MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow on Thursday ordered the head of a Defense Ministry’s construction division to be detained for two months on suspicion of abuse of power, Russian news agencies reported, the latest in a series of arrests of high-ranking ministry officials this year. Andrei Belkov heads the Military Construction Company, which
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed into law on Thursday a bill strengthening oversight of the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after reporting by The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption, failures and abuse in the federal prison system. The Federal Prison Oversight Act, which passed the Senate on July 10 and the House in
PARIS (AP) — After French driver Esteban Ocon signed a contract Thursday to partner with rookie Ollie Bearman at Haas, five Formula One teams have now completed their lineups for next season. Five seats at four teams remain unfilled. The Associated Press takes a look at how the grid will appear in 2025. RED BULL
PARIS (AP) — The stream of threats, recriminations and anti-doping innuendo flowed freely again Thursday when tensions over a U.S. law designed to combat drugs in sports escalated on the eve of the Paris Olympics. It’s a fight that’s been simmering for a decade, sparked by Russia’s brazen doping scandal at the Sochi Olympics. The
NEW YORK (AP) — The Major League Baseball Players Association lost in its attempt to get a federal judge to confirm an arbitration decision denying an attempt by an agent at Bad Bunny’s Rimas Sports firm to block his decertification by the union. U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman wrote Thursday that the arbitrator’s decision
PARIS (AP) — French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla will be allowed to participate in the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics wearing a cap to cover her hair, an agreement reached with the French Olympic Committee after Sylla said she was barred because of her hijab . During Friday’s opening ceremony, which includes a parade by
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The future of an electricity cable linking the power grids of Greece, Cyprus and Israel will be cleared up next month when a ruling is expected on whether Cypriot consumers would pick up the tab for the cable’s four-year construction costs, Cyprus’ energy minister said Thursday. Officials have said the 1.9-billion-euro
Workers went on strike Thursday at the five-star hotel in Paris where members of the International Olympic Committee are staying, walking out just a day before the opening ceremony of the Games. According to the major French union CGT, the IOC paid the hotel where staffers were striking, Hôtel du Collectionneur, 22 million euros ($23.88
Životna sredina | Izvor: Beta | 25.07.2024 | access_time 11:50 Konzorcijum preduzeća “Eko Maber inženjering” iz Pančeva i “Jugokop – Podrinje” iz Šapca dobio je posao sanacije i rekultivacije nesanitarne deponije Aleksandrovačka bara u Subotici, objavljeno je na Portalu javnih nabavki. Vrednost ugovorenog posla iznosi 387,3 miliona dinara, sa uračunatim PDV-om, a ovaj konzorcijum je
Klimatske promene | Izvor: Beta | 25.07.2024 | access_time 10:45 Vlada Srbije usvojila je Integrisani plan za energetiku i klimu, koji predviđa da se do 2030. godine dobija 45 odsto električne energije iz obnovljivih izvora energije, izjavila je danas ministarka rudarstva i energetike Dubravka Đedović Handanović. Kako je istakla, usvajanjem Integrisanog nacionalnog energetskog i klimatskog
