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A lottery is being held in France where you can win a portrait by Pablo Picasso by purchasing a ticket for €100. The proceeds will go towards research into Alzheimer’s disease.
The singer Britney Spears has checked into a rehabilitation centre for drug addicts. A month ago, she was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
Law enforcement agencies have carried out a large-scale operation against the illegal market for e-cigarette liquids. Goods worth around 30 million hryvnias have been seized.
The coalition of voters that secured Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election may not rally behind the next Republican candidate. Experts point to the risk of it falling apart once his presidential term ends.
The Security Service of Ukraine has detained a woman from Kharkiv who is suspected of collaborating with Russia. According to the investigation, she was coordinating a large-scale attack on Kharkiv in real time on 2 April.
During the full-scale war, Ukrainian intelligence officers successfully launched rocket carriers into space on two occasions. The first launch reached an altitude of over 100 km, whilst the second reached 204 km.
Following fruitless negotiations in Pakistan, the United States announced the start of a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the US military has already carried out an operation to pass through the strait.
Lawyers interviewed by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency believe that a body of case law is emerging in Ukraine regarding the application of the lifetime status of a politically exposed person. According to them, disputes are increasingly centring on the consequences of excessive or erroneous PEP designations and banks’ approaches to financial monitoring.
Russia is facing growing difficulties in recruiting people willing to fight – in the regions, lists of ‘volunteers’ are being drawn up comprising people in arrears with their utility bills and students.
Portugal has become the 15th country to accede to the Expanded Partial Agreement on the Special Tribunal, which will investigate Russia’s crime of aggression against Ukraine.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Beijing with Chen Li-wen, leader of Taiwan’s largest opposition party, the Kuomintang. During the talks, he stated that Beijing would not allow Taiwan to become independent, whilst Chen Li-wen emphasised the importance of peace and her party’s readiness to restore relations with China should it return to power.
Ukraine has made significant progress in repairing the damaged Druzhba oil pipeline and will complete the repairs in the spring, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated, against the backdrop of a serious dispute with Hungary over disruptions to Russian oil supplies.
