Month: July 2020

Nearly 100 animals held in an infamous Russian “whale jail” could be freed as soon as this summer, officials have suggested. The son of French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau will visit the facility on Russia’s Pacific coast on Saturday at the invitation of the authorities, who have been scrambling to deal with the situation following months of negative …

Read more “Russian ‘whale jail’ may be closed after Jean-Michel Cousteau raises the alarm”

Quick recap — Puma King defeated Hijo de LA Park Chico Adams & Vertigo Rivera defeated Contra Unit (Josef Samael & Jacob Fatu) by DQ MLW Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart & Davey Boy Smith Jr.) defeated The Dynasty (MJF & Richard Holliday) by DQ Full rundown — Mance Warner joined Jim …

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Ukraine’s president has faced his comedian challenger for a grandiose, vitriolic debate at Kiev’s Olympic stadium on Friday in a last-ditch attempt to win a second term. After weeks of bickering that saw each candidate put up his own stage, president Petro Poroshenko came over to television star Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s end, shook hands and agreed …

Read more “Ukraine election: comedian challenger poised to have last laugh after stadium showdown”

Hundreds of people turned up for a protest vigil outside Cyprus’s presidential palace on Friday to mourn seven women and girls who police say a military officer confessed to killing and to question if authorities failed to adequately investigate when foreign workers were reported missing. The protest’s organiser used a bullhorn to read out the …

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After the Nazis retreated from her town in Soviet Ukraine in 1944, 21-year-old Yelena Markova was convicted of treason and sent to the infamous coal mines of Vorkuta above the Arctic circle.  Although people were crushed almost every day beneath the one-tonne carts of coal her crew was hauling, Ms Markova survived and after Joseph …

Read more “Graphic novel fights youth ignorance of Stalin’s repressions in Russia”

Video may have killed the radio star, but on the reaction to the first ever digital Paris fashion week, the queens of the catwalk can breathe easy. Forced online for the first time in its history by the coronavirus pandemic, brands both in haute couture and the Paris men’s fashion week presented videos of their …

Read more “Pros weigh in on digital fashion week: "Runways can’t reopen soon enough"”

Click:工控机维修 Esteban Ocon has revealed that his 2021 Renault teammate Fernando Alonso lost no time getting in touch with him to talk about the future. Alonso will return to Formula 1 next season with the French outfit, replacing McLaren-bound Daniel Ricciardo, to form a talented line-up with Ocon, a blend of experience and youth that …

Read more “Alonso and Ocon already chatting about the future”

Racing Point’s Sergio Perez looked set to finish on the podium in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix, but instead ended up being bumped down to sixth place at the finish due to a combination of safety cars, tyre calls, a close call on pit lane with McLaren’s Lando Norris, and a penalty for speeding. Perez started …

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Poland on Monday said it had cancelled a visit by Israeli officials over their intention to press for the restitution of Jewish properties seized during the Holocaust, a matter Warsaw insists is closed. "Poland decided to cancel the visit of Israeli officials after the Israeli side made last-minute changes in the composition of the delegation suggesting …

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Doctors on Monday started shutting down the life support of a Frenchman who has been in a vegetative state for a decade prompting a right to die row that has split the patient’s family and France. The decision has also prompted apparent criticism from the Pope. The fate of Vincent Lambert, 42, who was left …

Read more “Doctors switch off life support for patient after decade in move that has divided France”