St. Petersburg oil terminal and port infrastructure were targeted in a large-scale overnight Ukrainian drone attack. Storage tanks caught fire at oil-loading port facility, and a data center belonging to Russian social media platform VK was also reported hit, causing localized connectivity drops.
Canada’s Defence Minister McGuinty confirms fatalities and injuries after explosion and major fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta. PM Carney called it a “serious incident” that caused a major fire. The cause and number of casualties have not yet been disclosed.
Robert Lewandowski, after more than a month break, managed to score a goal; however, his performance in the match against Chicago Fire with NE Revolution was unsuccessful, which is related to the frustration of both the player and the fans, even though the team secured promotion to the playoffs. #RobertLewandowski #ChicagoFire #MistrzostwaŚwiata (translated)
Limoges town hall, a 143-year-old building in central France, was set on fire amid unrest following nationwide protests over the cost of living. #FranceProtests #LimogesFire #CostOfLivingCrisis
As soon as the Fire Brigade wanted to get through the protestors let them.
Hundreds arrested during huge protests across France. Limoges city hall is on fire.
A branch of Lyon’s tourist office was vandalised and set on fire during nationwide protests over rising prices in France. #LyonProtests #CostOfLiving #TourismVandalism
The author said protests in Albania appeared increasingly anti-Serb and warned that further escalation could trigger tensions around Kosovo. They also claimed that an effort was under way in the United States to create a political crisis around Republika Srpska. #Albania #Kosovo #Serbia #AL #RS #XK #US
Police fire tear gas in France and it blows back onto them. Karma for Macron's thugs.
Iran’s IRGC Navy says another supertanker, carrying more than 2 million barrels of crude oil, hit a mine in the Strait of Hormuz and caught fire after attempting to use an "unauthorised route" with its radar and tracking systems switched off.
The Court of Appeal of Florence has ruled that a temporary teacher, after ten years of fixed-term contracts, is entitled to compensation from the Ministry of Education equal to four months' salary, even if subsequently employed permanently. #precariato #risarcimento #istruzione (translated)
We totally control the Strait of Hormuz, everything’s fine, declares the US. Tanker around Hormuz hit by an RPG fired from a small boat, reports the UK Maritime Trade Operations office. Underwriting ships is 7.5% now—compared to 0.15% pre-war—if you really want to try it, say insurance companies.
Perhaps the head of the British Army should not be doing media appearances instructing the public to accept massive benefit cuts? Perhaps he should be fired for doing that, and replaced by a different Rupert who will keep his nose out of politics.
"Where is my ballistic missile FP-9?" "Where is my ballistic missile FP-9?" reportedly asks President Zelensky regularly. #Ukrajina #balistickáraketa #FirePoint (translated)
Iryna Terekhova, the director of the Ukrainian company Fire Point, described in an interview with the BBC how her company is rapidly developing new weapons, including the ballistic missile FP-9, while also facing pressures from President Zelensky and threats of Russian attacks. #Ukrajina #balistickáraketa #FirePoint (translated)
Niels Philip Kjeldsen wrote that B.T. had documented praise for Hamas at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Copenhagen over the weekend. He wrote that four parties had told B.T. that they expected the police to intervene against possible violations of the law, after several had openly praised Hamas and the massacre on October 7, according to him. Kjeldsen referred to Morten Crone as the journalist behind the story. #dkpol #dkmedier #København #dkpol #København #demonstration (translated)
Donald Trump was too cowardly to fire Katie Zacharia with a clear "You're fired!" after she had only been his press secretary for five days, which in the political commentary landscape was mockingly referred to as less than a half Scaramucci. #Trump #Zacharia #Politik (translated)
Almost a third of owners of Czech companies are considering selling their businesses within the next five years, reflecting a generational change and a shifting attitude among entrepreneurs towards ownership and growth. #Byznys #Akvizice #Podnikání (translated)
Sergei believed in the Russia we were trying to build, and he believed that people there can do business, pay taxes properly, and still make money, says Sergei Magnitsky's and Bill Browder's associate Jamison Firestone about the victim of Putin's regime and the man after whom the law against human rights violators is named today in the EU, USA, and other countries. #Rusko #Ukrajina #LidskáPráva (translated)
