Month: May 2018
Study: Hurricane Maria Fatalities in Puerto Rico Much Higher Than Reported
29/05/2018
Hurricane Maria claimed more than 4,600 lives in Puerto Rico last year, more than 70 times higher than the U.S. government’s official death toll of 64, according to a study published Tuesday by the New England Journal of Medicine. The findings, based on a survey of thousands of Puerto Rican residents conducted by researchers from …
Trump to Impose Tariffs on $50B of China’s Tech Goods
29/05/2018
The White House says it plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese goods that contain “industrially-significant technology” as trade talks between United States and China continue. The White House said Tuesday the proposed tariffs are in response to China’s practices with respect to technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation. It will …
WTO Being ‘Asphyxiated’ Says Judge, in Veiled Rebuke to US
29/05/2018
The World Trade Organization is being slowly strangled to death, a retiring trade judge whose replacement has been blocked by the United States said in his farewell speech, delivering a thinly-veiled rebuke to the Donald Trump administration. Ricardo Ramirez-Hernandez served two terms as a judge on the WTO’s Appellate Body, which acts as the final …
Senator Who Freed Holt Urges Venezuela Dialogue
28/05/2018
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is urging engagement with Venezuela’s socialist government after he traveled to the South American nation to bring home a Utah man jailed for two years without a trial. Joshua Holt is scheduled to return to Salt Lake City on Monday night after receiving medical care and visiting …
Народний депутат Геращенко відреагував на свій заочний арешт у Росії
28/05/2018
Народний депутат від «Народного фронту» Антон Геращенко заявляє, що розцінює свій заочний арешт у Росії «як високу оцінку боротьби на захист інтересів народу України проти російської агресії». «Басманний суд міста Москви ухвалив заочно заарештувати мене за те, що я закликав документувати злочини російських військових проти мирного населення в Сирії. Заклик фіксувати військові злочини російських військових Слідчий …
Trump, Japan’s Abe to Meet Ahead of Possible US-North Korea Summit
28/05/2018
President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plan to hold face-to-face discussions before a planned summit between Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un. “We agreed to meet before the U.S.-North Korea summit,” Abe told reporters in Tokyo following his Monday telephone call with Trump. In the call, Trump and Abe also “affirmed …
В українському антикорупційному ланцюгу відсутня одна ланка – МЗС Данії
28/05/2018
Україні необхідно створити антикорупційний суд, заявив голова МЗС Данії Андерс Самуельсен. «Відсутньою ланкою в антикорупційному ланцюгу є незалежний антикорупційний суд, який забезпечить притягнення до відповідальності корумпованих чиновників. Я переконаний, що Україна повинна заповнити цю прогалину», – заявляє голова данської дипломатії. Самуельсен вважає, що також слід докладати зусиль для побудови державних установ, які працювали б коректно …
Starbucks to Close Stores for Anti-Bias Training
28/05/2018
In an effort to stem the outcry over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores, Starbucks will close 8,000 U.S. stores Tuesday afternoon for anti-bias training for its employees. On April 12, two black men went to a Philadelphia store and did not buy anything; instead, they told the store manager …
Starbucks Training a First Step, Experts Say, in Facing Bias
28/05/2018
Starbucks will close more than 8,000 stores nationwide Tuesday to conduct anti-bias training, the next of many steps the company is taking in an effort to restore its tarnished diversity-friendly image. The coffee chain’s leaders reached out to bias training experts after the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks last month. …
Суд у Москві заочно заарештував українського народного депутата Геращенка
28/05/2018
Басманний суд Москви заочно заарештував українського народного депутата, члена колегії МВС України Антона Геращенка, повідомила речниця суду Юнона Царьова в коментарі агентству РБК. Вона зазначила, що рішення ухвалили 22 травня. Щодо Геращенка відкрита справа за статтею 205.2 Кримінального кодексу Росії («публічні заклики до здійснення терористичної діяльності, публічне виправдання тероризму або пропаганда тероризму з використанням ЗМІ …
China Rejects US Charge of "Forced Technology Transfer’ at WTO
28/05/2018
China told the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement body on Monday that U.S. accusations that Beijing forced companies to hand over technology as a cost of doing business in China were groundless. U.S. President Donald Trump has accused China of stealing American ideas and announced a plan for a $50 billion tariff penalty against Chinese …
New Zealand Begins Mass Cull to Eradicate Cow Disease
28/05/2018
New Zealand will slaughter more than 100,000 cows in an effort to eradicate a bacterial disease. The government and agricultural leaders announced Monday that it will spend over $600 million over the next decade to rid the country of Mycoplasma bovis, which causes udder infections, pneumonia, arthritis and other illnesses. The bacteria is not a …
Vietnam Is Following China in its Economic Development
