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  • Zelenskyy on Slovak PM’s go to to Putin: We combat for all times and Fico for cash

    Zelenskyy on Slovak PM’s go to to Putin: We combat for all times and Fico for cash

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in his night deal with on Monday, 23 December, has as soon as once more criticised Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who on 22 December held talks with Vladimir Putin within the Kremlin concerning fuel provides.

    Supply: European Pravda with regards to Zelenskyy’s deal with

    Particulars: Zelenskyy famous that after their dialog in Brussels, within the presence of all European leaders, "nothing surprises" him.

    Quote: "We’re combating for lives, whereas Fico is combating for cash and hardly for Slovakia's cash. Shadow agreements with Putin are both a commerce of state pursuits or working for private achieve."

    Extra particulars: Zelenskyy reiterated that Fico had been supplied potential compensation for Slovak losses from Russian transit and options for transiting non-Russian fuel, as requested by the European Fee.

    "We have been prepared to do that. Fico didn’t need compensation for the Slovaks. And he doesn’t wish to cooperate with the European Fee. For some purpose, he finds Moscow extra worthwhile. Everybody in Europe understands why. There is no such thing as a one who doesn't perceive. All European nations have to work collectively to make sure safety for each nation," Zelenskyy said.

    Background:

    • On Sunday, 22 December, Robert Fico arrived in Moscow to satisfy with Russian ruler Vladimir Putin. He mentioned he had knowledgeable EU leaders about his go to.
    • Ukraine’s International Ministry said that the weak spot, dependence and short-sightedness of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's vitality coverage pose threats to the entire of Europe.

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  • Prosecutors withdraw enchantment in case towards actor Alec Baldwin – Reuters

    Prosecutors withdraw enchantment in case towards actor Alec Baldwin – Reuters

    Prosecutors withdraw appeal in case against actor Alec Baldwin - Reuters

    The US Particular Prosecutor has withdrawn the enchantment within the case towards Alec Baldwin over the dying of cameraman Galina Hutchins. The actor's attorneys confirmed that the incident was a tragedy, however their shopper didn’t commit a criminal offense.

    The case is lastly closed: US Particular Prosecutor Kari Morrissey has withdrawn an enchantment to the New Mexico courtroom concerning the homicide of Ukrainian-born cameraman Halyna Hutchins by Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin on the set of the film Rust. This was reported by Reuters, in line with UNN.

    Particulars

    The prosecutor's workplace tried to enchantment the choice of the Themis to cancel the consideration of fees of manslaughter towards Baldwin. The case even went to a jury trial as a result of procedural points. Ultimately, the prosecutor acknowledged that it was futile to pursue the case additional.

    The actor's attorneys stated that the choice to withdraw the enchantment lastly confirms what that they had been assuring from the very starting – “the incident on the set was an unspeakable tragedy, however Alec Baldwin didn’t commit any crime.”

    For reference

    Galina Hutchins, 42, was shot lifeless with a gun that Baldwin was utilizing throughout a rehearsal on the set of the western Rust, which was filmed in New Mexico. Director Joel Souza was additionally wounded within the incident.

    Recall

    Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter fees have been unexpectedly dropped by a New Mexico courtroom as a result of investigators withheld proof that would have incriminated the actor within the deadly taking pictures of cinematographer Galina Hutchins on the set of Rust.

  • Amorim units ‘focus’ on ‘bettering’ Rashford as he’s able to ‘neglect’ explosive interview by Man Utd ahead

    Amorim units ‘focus’ on ‘bettering’ Rashford as he’s able to ‘neglect’ explosive interview by Man Utd ahead

    Rashford Amorim

    Ruben Amorim has revealed he’ll “neglect” an interview wherein Marcus Rashford prompt he needed to depart Manchester United, because the supervisor will “deal with bettering Marcus”.

    Amorim brought about a splash when he left Rashford out of the squad for the Manchester derby in December. The ahead had been benched for a few video games earlier, however featured late on in these video games.

