KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.N.’s humanitarian appeal to meet needs in Ukraine is only 10% funded for 2024, the country’s resident coordinator said Wednesday, putting in jeopardy crucial assistance needed to reach those in need across frontline areas.Denise Brown, the U.N’s top representative in Ukraine, said an estimated 8.5 million Ukrainians living in dire
MOSCOW (AP) — A liberal Russian politician on Wednesday lost another appeal against election officials’ decision to bar him from running in next month’s presidential vote in which President Vladimir Putin is all but certain to win another six-year term.Boris Nadezhdin had made a call for halting the conflict in Ukraine his main campaign slogan
MILAN (AP) — An anti-fur protester crashed the Fendi runway show Wednesday during the first day of Milan Fashion Week of mostly womenswear previews for fall-winter 2024-25.A PETA activist jumped into the models’ finale holding up a sign that read “Animals are not clothing,” before being whisked away by security. The animal rights group is
LA PARAGUA, Venezuela (AP) — An illegally operated open-pit gold mine collapsed in central Venezuela while dozens of people were working there, leaving an undetermined number dead or trapped, officials said Wednesday as relatives demanded swift rescue efforts.The accident took place in the Angostura municipality on Tuesday, when a wall collapsed at a mine known
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was described by a prosecutor Wednesday at the start of his drug trial as a corrupt politician who let his country’s biggest drug traffickers fuel his rise to power but was portrayed by his defense lawyer as a heroic leader who worked with U.S. authorities
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — European diplomats in Belarus have condemned the trial of a Catholic activist in Minsk as “unfair” and “politically motivated.”Uladzislau Beladzed’s trial began behind closed doors at Minsk City Court on Wednesday.The 33-year-old Beladzed, who taught the catechism at the city’s Cathedral of the Holy Name of the Saint Virgin Mary, stands
LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that his administration was automatically canceling federal student loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers, putting the spotlight on his debt cancellation efforts as he ramps up his reelection campaign.Biden, who is in the midst of a three-day campaign swing through California, made the announcement as part of
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors in New Mexico are pursuing accountability for the 2021 death of a cinematographer who was fatally shot by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal for the Western film “Rust.”Before Baldwin’s case progresses, the armorer on the set is being tried on charges of involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence.
Three firm thumps into the Arrakis sand is all you need to summon a sandworm in Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two.” It’s almost as easy as hailing a cab or calling for the check.The big buggers can’t resist the sound, which is a little like how I feel taking in all the vibrations of Villeneuve’s
Svet | 21.02.2024 | access_time 09:40 Teahupo’o je selo na jugozapadnoj obali ostrva Tahiti, Francuska Polinezija, u južnom Tihom okeanu.Poznato je po prodoru surfa i teškim, staklastim talasima koji često dostižu 2 do 3 metra, a ponekad čak i do 7 metara.Reč je o je mestu gde se održava godišnje takmičenje u surfovanju Billabong Pro
