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From Tuesday, serving personnel who are taking suppressive treatment for HIV, and whose blood tests show no detectable virus, will now be recognised as fully fit for all service. The policy change also applies to anyone wishing to join the military. The announcement follows the decision last year to allow those taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication to prevent HIV infection to join the armed forces with immediate effect. Campaigners welcomed the change but called for remaining barriers to military aircrew and air traffic controllers being allowed to take PrEP to be lifted....

As Twitter’s future looks increasingly uncertain, prominent users are preparing alternatives, directing followers to Facebook and Instagram accounts, handing out their Mastodon addresses, and setting up servers on chat apps like Discord. With its community-focused approach, where servers encourage tight-knit groups to form and discuss issues related to the overall topic focus, Discord may seem like an oddity for the tight-knit world of government communications. However, the app has many users interested in finance, thanks to steady acceptance among day traders and cryptocurrency fans, two groups that the Treasury Department is eager to connect with....

Um mit Inhalten aus sozialen Netzwerken zu interagieren oder diese darzustellen, brauchen wir deine Zustimmung. soziale Netzwerke aktivieren Es hat vier lange Monate gedauert: Am Dienstag hat die Bundesregierung erstmals seit Kriegsbeginn alle Waffenlieferungen an die Ukraine offengelegt. Man passe sich damit der Praxis der engsten Verbündeten – zum Beispiel der USA – an, erklärte Regierungssprecher Steffen Hebestreit den Schritt. ► Die Liste enthalte alle Waffen und anderen Rüstungsgüter, die bereits geliefert wurden oder deren Lieferung geplant ist....

A law will prohibit the printing of books by Russian citizens, unless they renounce their Russian passport and obtain Ukrainian citizenship. The ban will apply only to those who had Russian citizenship after the collapse of Soviet rule in 1991. It will also ban the commercial import of books printed in Russia, Belarus and the occupied Ukrainian territory, and will also require a special permit for the import of books into Russian from any other country....

In a statement, military commanders in Moscow said that “all Russian servicemen crossed” the river without “losses of personnel, weapons, military equipment and material.” The announcement came just two days after Russia’s defense chief ordered a retreat from the city of Kherson, with his top commander in Ukraine telling him in a televised conversation that it was “not easy” to make the call but that it would “save the lives of our army”....

Ukraine sent two dozen officials to the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to explain the links between the war launched by Russia in February, rising energy costs due to Russia’s position as a major supplier of natural gas and the planet – heating emissions emitted by the attack. Heavy shelling and the movement of troops and tanks have polluted the air, water and land, said Svitlana Grinchuk, Ukraine’s deputy environment minister, killing thousands of people and decimating the country’s economy....

There were signs late Thursday that Ukrainian forces were moving closer to the city of Kherson, a port at the mouth of the Dnipro River, a Ukrainian military analyst and media commentator said. It would take at least a week for Russia to withdraw from the city of Kherson, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told Reuters in an interview on Thursday. Russia still had 40,000 troops in the area and intelligence indicated that its forces remained in and around the city, Reznikov said....

Seit 2014 trainieren die USA, Großbritannien und Kanada ukrainische Soldaten an schweren Waffen. Nun zieht die EU mit einer ähnlichen Ausbildungsmission nach. Die Bundeswehr will sofort mit der Ausbildungsmission beginnen. Von Helga Schmidt, ARD-Studio Brüssel Die Entscheidung gilt als Meilenstein – nie zuvor hat die Europäische Union so intensiv Militärhilfe geleistet, wie jetzt gegenüber der Ukraine. Rund 15.000 ukrainische Soldaten sollen von den Europäern trainiert werden. Dafür gab es am Montag schon grünes Licht von den Außenministern der EU....

Scientists hope to improve their understanding of the growth of supermassive black holes in massive galaxies by studying intermediate-mass black holes. After lurking undetected in a dwarf galaxy, an intermediate-mass black hole revealed itself to astronomers when it devoured an unlucky star that strayed too close. Known as a “tidal disruption event” or TDE, the violent shredding of the star produced a burst of radiation that briefly exceeded the combined starlight of the host dwarf galaxy....

Posté à 8h00 Marc Tison La Presse Mais les gens pourront vivre l’expérience comme s’ils y étaient. Le passionnant studio de divertissement montréalais diffusera en direct et en réalité virtuelle le décollage de la fusée la plus puissante jamais lancée. « Les gens, en réalité virtuelle, pourront vivre cette expérience comme s’ils étaient sur place au Centre spatial Kennedy, près de la fusée », décrit Félix Lajeunesse, co-fondateur et directeur créatif des Studios Félix & Paul....

The US Navy intercepted a “large quantity” of explosive material in the Gulf of Oman bound for Yemen from Iran last week, according to a statement from US Naval Forces Central Command. “On November 8, the US 5th Fleet intercepted a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman that was smuggling lethal aid, including a large quantity of explosives, from Iran to Yemen,” Central Command wrote in a statement. U....

The S&P 500 climbed 0.9% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 closed at its highest level since Sept. 19. While stocks soared for most of Tuesday’s session, it gave back some of its gains after an Associated Press report cited an unidentified U.S. intelligence official as saying that Russian missiles had landed in NATO-member Poland. Commodities from oil to corn also rose on geopolitical concerns from Europe. While Poland later said an explosion near its eastern border with Ukraine killed two people, it did not confirm the Associated Press report....

„Wandel durch Handel“ ist seit langem die Überzeugung der Europäer, wenn es um Autoritarismus geht. Aber weder in Russland noch in China gedeiht die Demokratie. Krieg und Krone haben erhebliche politische Gefahren im Welthandel aufgezeigt. Welche Veränderungen kommen. Kostenoptimierung ist ein Wort, das den Welthandel bis Corona ziemlich gut beschreibt. Die Wertschöpfungsketten europäischer Unternehmen haben sich weltweit stark ausgedehnt, Zulieferer müssen die bestmöglichen Produkte so günstig wie möglich produzieren. Wenn die Transportkosten stimmen, sitzt der beste Lieferant nicht nebenan oder im Nachbarland, sondern tausende Kilometer entfernt in Ostasien, Afrika oder Südamerika....

title: “War In Ukraine Kherson Traffic Ban And River Ban In Security Crackdown " ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-27” author: “Brian Johnson”