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Researchers have rediscovered the short-necked oil beetle (Meloe brevicollis) in Wales, which had not been recorded for 60 years and is considered vulnerable according to the IUCN, indicating a possible recovery of the species after several years of searching. #Biodiversidad #Conservación #EspeciesAmenazadas (translated)

Researchers from Cardiff University and the National Museum of Wales have deciphered, using micro-computed tomography, the combination of a brass lock recovered from the wreck of the Ann Francis in 1583, revealing a riddle that had remained unanswered for more than four centuries. #Historia #Náufragos #Tecnología (translated)

Cristiano Ronaldo has been sanctioned by the Portuguese Football Federation with a fine of 255 euros and a 30-day suspension for leaving the team's concentration, but he will be able to return to the national team for the Nations League matches against Denmark and Wales. #CristianoRonaldo #FPF #LigaDeNaciones (translated)

There is a reason why Russia tried to interfere in the Brexit vote: they knew that if we left, it would harm both the United Kingdom and the European Union. They were very clear about this — and, wow, how right they turned out to be. This caused damage to our economic, social, and cultural life. Wales alone lost, net, 1 billion pounds in regional funding that it would have received from the EU. This rupture considerably weakened opportunities — especially for young people — to work, live abroad, and enjoy the freedoms we had before. We could rejoin the Customs Union or the Single Market; but if we did so in isolation, we would merely be 'rule takers' — we would have to accept everything that the EU determined without being at the table to negotiate. As someone in the audience pointed out, the European Union is changing. But that is not a reason for us not to return; on the contrary, it is the ideal reason for us to be inside and help shape it into the kind of Union we want. I don't believe there is any other option but to fully rejoin the bloc. The journalist George Monbiot (working at the BBC) brought this Russian interference back into the spotlight by publicly declaring: “There is a reason why Russia tried to interfere in the Brexit vote: they knew that if we left, it would harm both the United Kingdom and the European Union. They were very clear about this — and, wow, how right they turned out to be. This caused damage to our economic, social, and cultural life. Wales alone lost, net, 1 billion pounds in regional funding that it would have received from the EU. This rupture considerably weakened opportunities — especially for young people — to work, live abroad, and enjoy the freedoms we had before. We could rejoin the Customs Union or the Single Market; but if we did so in isolation, we would merely be 'rule takers' — we would have to accept everything that the EU determined without being at the table to negotiate. As someone in the audience pointed out, the European Union is changing. But that is not a reason for us not to return; on the contrary, it is the ideal reason for us to be inside and help shape it into the kind of Union we want. I don't believe there is any other option but to fully rejoin the bloc.” #Brexit #UniãoEuropeia #AndyBurnham (translated)

If we talk about a ceasefire, we must understand that it must be mutual. There cannot be unilateral ceasefires because if Ukraine stops attacking Russian energy infrastructure while Russia can attack Ukrainian energy infrastructure freely, that would simply be disastrous. I cannot understand how we can talk about a ceasefire while making demands and directives only on one side. Russia must also adhere to international rules. However, of course, it is naive to expect that a state that started a war in 2022 will adhere to international rules, and now we are already living in the fifth year of this war. Please remain united in our family, as Russia challenges our way of life, our rules, the rule of law, democracy, human rights — everything. This time it is challenging not territories. It would be naive to think that it simply wants to conquer more territories. It challenges the Western way of life. G. Nausėda also urged Western countries to maintain unity in the face of the threat posed by Russia. #paliaubos #Ukraina #Rusijosagresija (translated)