    After being sat out of the 2-1 win towards Metropolis, Rashford did an interview wherein he stated he was prepared for a brand new problem.

    He was unnoticed of the United squad for the subsequent two video games, and within the meantime, there have been a lot of stories stating he’ll be offered, loaned or search for a method out, with a variety of golf equipment linked along with his signature.

    However Amorim has maintained if he does the fitting issues, he can get again into his facet, and the United supervisor has now prompt he’ll look previous the interview within the hopes of serving to Rashford to enhance as a participant.

    “It’s a arduous state of affairs. I perceive that these gamers have lots of people round them, making decisions that aren’t the primary thought from the participant,” he instructed Sky Sports activities.

    “I’m all the time right here to assist Marcus as one other participant. I’ve to do what I’ve to do. They selected to do the interview as it isn’t simply Marcus. I perceive that.

    “As a coach I deal with efficiency and the best way you prepare. The remaining, it’s higher for me and the membership to cope with that when the time comes.

    “In the mean time I deal with bettering Marcus and we want a gifted man like Marcus. I neglect the interview now and see what I see on the pitch.”

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    Whether or not he can be included in squads going ahead will seemingly nonetheless rely upon if he reveals the fitting perspective, however Amorim will return the favour if that does occur.

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  • Honda and Nissan announce reunification right into a joint holding firm

    Honda and Nissan announce reunification right into a joint holding firm

    Honda and Nissan announce reunification into a joint holding company

    Honda and Nissan have signed an settlement to create a joint holding firm that may go public in 2026. The mixed firm will grow to be the third largest automaker on the planet after Toyota and Volkswagen.

    Two Japanese auto giants, Honda and Nissan, have signed an settlement to start merger talks. The enterprise will probably be managed by a single holding firm, which is anticipated to go public in August 2026. This was reported by Kyodo Information, based on UNN.

    Particulars

    It’s famous that Honda, which may have a majority within the board of administrators, will begin shopping for up its personal shares value $7 billion from the market. It’s possible that the holding may also embrace Mitsubishi, 1 / 4 of which is owned by Nissan.

    The merger will create the world's third-largest automaker after Toyota and Volkswagen, with 7.5 million automobiles a 12 months, and can permit the businesses to compete with rivals, primarily Chinese language.

    The deal is a lifesaver, to begin with, for Nissan, which not too long ago needed to minimize manufacturing plans by 20% and announce the layoff of 9 thousand staff. In accordance with former CEO Carlos Ghosn, gross sales have fallen by greater than 40% since his arrest in 2018.

    All three firms have issues with hybrid applied sciences, that are most in demand within the Chinese language market.

    Recall

    Earlier, the media reported a couple of attainable merger of Nissan and Honda to create a brand new holding firm. The mixed firm with Mitsubishi will be capable of promote greater than 8 million automobiles yearly, competing with Toyota and Volkswagen.

  • Christopher Nolan’s subsequent film is an adaptation of Homer’s “The Odyssey”: ‘A mythic motion epic’

    Christopher Nolan’s subsequent film is an adaptation of Homer’s “The Odyssey”: ‘A mythic motion epic’

    Christopher Nolan Christopher Nolan
    Christopher Nolan. Photograph:

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    Now, voyager, sail thou forth to hunt and discover an advance ticket for a theater close to you.

    Director Christopher Nolan's subsequent film has formally been revealed as The Odyssey, an adaptation of Homer's historic Greek poem about Odysseus' lengthy journey residence after the Trojan Warfare.

    Common Photos introduced the information Monday on social media, hyping the movie as "a mythic motion epic shot the world over utilizing model new IMAX movie expertise." It's set to hit theaters July 17, 2026.

