court headed by graft suspect suspends ruling on Naftogaz CEO

Ukraine’s most controversial court on June 18 blocked an order to fire the new CEO of state hydrocarbon monopoly Naftogaz, Yuriy Vitrenko. In April, …
Oleg Sukhov

Associated Press: Ukrainians are among workers at collapsed school construction site in Belgium

PARIS — A school undergoing construction work collapsed in the Belgian city of Antwerp, killing five workers and injuring nine others, according to …
Associated Press

Washington Times: ‘Italygate’ election conspiracy theory

Late last December, as President Donald Trump pressed senior officials to find proof of election fraud, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows …
Washington Post
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