Key words : russian forces intensifying long effort
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Key words : highway
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Ukrainian officials say a Russian airstrike has killed at least three people in the city of Lysychansk in the eastern region of Luhansk.
Ukraine's public broadcaster on Friday quoted Luhansk Governor Serhiy Haidai as saying that the attack on Lysychansk, adjacent to the fiercest battleground of Severodonetsk, also left multiple people wounded.
Haidai said in a social media post that Russians are continuing attacks on key infrastructure, and had destroyed a highway that connects Lysychansk with a nearby city.
The New York Times newspaper reported on Thursday that many victims of Russian attacks are buried in a mass grave in Lysychansk.
It says the bodies belonged to solders as well as civilians who were killed by shelling of cities, including Lysychansk and Severodonetsk.
One Ukrainian soldier is quoted as saying that the army has been burying people since April and there are now around 300 bodies in the grave.
Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed an international economic forum in St. Petersburg on Friday, saying the Russians will achieve all the goals of what he calls the special military operation.
He also referred to a recommendation by the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, that Ukraine become a candidate for EU membership.
Putin said he did not oppose the move because unlike the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the EU is not a military bloc.
Key words : International Criminal speed up investigation
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Key words : russian gas
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A host of European nations say they are being hit by cuts to Russian natural gas supplies via the Nord Stream pipeline.
The German government said on Friday that Russian gas giant Gazprom has reduced supplies by about 60 percent.
It said the move is also affecting France, Austria and the Czech Republic, which all receive gas via pipelines from Germany.
A French pipeline operator said on Friday that the flow of Russian gas from Germany has stopped entirely since Wednesday.
Gazprom cited delays to the delivery of repaired equipment when it announced the cuts on Wednesday.
But officials in Germany say the firm is trying to drive up prices and deal an economic blow to the country, which depends heavily on Russian energy supplies.
Italian energy company Eni said on Friday that Gazprom had given notification of a 50-percent reduction in pipeline deliveries.
Italy has relied on Russia for 40 percent of its natural gas imports.
The affected countries say they are working to secure supplies from other sources.
Key words : self-defense flurry
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The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force is monitoring a flurry of Russian and Chinese naval activities in waters off Japan.
MSDF officials say one of their vessels spotted seven Russian navy ships passing through the Izu Island chain in the Pacific south of Tokyo from Thursday to Friday.
They say a helicopter was seen taking off from a frigate. The fleet was earlier observed off Chiba Prefecture neighboring Tokyo.
Defense Ministry officials say nine other Russian naval vessels were seen about 40 kilometers off Hokkaido in the north on Friday morning.
They say the fleet passed the Soya Strait and entered the Sea of Japan.
Officials are trying to determine whether the activities are related to a large-scale drill Russia plans to stage in the Pacific later this month.
Defense officials also say two Chinese destroyers were spotted passing the Soya Strait toward the Sea of Okhotsk on Thursday.
The vessels were part of a fleet of four warships sailing in the Sea of Japan. The other two reached the Pacific on Thursday through the Tsugaru Strait.
Both the Soya and Tsugaru straits are international waterways where foreign vessels, including warships, are allowed to navigate.
Key words : food and drug under five
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The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized COVID-19 vaccines for children under five years old.
The FDA said on Friday that it had authorized emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine for infants and children from six months through four years of age and the Moderna vaccine for those aged six months through 17.
Currently, the minimum age for coronavirus vaccine shots in the United States is five years old.
The authorization comes after a panel of outside experts for the FDA unanimously agreed that the benefits of each vaccine outweigh the risks.
Children given Pfizer's vaccine will receive three shots that each contain one-tenth of the dose for adults.
Moderna's vaccine for children aged six months through five years will be a two-shot regimen with each jab containing a quarter of the dose for adults. For children aged six through 11, the amount is raised to half of the adult dose. Those aged 12 through 17 will receive the same dose as adults.
The use of the vaccines for children aged six months or older now needs final approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Key words : british approved
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The British government has approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where he faces criminal charges.
The Home Office said in a statement on Friday that courts in the UK have not found the move to be an abuse of process. His extradition was ordered in April.
US authorities have charged the founder of the whistle-blowing website over the release of a huge trove of confidential government documents. He has been in jail in Britain for breaching bail conditions.
The Home Office statement says, "It is in our national interest to have a balanced, effective extradition relationship which prevents criminals evading justice and the UK becoming a haven for fugitives."
Assange has 14 days to appeal. His family says the motion will be filed.
Speaking in New York, Assange's brother Gabriel Shipton called the British government's decision a dark day for democracy.
He said, "What this decision means is that basic journalism, journalism that people do every day, sourcing information, publishing information is now illegal in the UK."
Assange's father John Shipton said he finds it shameful that Britain has conspired with the US Justice Department to bring an end to the freedom of the press.
Key words : british journalist
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Police in Brazil say a British journalist who went missing in the Amazon region has been confirmed dead.
Dom Phillips vanished on June 5 while doing research on indigenous people in a remote area of Amazonas State with a Brazilian expert.
Federal police said on Friday they had found human remains based on the confession of a local fisherman and another man, and they were identified as belonging to Phillips.
The police said the fisherman who had been arrested admitted to killing the journalist. His motives are not yet known.
Police and administrative authorities have little control over remote Amazon areas, where illegal logging and gold mining, drug trafficking and other crimes are widespread.
A number of activists who support indigenous people or nature conservation efforts have been killed in the region.
The United Nations is calling on the Brazilian government to crack down harder on such crimes in the Amazon.
Key words : kurdish exhibition
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A Japanese city that is home to thousands of Kurdish people is hosting an exhibition of photos on their culture and lifestyle.
A Kurdish support group is staging the event in the city of Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, ahead of the UN-designated World Refugee Day on June 20.
About 2,000 Kurdish people are said to live in Kawaguchi City and its surrounding areas.
The support group says none of the city's Kurdish population has been granted refugee status, and that makes their lives difficult.
The exhibition displays about 20 photos, including one that shows Kurds fleeing from military bombings. The caption says it was taken in Turkey in 2016.
Another photo shows a religious festival in northern Iraq in which Kurdish people walk a mountain holding torches.
One of the contributing photographers, Suzuki Yusuke, said he hopes the exhibition will draw attention to the plight of Kurds in Japan and prompt visitors to take action.
The head of the group, Nukui Tatsuhiro, said he wants visitors to feel the emotions of the Kurds from their facial expressions and learn about their history and culture.
The exhibition runs through Monday at the M-gallery in Kawaguchi city.
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