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Canada's public broadcaster to cut 600 jobs as it struggles with budget pressures
Canada’s public broadcaster announced on Wednesday that it will cut 600 jobs and reduce its English and French programming budgets as it struggles with monetary pressures. The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and Radio-Canada, the French-language version, said the bulk of the layoffs will come from its corporate divisions such as technology and infrastructure. It also identified 200 vacancies that will go unfilled as it contends with 125 million Canadian dollars ($92 million) in budget pressures.
1 min read - WorldKyiv Independent
RFE/RL: Lawmaker overstayed approved leave in Hungary twice
On both occasions, first in April 2023 and then again in July, lawmaker Vitalii Bort stayed longer than Ukraine's parliament approved and missed work days.
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Argentina's outgoing government rejects EU-Mercosur trade deal, but incoming administration backs it
Argentina’s outgoing government said Monday it won't support the signing of a long-delayed trade deal between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur during a summit this week in Brazil even thought the incoming Argentine government has expressed support for the deal. Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero said the agreement as currently written would restrict Argentinian exports. "It is a bad agreement that has a negative impact on manufacturing and agricultural exports,” Cafiero s
3 min read - BusinessReuters
Canada's national broadcaster to cut 600 jobs over next year
CBC and Radio-Canada will each reduce about 250 jobs, while the remaining roles will be trimmed from the technology and infrastructure divisions. Earlier this year, the broadcaster began implementing over C$25 million in discretionary cost reductions including travel, sponsorships, marketing and postponement of technology initiatives.
1 min read - WorldNY Daily News
WHO chief begs Israel to rescind order to evacuate two medical warehouses in southern Gaza
The World Health Organization said Monday that Israel had order them to evacuate two medical warehouses in south Gaza and implored the country to rescind the order. “Today, WHO received notification from the Israel Defense Forces that we should remove our supplies from our two medical warehouses in southern Gaza within 24 hours, as ground operations will put them beyond use,” director-general ...
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Niger’s junta revokes key security agreements with EU and turns to Russia for defense partnership
Niger’s junta on Monday scrapped two key military agreements that the West African nation signed with the European Union to help fight the violence in Africa’s Sahel region as the country's army leaders and a senior Russian defense official discussed military cooperation. Before the coup that deposed the country's president, Mohamed Bazoum, Niger had been the West and Europe’s last major security partner in the Sahel, the vast region south of the Sahara Desert that Islamic extremist groups have
2 min read - BusinessUkrayinska Pravda
G7 and partners launch Clean Energy Partnership for Ukraine
On Monday 4 December, Ukraine and members of the Group of Seven Plus, which consists of the G7 nations and their allies, jointly announced the formation of an expanded Clean Energy Partnership with the goal of assisting in the post-conflict reconstruction of the Ukrainian energy industry.
1 min read - WorldThe New Voice of Ukraine
Budanova remains in stable condition — HUR
Having been poisoned last week, Marianna Budanova, wife of Ukraine's Military Intelligence (HUR) chief Kyrylo Budanov, remains in stable condition, HUR spokesman Andriy Yusov told Ukrainian TV broadcasters on Dec. 4.
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Ukrainian retailers face big losses, disruptions due to Polish border blockade
As the Polish trucker blockade of Ukrainian haulers heads toward the one-month mark, the toll on Ukraine’s businesses is adding up. As of Dec. 4, around 2,500 trucks are stuck at the Ukrainian border with Poland waiting to cross because of the protests, which started on Nov. 6 when Polish truckers began blocking Ukrainian haulers carrying commercial goods demanding the EU end permit-free access for Ukrainian trucks put in place at the start of Russia’s war. One day of downtime due to the prote
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Dog Ownership Linked to 40% Reduced Risk of Dementia
People are generally aware of the numerous mental health benefits that come with dog ownership. These benefits include stress reduction, as well as help with anxiety and depression. However, a new study has revealed an added advantage of owning dogs. According to Men’s Journal, a recent study conducted in Japan discovered that — for adults […] The post Dog Ownership Linked to 40% Reduced Risk of Dementia appeared first on DogTime.
2 min read - WorldUkrayinska Pravda
International Maritime Organisation to help Ukraine restore grain corridor
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the International Maritime Organisation adopted a resolution on supporting Ukraine in the Black Sea. Source: Zelenskyy's evening address on 4 December Quote: "Today, the Assembly of the International Maritime Organisation adopted a resolution in support of our efforts in the Black Sea - Ukraine's success in restoring navigation and establishing a new grain corridor.
1 min read - WorldThe New Voice of Ukraine
Two weeks for Russia to rebuild defenses around Crimean Bridge, Ukraine says
It will take two weeks for Russian forces to repair the defenses around the Crimean Bridge after a recent storm, Ukrainian Defense Intelligence spokesman Andriy Yusov told Ukrainian TV broadcasters on Dec. 4, adding that Ukraine will not hesitate to strike the bridge in the meantime.
