Month: June 2024

Представители террористического движения «Талибан» примут участие в работе форума министров образования «Формируя будущее» в Казани. Мероприятие организовано Минпросвещения России и правительством Татарстана.

Now the investment fund is pulling out of literary festivals, what other sponsors will dare expose themselves to the scrutiny of Fossil Free Books?

Even in bad weather, literary festivals can be magical: the gentle tap of rain on canvas as an audience tunes in to what it hopes will be another scintillating conversation. For some, this is a chance to clap eyes on a beloved author, and perhaps to have a favourite paperback signed. For others, this is the place for discovering new voices, and afterwards to read their work, hot off the press, in a deckchair with a cup of tea (or something stronger). Questions are asked. Connections are made. Children are handsomely accommodated, whether they want to meet the Gruffalo or to climb the pyramids with Greg Jenner. In 2024, such gatherings are as vital and as pleasing a part of the nation’s cultural diary as the FA Cup or the Proms – the only difference being that, in most cases, they cost a great deal less to attend.

But for how much longer will they exist, at least in their present form? Last week, following a campaign by the organisation Fossil Free Books, the investment fund Baillie Gifford announced it was to end its remaining sponsorship deals with literary festivals.

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В 330-м выпуске подкаста “Музыка на Свободе” Артемий Троицкий предлагает послушать песни Пи Джей Харви.

NAIROBI, Kenya — Gunmen in northern Kenya fatally shot four construction workers at a hospital site near a refugee camp and the border with Somalia where a militant group is active, police said Saturday.

A group of eight workers were resting Friday when they were attacked, leaving four shot dead at close range, a police official who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue told The Associated Press. The other four workers escaped unharmed, the official said.

The hospital construction site is near Kenya’s largest refugee camp, Dadaab, and the border with Somalia where the al-Shabab militant group is based. Garissa county has in the past been attacked by al-Shabab militants who cross through the porous border.

Local police say the Friday attack may have been staged by an armed group that had warned the contractor to stay away from the area, which they consider their turf.

Northern Kenya has in recent days seen violence that has left several people dead in different locations.

On Wednesday, police at the Mandera border point recovered an improvised explosive device that was about to detonate. Last week, two herders were killed at a watering point, also in the Mandera area, by gunmen. In April, five people were killed in a donkey cart explosion in Elwak town.

The government says security operations in northern Kenya have been increased.

The recent attacks have forced the government to suspend plans to reopen the 698-kilometer (434-mile) Kenya-Somalia border that was closed in 2011, although illegal crossings are still rampant.

The United States cricket team beat Pakistan — a former world champion — on Thursday, achieving one of the biggest upsets in T20 Cricket World Cup history. This year’s tournament is being hosted by the United States and the West Indies. Saqib Ul Islam has more from the games in Dallas, Texas.

Russia fails to fulfill its Kharkiv operation, Zelensky says  Kyiv Independent

The reentry vehicle of each missile traveled 4,200 miles to the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on the Kwajalein Atoll. #icbm #nuclearmissiles #defense #usa #military #security https://t.co/wuI9eyONwJ

— Robert Morton (@Robert4787) June 8, 2024

Antonov An-124 touches down at Cairns Airport  Townsville Bulletin

World’s largest cargo aircraft was destroyed during a Russian attack on an airfield, Ukrainian minister says  Yahoo Movies UK

George Conway, who lost ex-wife to Trumpism: We’re going to have to ‘deprogram these people’  NJ.com