The IDF says it has seen a massive turnout of female recruits training in combat units amid the war in the Gaza Strip. Over the past week, the IDF has been recruiting young women into various combat units where female soldiers can currently serve. The IDF says it has seen a response of over 100 percent and that 12 percent of the…
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During all these past 30 years, France has been our companion for better and for worse. Along the way, there were ups and downs, there were exaltations and disappointments. However, our determination for full integration in the European Union, in the face of all difficulties and challenges, was and is a constant, President Stevo Pendarovski said tonight at the commemoration...
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Authoritarian regimes are increasingly reaching beyond their borders to attack, intimidate and detain journalists in an effort to control information and stamp out dissent, according to a new report released today by Freedom House. The report reveals that in the period from 2014 to 2023, at least 112 acts of transnational...
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Four people were wounded in a shooting on one of the busiest shopping streets in central Brussels, police said. The attackers fled the scene by the time police arrived, after being called around 19:30 p.m., police spokeswoman Ilse Van de Ker said. "At this point, there is nothing that would lead us to believe that ...
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A shooting was reported on the campus of the University of Nevada in Las Vegas today and there were injuries, local police said. The police do not announce the condition of the injured, but appeal to avoid the area around the campus.
The German police closed the highway on the border with Poland for a few hours today because of a Russian who was carrying a fake explosive device, the German newspaper "Bild" reported. A possible bomb threat has been declared at the former car border crossing Ludwigsdorf (near Görlitz) in Saxony after a suspected explosive device was found in the car of a 43-year-old Russian, the newspaper reports. Like what …
At today's government session, the text of the draft law on pardon, which is proposed by the Ministry of Justice, and which was worked on for a long time, was determined. One of the most significant changes in the law is that the president of the state will be able to pardon only persons who have been legally convicted and who have already been sentenced to...
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As every year in December, the prestigious magazine "Forbes" published a list of the most influential women in 2023, and the list included numerous names from the world of politics, economics, and showbiz. Among other things, this year's "Forbes" list included the names of those women who had a strong influence among the population, and here their own...
Today, UNESCO approved the inclusion of "iftar" - dinner during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan - in the list of cultural heritage of humanity. Due to Azerbaijan, Iran, Uzbekistan and Turkey, "iftar" is included as "intangible heritage" in the field of "social and cultural tradition". That decision was made by UNESCO's Interstate Committee for the Preservation of the Intangible Cultural Heritage,...
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The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, stated that there is a possibility that the Ohrid Agreement could become part of the negotiation chapter 35, and thus a condition for Serbia's admission to the European Union, but that he clearly stated what he could not accept. "First, let's see what happens, because they can't ignore something they talked about with…
