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Главное из заявлений экс-пресс-секретаря Зеленского Юлия Мендель

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-05-12T07:36:55+00:00

Бывшая пресс-секретарь президента Украины Владимира Зеленского Юлия Мендель дала интервью американскому журналисту Такеру Карлсону, в котором рассказала об украинском лидере и его окружении. Она заявила, что Зеленский был готов отказаться от Донбасса на переговорах с Россией в 2022 г., а также назвала его одним из препятствий для достижения мира.

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The Kabul rehab centre hit by deadly Pakistani strike

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-05-12T07:36:36+00:00

Pakistan says it hit 'military and terrorist infrastructure' - but the UN and victims' families reject this claim.

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2026 UK elections: full results from local, Scottish and Welsh votes

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T07:35:50+00:00

From devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales to councils and mayoralties in England, find out what happened in your areaElections mapped: how Labour lost ground in different directions Continue reading...

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Найдорожчі кораблі в історії: лінкори класу Trump будуть оснащені ядерною енергетикою

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-12T07:31:00+00:00

Рішення стало несподіваним розворотом, адже ще місяць тому тодішнє керівництво ВМС сумнівалося в доцільності ядерної енергетики для цього класу кораблів.

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Farmak запустив серіал про відповідальне споживання ліків "Пігулка від усього"

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-12T07:30:00+00:00

Лідер з виробництва лікарських засобів в Україні, компанія Farmak, запустила соціальну інформаційну кампанію "Пігулка від усього", присвячену відповідальному ставленню до здоров’я та культурі свідомого...

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Silver futures rise to ₹2.79 lakh per kg

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-12T07:28:50+00:00

Fresh positions built up by participants led to a rise in silver prices, say analysts

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Трамп серйозно розглядає можливість відновлення бойових дій в Ірані: CNN назвав причину

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-12T07:27:00+00:00

Багато хто з оточення Трампа хоче, щоб пакистанські посередники були набагато більш прямолінійними у своєму спілкуванні з іранцями.

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Close Starmer ally declines to say if he will lead Labour into next election

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T07:24:10+00:00

Chief secretary, Darren Jones, says PM is ‘listening to colleagues’ but will make own decisions on way forwardUK politics live – latest updatesOne of Keir Starmer’s closest aides has declined to say whether he would lead his party into the next election amid mounting calls for him to resign.The prime minister is “listening to colleagues” who are asking him to set out a timetable for departure but would make his own decisions about the way forward, the prime minister’s chief secretary has said. Continue reading...

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7-Octobre : un nouveau rapport documente l’ampleur des violences sexuelles commises par le Hamas

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-12T07:22:06+00:00

L’enquête menée auprès de 400 témoins et experts, la plus complète à ce jour, corrobore de précédents rapports sur les exactions commises par le mouvement islamiste le 7 octobre 2023, puis sur les otages détenus durant des mois dans la bande de Gaza. Ce nouveau travail conclut que le Hamas a recouru « de manière délibérée et systématique à la violence sexuelle et sexiste ».

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Gaborone gold rush: how Botswana rose to the top of men’s sprinting

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T07:17:30+00:00

Country with a population of just 2.5m credits investment in young athletes for its rise but this progress is under threatIt was a fairytale ending to the World Athletics Relays in Gaborone. In the final strait, Collen Kebinatshipi surged past South Africa’s Zakithi Nene to win the men’s 4x400m relay for Botswana. The home crowd, a sea of light blue, went wild.“It means so many things to us,” Letsile Tebogo, 22, the reigning 200m Olympic champion, who ran the second leg, told reporters afterwards. “Not just the team … but for the people that always cheer for us behind the TV. Now they had that

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Moody's slashes 2026 India growth forecast to 6%

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-12T07:16:09+00:00

Subdued private consumption, capital formation, and industrial activity amid higher energy costs cited as reasons behind the cut

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Internal rift in AIADMK; faction led by Velumani, Shanmugham backs TVK

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-12T07:03:23+00:00

Claiming the backing of around 30 MLAs, the group urged AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami to convene a general council meeting to review the reasons behind the party’s consecutive electoral defeats

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Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-12T07:01:21+00:00
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Buyers of Liza Minnelli memoir claim it was not signed by hand

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T07:00:18+00:00

Premium editions of Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! cost up to $250 but some say signatures are unnaturally identicalLiza Minnelli fans who bought signed copies of her memoir are seeking refunds because they believe her signature is fake.Copies of Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! by the American 80-year-old singer were marketed around the world as “hand-signed collectibles”, with premium editions costing up to $250 (£185). Continue reading...

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Trump heads to China to spread the gospel of American tech while emulating Xi Jinping on AI

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T07:00:17+00:00

Tim Cook and Elon Musk, among other tech CEOS, will accompany the US president on a trip to ChinaDonald Trump is heading to China this week. If his guest list is any clue, he wants to discuss technology with Xi Jinping, though perhaps after the war in Iran.On Monday, news broke that outgoing Apple CEO, Tim Cook, as well as SpaceX and Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, would join the US president. Other guests from the tech sphere include Meta’s recently appointed president, Dina Powell McCormick; Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of computer memory maker Micron; Chuck Robbins, CEO of longtime telecom giant Cisco; and C

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Медиа навсегда

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-05-12T07:00:00+00:00

Еще 10 лет назад ответ на вопрос «что такое СМИ?» казался очевидным. Это газета, журнал, телеканал, радиостанция – т. е., как зафиксировано в законе о СМИ, организация с редакцией, штатом журналистов, лицензией, юридической ответственностью.

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ОАЕ таємно завдають ударів по Ірану, - WSJ

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-12T06:59:59+00:00

ОАЕ могли таємно атакувати іранську нафтопереробну інфраструктуру, що різко загострило конфлікт і спровокувало відповідні удари Тегерана.

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Greens’ Zack Polanski admits failing to pay correct council tax on houseboat

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T06:53:08+00:00

Party says leader has ‘immediately taken steps’ to pay any tax owed after ‘unintentional mistake’The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, has admitted he may have failed to pay the correct council tax while living on a London houseboat.Polanski had faced mounting questions over whether the houseboat, moored in east London, was his primary residence. Continue reading...

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Middle East crisis live: Trump says Iran ceasefire is on ‘massive life support’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T06:52:05+00:00

US president says Tehran’s peace proposal ‘totally unacceptable’ and ‘a piece of garbage’We are restarting our live coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran after Donald Trump said the ceasefire was “on life support” after rejecting Tehran’s peace proposal, calling it “totally unacceptable”.Referring to the ceasefire in force since 7 April, Trump said: “I would call it the weakest, right now, after reading that piece of garbage they sent us – I didn’t even finish reading it. Continue reading...

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Federal budget 2026 live updates: Australia government budget announcement and speech tonight – latest news

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-12T06:51:18+00:00

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will deliver the 2026 Australian federal budget later tonight. Follow the latest updatesFederal budget 2026: what we know so farSee all our Australia budget 2026 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Let’s build more houses … not start taxing them’, shadow finance minister saysClaire Chandler, the shadow minister for finance, spoke a moment ago.You don’t make more of something by increasing taxes on it. Taxes are inherently a disincentive to create more of something.If we need more houses in this country, let’s build more houses. Let’s not s

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