«Наш експорт дає нам змогу не тільки мати валютну виручку, але й допомагати нашим партнерам вистояти проти російського енергетичного тиску»
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More than five months after Russia began its attack on Ukraine, there is concern the world’s attention on the war is fading. To help, Ukrainian tennis stars joined their Polish counterparts to raise awareness and funds for Ukraine. VOA’s Myroslava Gongadze reports from Krakow, Poland.
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Поляки за перші три місяці повномасштабної агресії витратили на допомогу біженцям з України більше, ніж загалом на благодійність за 2021 рік
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More than 18,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported across 78 countries, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday.
He released the information during opening remarks at his regular COVID-19 update, saying there have been five monkeypox deaths while 10% of cases are admitted to the hospital.
Tedros said the outbreak can be contained as long as countries, communities and individuals take the risks of the virus seriously.
Currently, 98% of cases are among men who have sex with other men. The director-general recommends they reduce the number of sexual partners. He also stressed the importance of not discriminating against a population, because any form of stigma or hate “can be as dangerous as any virus and can fuel the outbreak.”
Monkeypox, which WHO declared a global emergency last week, can be spread from person to person through sexual contact, kissing, hugging and through contaminated clothing, towels and bed sheets.
WHO recommends targeted vaccinations for those who have been exposed and for those with a high risk of exposure, such as health care workers, laboratory workers, and those with multiple sexual partners. WHO is against a mass vaccination plan at this time.
A smallpox vaccine, known as MVA-BN, has been approved for use against monkeypox in Canada, the European Union and the United States. Despite that, WHO still lacks data on the effectiveness of vaccines and therefore urges all countries that are using vaccines to share their data.
The monkeypox vaccine can take up to several weeks before protection takes effect, and WHO advises taking continued precautions to avoid exposure.
WHO wants countries that have access to the smallpox vaccine to share it with those that do not. Tedros said that while vaccines will be an important tool, surveillance, diagnosis and risk reduction remain key factors in preventing further spread.
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Московський патріарх включений до списків санкцій США, Великої Британії, Канади
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Поки що невідомо, коли перші гаубиці надійдуть до України
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Нагороду у вигляді спеціально створеної для цієї нагоди бронзової статуетки вручив президент Сенату Нідерландів Ян Антоні Бройн послу України у Нідерландах Максиму Кононенку
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The contest to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister is down to two candidates. As Henry Ridgwell reports from London, policy towards China has become a key issue on the campaign trail.
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A European court on Wednesday dismissed a challenge by Russia’s state-owned broadcaster RT France against a ban imposed by the European Union.
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg said the EU had the ability to suspend RT France’s operations and that the EU’s actions did not call into question the freedom of expression.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia “will take similar measures of pressure on Western media that operate in our country.”
The EU imposed its ban in March, suspending the operations of RT English, RT UK, RT Germany, RT France and RT Spanish.
The EU said the ban would last “until the aggression to Ukraine is put to an end, and until the Russian Federation and its associated outlets cease to conduct disinformation and information manipulation actions against the EU and its member states.”
Some information for this report came from Agence France-Presse and Reuters
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Раніше ЗМІ повідомили про поїздку новопризначеної міністерки Хаджи Лабіб до Криму в 2021 році
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Верховна Рада 19 липня підтримала подання президента Володимира Зеленського про звільнення Ірини Венедіктової з посади генерального прокурора України
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Суд касаційної інстанції скасував рішення Печерського та Київського апеляційного судів, які були на користь Портнова
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Росія задля досягнення своїх геополітичних цілей готова тримати постачання на низькому рівні й надалі, незважаючи на втрату доходу, наголошує агентство
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Документ подала фракція «Справедлива Росія»
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«Кейт МакКенн знепритомніла в ефірі сьогодні і, хоча вона в порядку, лікарі порадили не продовжувати дебати»
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П’ята розмова між двома лідерами відбудеться напередодні можливого візиту Ненсі Пелосі до Тайваню, який Пекін вважає своєю територією
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Russia said Tuesday it will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024 to build its own orbiting outpost. The country’s space chief made the announcement during a meeting with President Vladmir Putin.
Yuri Borisov, CEO of state space agency Roscosmos, said during the meeting that Russia plans to fulfill a promise to its partners before fully stepping away.
“Of course, we will comply with all our commitments to our partners, but the decision to leave this station after 2024 has been made,” Borisov said during the meeting. “I think we will have started work on the Russian space station by that time.”
Moscow has made it clear that creating a Russian space station is one of its main priorities.
The U.S. space agency has not been made specifically aware of Russia pulling out of the International Space Station, a senior NASA official told the Reuters news agency.
NASA and the other partners involved in the International Space Station hope to continue their partnership through 2030, but Russia has been unwilling to commit to anything past 2024.
The announcement comes at a time of heightened tensions between the West and Moscow due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It also comes just a month after NASA and Roscosmos agreed to continue using Russian rockets to deliver astronauts to the space station.
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Britain and the European Union have extended sanctions on Russia in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
The U.K. Foreign Office said on its website Tuesday that the sanctions, which included travel bans and asset freezes, were imposed on 42 new people and entities, including several governors of Russian regions and the Kremlin-installed prime minister of the separatist-controlled Donetsk region of Ukraine, Vitaly Khotsenko.
The EU, meanwhile, approved the extension of its sanctions for another six months until January 31, the European Council said in a statement.
The U.K. said its list also includes Vladislav Kuznetsov, the Moscow-imposed first deputy chairman of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, which is held by Russia-backed separatists.
“We will not keep quiet and watch Kremlin-appointed state actors suppress the people of Ukraine or the freedoms of their own people,” Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in a statement “We will continue to impose harsh sanctions on those who are trying to legitimize Putin’s illegal invasion until Ukraine prevails.”
Since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Britain has sanctioned more than 1,100 people and over 100 businesses.
The EU has introduced six rounds of sanctions on Russia in coordination with its Western partners.
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