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Ludmilla Lavrova, 70, sits in her kitchen without power on September 23, 2022 in Izium, Ukraine. In recent weeks, Ukrainian forces have reclaimed villages east and south of Kharkiv, as Russian forces have withdrawn from areas they’ve occupied since early in the war.
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Macquarie Heads, Tasmania
State wildlife personnel check the carcasses of pilot whales after they were found beached the previous day. Almost 200 whales have perished at an exposed, surf-swept beach on the rugged coast where Australian rescuers were only able to save a few dozen. Photograph: Glenn Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images
Meet German Barinov, the first Estonian soldier awarded the Ukranian Order for Courage by President Zelensky. Barinov has been wounded twice and is still fighting in the Ukrainian Foreign Legion. “The job needs to be finshed here” he says.
Russian conscripts get Nagant/Mosin rifles, designed in 1890/91, and obsolete already at the time of WWII.
Hans Niemann ended world champion Magnus Carlsen’s 53-game unbeaten run.
Hans Niemann, a 19-year-old American and the lowest-ranked player in the tournament, faced Carlson, a man who had dominated chess for more than a decade.
Magnus Carlsen, 31 and from Norway, was undefeated in 53 games in classical chess, and had the advantage of playing white – thereby moving first.
But if Niemann appeared daunted, he didn’t show it. After confidently nullifying the advantage of the first move, he gradually took over the game. Facing a difficult defence in the endgame, Carlsen faltered and soon resigned in a hopeless position.
Soon after the game, Carlsen withdrew from the tournament without explanation, despite there being
another six rounds left – a virtually unprecedented move at the top level of chess.
Niemann admitted to cheating online on two separate occasions aged 12 and 16 by using computer software assistance, but denied ever cheating over the board – widely regarded as a much more serious offence – saying he was even prepared to play naked to prove his innocence……..
Source: BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-63010107
Russians fleeing forced military service could have grounds to seek asylum in the EU
German ministers have indicated that people fleeing Russia could apply for asylum in Germany after President Vladimir Putin ordered what he called a “partial military mobilization.”
Several German government ministers have indicated that under specific conditions, Germany is ready to take in Russians fleeing the “partial military mobilization” ordered by Russian President Putin.
“Deserters threatened with serious repression can, as a rule, obtain international protection in Germany,” Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said in an interview with the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
“Anyone who courageously opposes Putin’s regime and thereby falls into great danger, can file for asylum on grounds of political persecution,” she said.
Photographer David Canales captured this photo while kayaking on Alaska’s Prince William Sound. A seagull attacking an eagle that has another seagull in its grasp.
First Nations protesters burn the British and Australian flags during an anti-monarchy rally in central Brisbane. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled
Senator Lidia Thorpe dipped her hands in red paint to symbolise blood at an anti-monarchy protest. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling
Melbourne, Australia.
Red dye is smeared over a coat of arms at the British Consulate during an anti-monarchy protest. Photograph: Joel Carrett/EPA
Revolutionary Guard poised for ‘decisive action’ crackdown on Iran street protesters about the murder of Mahsa Amini by Morality Police
Banks across Lebanon have closed “indefinitely” after a spate of incidents in which account-holders arrived armed to demand access to their money.
A sculpture, titled Come Home Again by artist Es Devlin in collaboration with Cartier, which highlights London’s endangered species is unveiled at the Tate Modern Garden in London