    The Odyssey will mark Nolan's follow-up to Oppenheimer, his biopic in regards to the father of the atomic bomb, which gained seven Oscars (together with Finest Image) and grossed practically $1 billion on the worldwide field workplace. As with Oppenheimer, it seems Nolan is as soon as once more assembling a star-studded forged, with Matt Damon, Zendaya, Tom Holland, and Anne Hathaway set to star in The Odyssey.

    Each Christopher Nolan film, ranked by EW grade

    Given Nolan's monitor document of a vital and industrial success, hypothesis about his subsequent transfer has been rampant. Again in October, a Variety report detailing Warner Bros.' unsuccessful makes an attempt to lure Nolan again to the studio after he defected to Common for Oppenheimer listed all of the rumored tasks that wouldn't materialize as his thirteenth characteristic.

    It wouldn't be a movie adaptation of the Nineteen Sixties British thriller sequence The Prisoner, which Nolan apparently thought of growing within the 2000s. It wouldn't be a James Bond movie, a rumor he categorically denied in 2023. It is perhaps sci-fi, it is perhaps motion/espionage, a la Blue Thunder, the 1983 experimental police helicopter thriller that some have theorized Nolan is perhaps concerned with growing anew.

    Benny Safdie and Cillian Murphy in 'Oppenheimer'
    Benny Safdie and Cillian Murphy in 'Oppenheimer'.

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    So, certainty eventually. The Odyssey is likely one of the oldest recorded tales in existence, relationship again to the seventh or eighth century BCE. Homer's epic poem in 24 books follows the King of Ithaca across the Mediterranean as he makes an attempt to return residence to his spouse, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, after a 10-year marketing campaign in Troy.

    Being an almost 3,000-year-old story, The Odyssey has been tailored, remixed, and reinterpreted numerous occasions. By way of movie, there have been straight retellings, like Mario Camerini's Ulysses, starring Kirk Douglas and Silvana Mangano, and 1997's The Odyssey, starring Isabella Rossellini, Armand Assante, and Bernadette Peters. Then there are the fabulist reimaginings, just like the Coen Brothers basic O Brother, The place Artwork Thou? and Theo Angelopoulos's Ulysses' Gaze, starring Harvey Keitel.

    Primarily based on what scant data we’ve got to date, it feels like Nolan's Odyssey could fall within the first camp — however solely time will inform what the filmmaker does with this most basic of classics.

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  • Ukraine receives 86 million euros from European Funding Financial institution to guard power infrastructure from drone assaults

    Ukraine receives 86 million euros from European Funding Financial institution to guard power infrastructure from drone assaults

    Ukraine receives 86 million euros from European Investment Bank to protect energy infrastructure from drone attacks

    The European Funding Financial institution (EIB) has supplied Ukraine's state grid operator, Ukrenergo, with 86 million euros ($89.5 million) to guard the nation's power infrastructure from drone strikes, the EIB introduced on Dec. 23.

    The funding comes as Russia continues to focus on Ukrainian power infrastructure, testing Ukrainians' resolve as they endure one other harsh winter. Earlier this month, Russia carried out one among its largest assaults on Ukraine's electrical grid, with 90 missiles and 200 drones once more focused Ukraine's thermal energy crops.

    Anti-drone shelters shall be constructed with the funding to guard electrical energy transmission gear and make Ukraine's power grid extra dependable and resilient, the EIB stated.

    "This €86 million funding is a vital step in fortifying Ukraine’s power infrastructure in opposition to ongoing navy aggression. By supporting Ukrenergo in developing protecting anti-drone shelters, we goal to make sure the uninterrupted supply of electrical energy throughout the nation," EIB Vice-President Teresa Czerwinska stated in a press release.

    The funding marks the primary measures within the EIB's Ukraine Power Rescue Plan after being adopted in October, which is slated to as much as 600 million euros ($624 million) in financing for emergency power tasks throughout private and non-private sectors.