1 min read - WorldKyiv Independent
President's Office: Discussions on future EU security guarantees for Ukraine have started
Negotiations on future EU security commitments for Ukraine have begun on the instruction of President Volodymyr Zelensky, the President's Office announced on Dec. 4.
1 min read - WorldUkrayinska Pravda
Putin invited to G20 summit in Brazil, where he can be arrested on ICC warrant
President Lula da Silva of Brazil, whose nation is currently leading the G20, announced that he would invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to the unification summit, despite the possibility that he would be detained there due to an International Criminal Court warrant.
1 min read - WorldThe New Voice of Ukraine
Majority of Ukrainian combat drones produced domestically — Minister Kamyshin
Ukraine is manufacturing "the absolute majority" of UAVs used at the battlefield, from budget FPV (first-person view) to long-range strike drones, Strategic Industries Minister Oleksandr Kamyshin said in a Telegram post on Dec. 4.
1 min read - WorldUkrayinska Pravda
Hungarian Prime Minister asks European Council President not to submit decision on Ukraine to EU summit
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán allegedly wrote another letter to Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, in which he asked Michel not to put issues related to Ukraine on the agenda of the EU summit in mid-December.
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South Korea picks Embraer’s C-390 for military transport aircraft
South Korea now joins Portugal, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria and the Czech Republic in selecting the plane.
1 min read - WorldUkrayinska Pravda
Ukraine starts consultations concerning security guarantees with EU
Ukraine has started consultations with the European Union concerning collective security guarantees, such as the development of the declaration of the Group of Seven about the support for Ukraine that was signed on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius.
2 min read - WorldReuters
Nicaragua recalls ambassador to Argentina after Milei criticism
Milei is set to take office on Dec. 10. In the lead-up to his November election win, Milei said Argentina would not do business with "dictators" or "communists," and that he would withdraw its ambassador to Nicaragua, among others.
1 min read - WorldUkrayinska Pravda
61 combat clashes occur at front, Russians fire from aircraft and artillery – General Staff report
Over the past 24 hours, 61 combat clashes took place at the front, Russia launched 5 missile strikes and 44 airstrikes and fired 37 times from multiple-launch rocket systems. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 4 December Details: On the Kupiansk front, Ukrainian defenders repelled 10 Russian attacks near Synkivka and Petropavlivka (Kharkiv Oblast).
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Hungary's Orban demands Ukraine's EU membership be taken off the agenda at a bloc summit
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban demanded on Monday that Ukraine’s membership in the European Union and billions of euros in funding meant for the war-torn country be taken off the agenda at a summit of the bloc’s leaders next week. In a letter to European Council President Charles Michel, who will chair the Dec. 14-15 summit in Brussels, Orban insisted that a “strategic discussion” is needed first about Ukraine’s European future and warned that forcing a decision could destroy EU unity.
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Watch: Dramatic rescue in India during deadly Cyclone Michaung amid Chennai's 'worst' rain in decades
Dramatic video shows one of many rescues across South India amid historic flooding as crews pulled a man trapped by raging floodwaters after Cyclone Michaung made landfall.
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Germany and Brazil hope for swift finalization of a trade agreement between EU and Mercosur
The chancellor of Germany and president of Brazil expressed hope Monday that decades-long negotiations might soon yield a finalized free trade agreement between the 27-member European Union and a bloc of four South American nations. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told reporters in Berlin that they support the trade deal for the EU and Mercosur, comprised of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
2 min read - EntertainmentThe New Voice of Ukraine
Videos show how Ukrainian troops finding levity amid winter's chill
Even in the harsh realities of winter warfare, fresh snow can stir the same childlike joy in Ukraine's tough defenders as in their school days: Videos show the troops taking brief moments of levity between fending off invaders’ attacks.
1 min read - WorldThe New Republic
What Was COP28 President Thinking With His “No Science” Fossil Fuel Claim?
This year’s oil magnate president of COP28, the United Nations–backed climate change summit, is desperately trying to walk back a string of incendiary comments in which he claimed there was “no science” behind the effort to phase out fossil fuels.“I respect the science in everything I do. I have repeatedly said that it is the science that has guided the principles or strategy as COP28 president. We have always built everything, every step of the way, on the science, on the facts,” Sultan Ahmed A
2 min read - WorldKyiv Independent
Umerov meets Stoltenberg in Brussels
Defense Minister Rustem Umerov met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, NATO announced on Dec. 4.
1 min read - WorldUkrayinska Pravda
EU ambassadors to discuss on 5 December whether to start Ukraine's EU accession talks
The permanent representatives of 27 EU member states will start discussing the decision of the forthcoming EU summit concerning the start of accession talks with Ukraine and other members in Brussels on 5 December.
