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Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:17:27 +0000
Agence France-Presse: Facebook closes Russia-based coronavirus ‘disinformation laundromat’
Facebook on August 10 said it shut down a disinformation operation that sought to spread COVID-19 vaccine hoaxes by duping social network influencers into backing false claims. Read more here. The post Agence France-Presse: Facebook closes Russia-bas...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:16:45 +0000
UkrInform: Energy minister says Ukraine, US should deepen strategic energy dialogue
Ukraine and the United States need to deepen their strategic dialogue on energy as an effective tool for accelerating decarbonization processes. Read more here. The post UkrInform: Energy minister says Ukraine, US should deepen strategic energy dialo...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:53:46 +0000
UkrInform: Shakhtar beat Genk in Champions League qualifier
Shakhtar Donetsk has defeated Belgium’s Genk 2-1 in the return match of the third qualifying round of the Champions League. Read more here. The post UkrInform: Shakhtar beat Genk in Champions League qualifier appeared first on KyivPost.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:46:41 +0000
CNN: Expert says now is one of the most dangerous times of the pandemic for children
Students heading back to the classroom for the new school year will be contending with one of the most dangerous times in the pandemic for children. And officials will have to consider many measures to keep them safe from COVID-19, an expert said. Re...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:42:57 +0000
Reuters: How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe
As Klarna’s billionaire founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski prepares to stage one of the biggest-ever European fintech company listings, a feast of capitalism, he credits an unlikely backer for his runaway success: the Swedish welfare state. Read m...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:34:57 +0000
Kryschenko resigns from post of Kyiv Police head
Chief of the Main Division of the National Police in Kyiv Andriy Kryschenko said that he had submitted a resignation letter, which was upheld on August 10. “I submitted my resignation letter. And it was upheld yesterday,” Kryschenko said ...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 06:52:48 +0000
UkrInform: MFA Ukraine summons Belarus envoy over Lukashenko’s remarks
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on August 10 summoned Chargé d’Affaires of the Belarus Embassy in Ukraine, Kirill Kamyshev, in the wake of the latest statements by Alexander Lukashenko voiced at his annual press conference August 9....

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 06:49:37 +0000
Reuters: Belarus Olympic Committee calls US sanctions ‘absurd’
The Belarusian Olympic Committee (BOC) on August 10 dismissed U.S. sanctions, imposed against it for alleged facilitation of money laundering and evasion of existing sanctions, as baseless and absurd. Read more here. The post Reuters: Belarus Olympic...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 06:31:51 +0000
RFE/RL: US appoints energy adviser to implement Nord Stream 2 agreement
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has appointed former diplomat Amos Hochstein as a senior adviser on energy security with a focus on measures to “reduce the risks” posed by the German-Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline and support energy securi...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 06:27:37 +0000
Roland Franko, last grandson of Ivan Franko, dies
On Wednesday morning, August 11, the last grandson of Ukrainian poet Ivan Franko, Roland Franko, has passed away, according to the Ivan Franko International Fund. “We are sad to inform you that on August 11, at the age of 90, the last grandson ...



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