    "The enemy has already launched over 1,000 missiles and every day directs lots of of drones at our energy crops, substations, and energy transmission traces," Power Minister Herman Halushchenko stated in a press release. "Due to worldwide help, significantly funding from the European Funding Financial institution and the European Fee, we’re strengthening our capability to counter these challenges."

    Amid Russian strikes on Ukrainian power infrastructure, power operators in Ukraine are pressured to impose scheduled or emergency blackouts. Blackouts disrupt every day life and important companies.

    Final March, Russia destroyed 80% of the thermal producing capability of Ukraine's largest personal power firm DTEK, amid the third consecutive winter of power assaults.

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  • The US plans to extend missile manufacturing, together with to assist Ukraine

    The US plans to extend missile manufacturing, together with to assist Ukraine

    The US plans to increase missile production, including to help Ukraine

    The Pentagon has signed a contract with Williams Worldwide to develop manufacturing of fuel turbine engines for missiles. The undertaking contains the manufacturing of Harpoon, JASSM, LRASM and Tomahawk for the wants of the USA and Ukraine.

    The U.S. Division of Protection has signed a contract with Williams Worldwide price $253.7 million. The funds might be used to extend the manufacturing of missiles, together with these used within the framework of navy help to Ukraine. That is acknowledged on the Pentagon's web site, UNN studies.

    Particulars

    The contract, awarded underneath the Protection Manufacturing Act (DPA), will enable Williams Worldwide to develop its fuel turbine engine manufacturing capability. That is vital to extend the manufacturing of a lot of these weapons:

    – Harpoon anti-ship missiles;

    – AGM-158 JASSM air-to-ground missiles;

    – AGM-158C LRASM long-range anti-ship missiles;

    – Tomahawk cruise missiles and different high-precision strike weapons.

    The U.S. Division of Protection famous that the contract is being carried out utilizing funds offered underneath the DPA procurement program (DPAP) offered for within the Indo-Pacific Supplemental Safety Appropriations Act for FY2024, in addition to the Ukraine Supplemental Safety Appropriations Act for FY2024.

    It’s famous that the efforts will assist enhance the manufacturing capability of essential supplies wanted to guard towards enemy aggression.

    Serving to to fabricate and help fuel turbine engines for navy functions, Williams will develop capability and enhance home engine manufacturing to satisfy the Division of Protection's demand for extra precision strike weapons and unmanned programs

    – the assertion mentioned.

    The Pentagon additionally emphasised that this contract is one in every of 5 awards made by the DPAP workplace in numerous areas totaling $290.8 million for the reason that starting of fiscal 12 months 2025.

    Recall

    The US will present Ukraine with a brand new navy support bundle price $500 million. The bundle will embrace ammunition for HIMARS, anti-tank weapons, and anti-drone tools.

  • Ukraine’s third Assault Brigade releases investigation on Russian warfare crimes in Luhansk Oblast – video

    Ukraine’s third Assault Brigade releases investigation on Russian warfare crimes in Luhansk Oblast – video

    The third Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has launched an investigation exposing warfare crimes dedicated by Russian troops within the village of Nevske, Luhansk Oblast.

    Supply: investigation titled Crimes on the Cellphone: The third Assault Brigade Gathers Proof of Russian Troopers Killing Civilians in Luhansk Oblast

    Particulars: Troopers from the brigade retrieved video proof from the cellphone of a Russian serviceman. The footage reveals Oleg Igorovich Rudakov, who glided by the alias Rudik, issuing felony orders over the radio. The video paperwork one of many days when Russian forces entered the village of Nevske. It captures the Russians admitting that their command falsely declared the occupation of Nevske earlier than it really occurred.

    Rudakov tried to contact a soldier who glided by the alias Yurist (Lawyer), stationed nearer to the entrance line. The subordinate was ordered to shoot at native autos, kill civilians and topic them to torture.

    Along with the video, the brigade intercepted radio communications from Rudakov's group throughout their entry into Nevske. One recording included an order for "safety operations" within the village, euphemistically known as a "clean-up" of civilians, which implied killing them.