2 min read - WorldThe New Voice of Ukraine
Border blockades continue as thousands of trucks queue at Ukrainian checkpoints, border guards report
Approximately 2,500 trucks were waiting to enter Ukraine at the Ukrainian-Polish border as of the morning of Dec. 4, according to Interfax-Ukraine, citing Ukrainian State Border Guard Service spokesman Andriy Demchenko.
2 min read - WorldBloomberg
Scholz, Lula Urge Macron to Ditch Opposition to EU-Mercosur Deal
(Bloomberg) -- Germany and Brazil joined forces to increase pressure on French President Emmanuel Macron to drop his opposition to a major trade deal between the European Union and four South American economies.Most Read from BloombergWall Street’s Furious Bull Run Gets Reality Check: Markets WrapHow Suspects Laundered Billions in Singapore for YearsBitcoin Surges Past $42,000 Even as Stocks and Bonds Take a HitIsrael’s Wider War Has US Cautioning of ‘Strategic Defeat’China Says US Navy Ship ‘Se
2 min read - WorldThe New Voice of Ukraine
EU executive rebuffs Orban's claim that Ukraine's path to membership was ‘poorly prepared’
The European Commission has responded to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's claim that the plan to start negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU was "poorly prepared," saying its stands by the recommendation and does not consider it unreasonable.
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Global journalist group says Israel-Hamas conflict is a war beyond compare for media deaths
With a journalist or media worker killed every day on average in the Israel-Hamas war, the head of the global organization representing the profession said Monday that it has become a conflict beyond compare. About 60 have been killed since the Oct. 7 start of the war, already close to the same number of journalists killed during the entire Vietnam War half a century ago. “In a war, you know, a classical war, I can say that in Syria, in Iraq, in ex-Yugoslavia, we didn’t see this kind of massac
3 min read - WorldKyiv Independent
SBU detains man suspected of trying to sell aircraft components to Russian military
A Ukrainian entrepreneur has been detained on suspicion of attempting to sell stolen aircraft components to Russia, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Dec. 4.
1 min read - WorldAssociated Press
The death toll from a mining tragedy in South Africa rises to 13 after a worker dies at a hospital
The death toll from a mining tragedy last week in South Africa that involved an elevator has risen to 13 people after a worker died at a hospital, the mine operator said Monday. Impala Platinum said that the worker died Sunday from injuries sustained when the elevator plummeted around 200 meters (650 feet) down the shaft of a platinum mine while carrying workers to the surface after their shift on Nov. 27. Eleven workers died that day, while the latest victim was the second mineworker to die a
1 min read - WorldChristian Science Monitor
Visitors breathe new life into Kashmir’s battered border villages
A cease-fire has brought tourists to the India-Pakistan border in Kashmir. They have brought relief but also highlight the progress still needed.
5 min read - WorldUkrayinska Pravda
Rheinmetall receives contract for "tens of thousands" of 155-mm shells for Ukraine
The German arms concern Rheinmetall won a large order for 155-mm artillery ammunition for Ukraine; the customer is an unnamed NATO country. Source: European Pravda with reference to the company's press service Details: The order, worth about 142 million euros, involves the production of "tens of thousands" of combat-ready 155-mm shells.
1 min read - WorldThe New Voice of Ukraine
Bulgarian president overrides parliament, blocks transfer of APCs for Ukraine's war effort
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has vetoed a bill passed by the legislature that would have allowed Ukraine to receive armored vehicles free of charge, news outlet Nova Bulgaria reported on Dec. 4.
1 min read - WorldKyiv Independent
SBU: Russian ammunition, equipment depots in occupied Luhansk Oblast destroyed by drone strikes
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) shared a video of the operation, saying that intelligence about the locations of the depots had been gathered, which resulted in the nighttime strikes that destroyed an unknown amount of equipment and ammunition.
1 min read - WorldBusiness Insider
Ukrainian soldier admits some of the marines trying to defend a key river against Russian attack 'can't even swim'
The soldier provided a vivid account of the obstacles to Ukrainian forces in defending their foothold on the Russian-occupied east bank of the Dnipro in south Ukraine.
2 min read - WorldBusiness Insider
Russia likely doesn't know how many troops it's lost because its military has a 'culture of dishonest reporting': UK intel
The UK Defense Ministry said Russia had suffered up to 350,000 casualties in Ukraine but likely didn't have a clear figure itself due to dishonest reporting.
2 min read - WorldThe New Voice of Ukraine
Infamous blogger Myroslav Oleshko allegedly flees Ukraine with a fake border permit purchased for $15,000
Ukrainian blogger Myroslav Oleshko, considered controversial for urging Ukrainian men to flee the country, has himself left Ukraine on allegedly false papers, Ukrainian news network TSN reported, citing anonymous sources in law enforcement, on Dec. 4.
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