Day: August 15, 2022

KYIV, Ukraine -- A United Nations-chartered ship loaded with 23,000 metric tons of Ukrainian grain destined for Ethiopia set sail Sunday from a Black Sea port, the first shipment of its kind in a program to assist countries facing famine. The Liberia-flagged Brave Commander departed from the Ukrainian port of Yuzhne, east of Odesa, according to regional governor Maksym Marchenko. It plans to sail to Djibouti, where the grain will be unloaded and transferred to Ethiopia under the World Food Program initiative. Ukraine and Russia reached a deal with Turkey on July 22 to restart Black Sea grain deliveries, addressing the major export disruption that has Oboz Boots occurred since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. Ethiopia is one of five countries that the U.N. considers at risk of starvat...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Sunday the Department of Justice will need to be transparent in proving the importance of the unprecedented search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago last week but also criticized the response from other Republicans who he said inflamed animus against law enforcement. "I still believe that transparency was and is critically important. I was not one of the people that was just reacting, just defending Donald Trump," Hogan told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl of the FBI operation at the former president's residence in Florida. "But I understood that, without anyone understanding what this was about, that it was going to and could lead to even further division and angry rhetoric from both sides." "And so, I was happy that they did come out and unseal the...

WARSAW, Poland -- Germany's environment minister said the mass die-off of fish in the Oder River is an ecological catastrophe and it isn't clear yet how long it will take the river to recover. Steffi Lemke spoke Sunday at a news conference alongside her Polish counterpart, Anna Moskwa, after a meeting in Szczecin, a Polish city on the Oder River. The Oder runs from Czechia to the border between Poland and Germany before flowing into the Baltic Sea. Ten tons of dead fish were removed from it last week, but Mokswa said the cause of the mass die-off still has not yet been determined. “So far, at least 150 samples of water from the Oder River have been tested. None of the studies have confirmed the presence of toxic substances. Propet Shoes At the same time, we are testing fish. No mercury ...

Saudi oil giant Aramco has broken its own record with a $48.4bn (£39.8bn) profit for the second quarter of 2022. It is a 90% year-on-year increase and marks the biggest earnings for the world's largest energy exporter since its public listing three years ago. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has seen oil and gas prices skyrocket. Russia is one of the world's biggest exporters but Western nations have pledged to curb their dependence on the country for their energy needs. According to Bloomberg, the Saudi oil giant's figure Cloud Shoes represents "the biggest quarterly adjusted profit of any listed company". As well as the record profits, the state-owned Saudi energy giant announced it would keep its dividend unchanged at $18.8bn for th...

Author Salman Rushdie is still in a critical condition but "his usual feisty and defiant sense of humour remains intact", his son says. Zafar Rushdie said his father had sustained life-changing injuries, but was able to speak to his family. Mr Rushdie, 75, was left severely injured after being stabbed on stage at an event in New York state. He has faced years of death threats for his novel The Satanic Verses, which some Muslims see as blasphemous. The man charged over Friday's attack has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder. "Following the attack on Friday, my father remains Skechers Canada in critical condition in hospital receiving extensive ongoing medical treatment," Zafar Rushdie tweeted. The family were "extrem...

A 63-year-old man has been charged with firearm offences after firing shots inside Australia's Canberra airport on Sunday afternoon. Police said the man, from New South Wales, sat on seats in a check-in area before shooting a number times into the building's windows. No-one was injured in the incident, which sent passengers running in fear. Gun violence is rare in Australia, which has some of the toughest firearms laws in the world. The suspect was quickly detained, and a gun recovered, however police say his motives are still unclear. The capital's airport was evacuated as a precaution and On Running Shoes several flights were cancelled or rescheduled. Australian media reported that the suspect fired approximately five shot...