    The investigation reveals that Rudakov had a previous felony file. The brigade contacted his father, who said that his son had been out of contact for 3 months since being redeployed to Ukraine.

    The third Assault Brigade additionally obtained intercepted communications revealing inhumane therapy of Russian troopers inside their very own ranks.

    The brigade emphasised that the printed investigation might function proof in worldwide courts, offering a foundation to prosecute warfare crimes dedicated by Russian forces in Ukraine.

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  • “Georgians have the best to maneuver in the direction of a united Europe”: Duda assures Zurabishvili of assist

    “Georgians have the best to maneuver in the direction of a united Europe”: Duda assures Zurabishvili of assist

    “Georgians have the right to move towards a united Europe": Duda assures Zurabishvili of support

    Polish President Andrzej Duda expressed assist for Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili and her European aspirations. He supported holding new parliamentary elections in Georgia in accordance with OSCE suggestions.

    Polish President Andrzej Duda has expressed assist for Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili and supported the holding of latest parliamentary elections in Georgia. He wrote about this within the social community X, UNN studies.

    Particulars

    Duda mentioned he mentioned the state of affairs in Georgia with President Salome Zurabishvili and warranted her of his assist.

    I assured the President of my unwavering assist for her management and the European aspirations of the Georgian individuals. They’ve an inalienable proper to maneuver in the direction of a united Europe,

    – the assertion mentioned.

    The President of Poland famous that the way in which to resolve the disaster within the nation is to carry new elections in accordance with the OSCE suggestions.

    Recall

    Irakli Kobakhidze calls for that Salome Zurabishvili depart the presidential residence by December 29 below risk of legal legal responsibility.

    As a substitute, Salome Zurabishvili said "We’re not afraid" in response to the threats of imprisonment from Prime Minister Kobakhidze. The President supported the protesters in Tbilisi and insisted that new parliamentary elections ought to be known as.

  • Parliament proposes invoice to permit male college students free journey from Ukraine

    Parliament proposes invoice to permit male college students free journey from Ukraine

    Parliament proposes bill to allow male students free travel from Ukraine

    The Verkhovna Rada is drafting a invoice that can enable Ukrainian college students enrolled in universities overseas to freely cross Ukraine's borders. The potential change in legislature applies to male Ukrainian college students enrolled full-time in greater training establishments overseas.

    Deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada's committee on human rights, Ruslan Horbenko mentioned on Dec. 23 that the invoice goals to strengthen the connection between younger Ukrainians overseas and their homeland.

    Martial regulation prohibits males aged 18-60 from leaving Ukraine, with few exceptions, since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine started in February 2022.

    "We should grant this class of residents the correct to go away and return to Ukraine with out hindrance to replace their paperwork, visas, or navy information," Horbenko was quoted as saying. "That is additionally needed to keep up the connection between younger folks and their homeland, in addition to their households in Ukraine."

    As soon as getting into the nation from overseas, most male college students at present can not go away Ukraine once more.

    The proposed invoice is a departure from U.S. calls to decrease the mobilization age in Ukraine. In latest months, U.S. lawmakers have pressured Ukrainian authorities to decrease the mobilization age from 25 to 18.

    President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned on Dec. 9 that Ukraine won’t use "the youth of troopers" to make up for its gaps in navy tools and coaching. Zelensky added that Ukraine's focus ought to be equipping and coaching "current brigades" and that allies ought to work collectively to finish Russia's full-scale invasion.

    Foreign Ministry says Kyiv discusses mobilization strategy with partners, calls on faster military aid“We are now in the situation when we need more equipment to arm all the people that have already been mobilized, and we think the first priority is to send quicker, faster military aid,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said on Nov. 28.Parliament proposes bill to allow male students free travel from UkraineThe Kyiv IndependentOlena GoncharovaParliament proposes bill to allow male students free travel from Ukraine