28/05/2018
Vietnam is imitating China in its efforts to grow economically and lags its larger neighbor only by about a decade, experts say. The two communist countries, though political rivals, have built up their state-controlled economies on job creation through factory work for export. China opened that effort to foreign investment in 1978 and Vietnam got …
П’ятий рік каденції. Що виконає п’ятий президент Порошенко? – Ранковий ефір Радіо Свобода
28/05/2018
Ліга чемпіонів. Як Київ пережив паломництво уболівальників? П’ятий рік каденції. Що виконає п’ятий президент Порошенко? Україна-НАТО. Співробітництво на тлі ультиматумів Росії та Угорщини. На ці теми говоритимуть ведучий передачі «Ранкова Свобода» Олександр Лащенко і гості програми: заступник директора департаменту комунікації Національної поліції України Микола Гулевич, громадський діяч, народний депутат попередніх скликань Олександр Доній; директор Центру досліджень …
Report: Britain’s May to Urge Trump to Avoid London Protests During UK Visit
28/05/2018
British Prime Minister Theresa May will urge U.S. President Donald Trump to avoid protesters in central London during his UK visit in July and instead meet her at her country residence, the Sun newspaper reported on Sunday. The details of the plan will be given to the White House by Kim Darroch, British ambassador to …
Tribes Ask US Interior Secretary for Help With Meth Addiction
28/05/2018
Leaders of a tribal executive board in Montana are asking U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for help battling meth addiction in their community. The Billings Gazette reports that Zinke met with the executive board of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes on Sunday. Fort Peck Tribal Chairman Floyd Azure told Zinke that law enforcement …
US Gulf Coast Braces for 1st Named Storm of Hurricane Season
28/05/2018
People living along the Gulf Coast of northern Florida to the Mississippi-Alabama border are preparing for Alberto – the first named storm of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season. As of Sunday afternoon, Alberto was still a subtropical storm, with top sustained winds of 85 kilometers per hour – strong enough to cause “life-threatening surf and …
US Marines’ Bravery Celebrated 100 Years After French Battle
27/05/2018
High-ranking military officials from the U.S., France and Germany have taken part in Memorial Day ceremonies at an American cemetery in northern France to mark the centennial of the battle of Belleau Wood, a turning point in World War I and a key moment in Marine Corps history. The ceremony at the Aisne-Marne American …
Парубій: Україна розраховує на підтримку Грузією української помісної церкви
27/05/2018
«Ми дуже розраховуємо на підтримку і патріарха, і Грузинської православної церкви прагнення України і усіх українців до створення української православної автокефальної церкви» …
Beyond Wedding Cake: LGBT Cases for Supreme Court
27/05/2018
A flood of lawsuits over LGBT rights is making its way through courts and will continue, no matter the outcome in the Supreme Court’s highly anticipated decision in the case of a Colorado baker who would not create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Courts are engaged in two broad types of cases on …
American, Wife Freed From Venezuelan Prison
27/05/2018
Twenty-six-year-old Joshua Holt had been a prisoner in Venezuela since the summer of 2016, but on Saturday he told U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House that he was “overwhelmed with gratitude” for those who had worked for his release. Trump said Holt had been “incredibly brave.” Holt and his Venezuelan wife, Thamara Candelo, …
New York Clothing Store Sells Gender Neutral Lifestyle
27/05/2018
New shops appear in New York City every day, but Phluid Project, which recently opened its doors on Broadway, is different. One of the first gender-fluid boutiques in the world, Phluid Project sells clothing for men, women and everyone in between. Both the clothes and the mannequins here are gender-neutral, and as an added selling …
Russia, Turkey OK Pipeline Deal, End Gas Dispute
27/05/2018
Russian state gas giant Gazprom said Saturday it had signed a protocol with the Turkish government on a planned gas pipeline and agreed with Turkish firm Botas to end an arbitration dispute over the terms of gas supplies. The protocol concerned the land-based part of the transit leg of the TurkStream gas pipeline, which Gazprom …
Italy’s President Pressured to Accept Euroskeptic Minister
27/05/2018
Italy’s would-be coalition parties turned up the pressure on President Sergio Mattarella on Saturday to endorse their euroskeptic pick as economy minister, saying the only other option might be a new election. Mattarella has held up formation of a government, which would end more than 80 days of political deadlock, over concern about the desire of the far-right League and …
Україна передала НАТО доповідь про розробку Росією біологічної й хімічної зброї – Фріз
27/05/2018
«Як мінімум останні три роки Росія веде дослідження вірусів геморагічних лихоманок, зокрема Ебола та Марбург, видаючи це за спроби розробки вакцин» …
До Меркель звернулися із закликом врятувати Олега Сенцова
26/05/2018
Понад 300 діячів культури і публічних інтелектуалів із України, Німеччини, Росії та інших країн підписали відкритий лист …