Quick Glance: Biden Acknowledges Laken Riley by Marjorie Taylor Greene's Request
- President Biden mentioned 'Laken Riley' under Republican pressure.
- However, mispronunciation led to dissatisfaction and criticism.
- Riley's death used by Republicans as critique of Biden's border policies.
- Biden urged for stronger border security and updated immigration laws.
Quick Glance: The number of people killed in Ukraine has reached six figures.
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Quick Glance: Ukraine's defense minister apologizes to Turkey in light of the comparison with Turkish earthquake victims.
- Since February 24, 2022, Ukraine has been defending itself against Russia's invasion.
- Russia started an offensive along the whole front line in early February, after pushing back Putin's forces in numerous sections of the neighboring country.
- It should be noted that government declarations, army comments, and images and videos from the region, in particular, cannot always be definitively authenticated.
- Nonetheless, we reproduce them with an appropriate comment to present the most comprehensive picture of current events in Ukraine.
Quick Glance: TIME's 2022 Person of the Year Issue: Behind the Scenes
- The year ended as it began on the cover of TIME.
- Maxim Dondyuk, a Ukrainian photographer who has been covering Ukraine for TIME since 2014,
- Aaron Judge demonstrates how to hit a home run to TIME on set on November 2nd.
- During Judge's photo shoot with photographer Martin Schoeller (TIME), he chewed bubble gum.
Zelensky follows Elon Musk as TIME person of the year for 2021. Russian President Vladimir Putin was TIME person of the year in 2007. https://cnn.it/3VZKGnk
Quick Glance: Selenskyj's Chancellery Chief's Praise: "The Tanker Germany Turns"
- And Germany has stepped up its support for Ukraine.
- Furthermore, each country may enter into a separate security arrangement with Ukraine.
- Should the guarantor countries send troops to Ukraine?
- What happens to the sanctions against Russia if Ukraine wins?
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Quick Glance: WATCH: Zelenskiy – Russian soldiers destroy 30% of Ukraine's power plants
- Three Russian strikes on an unidentified energy complex, according to Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the presidential office.
- The attack, according to city mayor Vitali Klitschko, was on "critical infrastructure" in northern Kyiv, where Reuters reporters observed dense smoke billowing into the sky.
- According to the mayor of Zhytomyr, an air strike cut off water and electricity supply, and a Reuters witness said a Russian missile struck an apartment building in the Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv.
- On October 18, 2022, firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a thermal power facility destroyed by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Quick Glance: Commentary: Are we sick and weary of hearing about Ukraine, as we were with COVID-19?
- According to Edson C Tandoc Jr. of the NTU Centre for Information Integrity and the Internet, there are solutions to combat news fatigue.
- This is referred to as "news fatigue" by social scientists, and it occurs when we become tired of hearing about a certain topic or issue.
- Unless there is a dramatic change, lingering crises such as the Ukraine invasion and the pandemic fade from notice.
- So, how can we maintain public attention and interest in the face of news fatigue?
- First, we must remind ourselves why this is vital and how it impacts the entire world, not just Russia and Ukraine.
Quick Glance: Volodymyr Zelensky instructs officials to stop discussing Ukraine tactics after a Russian airbase blast.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky instructed officials on Thursday to avoid talking to media about Kiev's military operations against Russia, calling such comments "frankly irresponsible."
- The New York Times and The Washington Post cited unidentified officials as suggesting Ukrainian forces were responsible for the bombs that destroyed a Russian airbase in Crimea on Tuesday.
- "The fewer details you divulge about our defence plans, the better it will be for the implementation of those defence plans," Zelensky stated in an evening speech.
- Ukraine claims that 9 Russian airplanes were destroyed in the Crimea explosions. At least eight destroyed warplanes were visible as burnt-out carcasses.
Quick Glance: Ukraine's Zelenskyy demands a 'fair tribunal' in Nuremberg-style hearings to hold Russia accountable.
- Garland stated that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will establish a War Crimes Accountability Team to investigate and bring individuals responsible for war crimes and human rights violations accountable. Zelenskyy supported US attempts to objectively examine Russian war crimes, calling the investigation "one of the largest contributions to the protection of international law and order of our time."
- WAR IN RUSSIA-UKRAINE: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT BEGINS "one of the largest contributions to the protection of international law and order of our time." INQUIRY INTO WAR CRIMES Following a long career locating and deporting Nazi war criminals, Garland selected Eli Rosenbaum as Counselor for War Crimes Accountability.
Quick Glance: Especially Americans and Britons: Volunteers from 55 countries fight for Ukraine
- He will fight against the Russian troops there.
- In early June, the Legion, which had been established as a government entity, confirmed the death of a German, who had died in the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- The Legion will be funded through the Verteidigungssetat.
- "Eine Reihe westlicher Länder fördert auf staatlicher Ebene die Teilnahme ihrer Bürger als Söldner der Ukraine an Feindseligkeiten gegen russische Truppen" he said in March.
Quick Glance: Zelenskyy's fleece jacket is in high demand, but will not be supplied until Ukraine's 'win'.
- An olive-green jacket worn by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in high demand, but the company that manufactures them is too preoccupied with surviving the conflict to bother about making quick money on the zip-up fleece.
- He frequently wears the fleece, designed by Ukrainian tactical gear producer M-TAC, for broadcast speeches and meet-and-greets with visiting world leaders.
- A comparable M-TAC fleece appears to be around $30.
- However, Rudnytskyi stated that the fleece worn by Zelenskyy is entirely made in Ukraine and that the company's primary focus is on producing uniforms for the country's military.
Quick Glance: 75th Cannes Film Festival: Selenskyj speaks at the opening ceremony
- Selenskyj used a comparison to Charlie Chaplin's film "Der große Diktator" to persuade the film to not back down in the face of Russia's attacks on Ukraine.
- When there is a dictator, when there is a freedom war, everything is dependent on our unity.
- The audience first sees a half-hour, amateurish zombie film with no cuts in which the actors transform into zombies.
- It is based on the fact that the European characters have Japanese names, and they are the same as in the 2017 Japanese film.
Quick Glance: "music will break through" amid Russian invasion's terrible stillness, Zelensky says Grammys.
- On Sunday, April 3, 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address on screen at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in Las Vegas.
- During his speech, which broadcast on the show on Sunday, he compared the invasion to a deadly silence that threatens to extinguish the Ukrainian people's dreams and lives, including those of children.
- "Fill the silence with your music."
- Tell the truth about the conflict on social media, on TV, in any manner you can, but not in quiet.
Quick Glance: Grammys 2022 winners: Who took home the trophies on music's greatest night? See the whole list
- Paak received four nominations, including record and song of the year.
- Olivia Rodrigo, a 19-year-old pop singer, won three awards, including best new artist and pop vocal album, alongside rock band Foo Fighters and country singer Chris Stapleton.
- "Peaches," by Justin Bieber, with Daniel Caesar and Giveon.
- Song of the Year (awarded to the writer)
- Best country song (award goes to the writer)
Quick Glance: This is what happened on Saturday night in Ukraine, according to the title.
- The EU has issued a hunger warning for Ukraine.
- If Ukraine's territorial integrity is not restored, Russia would incur "serious losses," Putin warned.
- "It is past time to establish territorial unity and justice for Ukraine," he stated.
- According to the Pentagon, Russia's military is making little progress in Ukraine.
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