Russia continues to attack eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian and Russian forces traded fresh blows yesterday near Sievierodonetsk, military authorities and analysts said, as Moscow continued to push ahead, military authorities and analysts said. push this city, one of the last major Ukrainian strongholds in an important part of the east. Follow the latest updates from the war.
By the end of the war for the third month, Moscow had narrowed its military goals to small parts of Ukraine, with its forces operating east to west. The capture of Sievierodonetsk would give Russian forces control of Luhansk, one of the two provinces that make up the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine.
Western nations have dramatically increased aid to Ukraine, seeking to balance that as the conflict grows longer and more costly. Last weekend, the US Senate approved $40 billion in aid to Ukraine. Russia has warned that Western nations will have to pay unspecified consequences if they help Ukraine.
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Biden alarms monkeys about smallpox
President Biden warned yesterday that monkeypox, a viral infection that spreads around the world, is something “everyone should be concerned about”. He added that continuing transmissions would be “consequential”.
The monkeypox virus, which is only occasionally fatal, is spread by bodily fluids, skin contact, and respiratory droplets. Its common symptoms include a distinctive rash, fever, and body aches. Its rate of spread has raised fears of another pandemic that will strain health systems already stretched by Covid-19.
Public health officials in the US say the country has enough resources to prevent smallpox in monkeys. In the event of an outbreak, the United States has stockpiled millions of doses of smallpox vaccine, which is also generally effective at preventing smallpox infection in monkeys.
Details: As of Saturday, 92 cases and 28 suspected cases have been identified in 12 countries, including Britain, Spain, Austria and Portugal, outside the African countries where the outbreak is endemic.
Health secrets: A coronavirus outbreak on a mink farm in Michigan in 2020 is the first and only known case of animal-to-human transmission in the United States. But how did it happen?
Management is still a tension in Israel
Israel’s latest government crisis was temporarily resolved yesterday after lawmaker Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi, who left the ruling coalition last weekend, agreed to return, allowing them regain most of his meager number.
Rinawie Zoabi, an Israeli minority Palestinian member from the left-wing Meretz party, resigned on Thursday, after saying the government was not committed to improving conditions for Arab citizens, who make up a fifth of the population. this country.
Facing “great pressure” from the leaders of local Arab councils, she reversed her decision, she said in a statement, in part to avoid the possibility of a government in That far-right politician, Itamar Ben-Gvir, will oversee the police force. .
The Coalition, an ideologically diverse coalition of eight parties with conflicting agendas, now returns to control of 60 seats in the 120-seat National Assembly, a position that allows it to remain in power but That makes management difficult. Its disintegration will send Israelis back to the polls for the fifth time in four years.
Arena of valor: The government, led by Naftali Bennett, includes parties from the right, left and centre, and includes a small Muslim party for the first time. These partners mainly came together for the common desire to remove Benjamin Netanyahu from the position of prime minister.
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Cannes gathers stars
At the Cannes Film Festival, expect glitz, minute-long cheers and raucous boos. The maximalist festival began last week and will run through Saturday. Here’s what you need to know.
Why do people care? Cannes has started the careers of many filmmakers, like Quentin Tarantino, who debuted “Pulp Fiction” at the festival. Winning an award can help an arthouse film secure wider distribution and recognition during awards season. “Parasite,” which won the top prize at Cannes in 2019, went on to win best picture at the Oscars.
Are there any big movies playing? For movie buffs, films by David Cronenberg, Claire Denis and Park Chan-wook are running for the Palme d’Or, the top prize. As for the blockbusters, “Top Gun: Maverick” – the sequel to Tom Cruise’s 1986 hit – and Baz Luhrmann’s biopic Elvis are also showing.
What else is going on? A woman screaming against sexual violence in Ukraine causes the red carpet to fall. A few days ago, at the opening ceremony, Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, gave a virtual speech in which he quoted Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator”: “The hatred of men will pass away. , and the dictators will die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people.”
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