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Ukraine: Destroyed Soviet-era dam near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant For free real-time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox, sign up for our breaking news emails Sign up to our free emails for breaking news Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia will begin deploying tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus next month, Moscow’s first move of such bombs outside of Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union. The Russian president said the weapons will be deployed after special storage facilities are ready in just under a month. It comes after he announced last month that he wanted to…

Politics is a matter of perception. When a crisis arises, a shrewd politician often apologizes, orders an “urgent” internal review, and forms a committee to draw up guidelines to ensure the situation never happens again. Disaster averted. That was the case this week as details emerged of a young woman’s treatment at Ipswich Hospital in Brisbane’s west after a miscarriage at 12 weeks pregnant. New Queensland Health Minister Shannon Fentiman, not even a month into the job, had to face allegations the woman was forced to sit in a hospital waiting room wrapped in sheets and sitting in her own…

BUFFALO, NY — The Syracuse and Western New York regions plan to submit a joint application to the U.S. Economic Development Agency to become a national technology hub before the deadline of August 15. U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-NY-23, said the focus is on leveraging and building on Micron’s plans to invest $100 billion in Central New York. “We have the people. We have the tools. We have the educated workforce to do the job and take this country’s manufacturing and high technology to the next level,” Langworthy said. The EDA plans to designate 20 regions to split $15 million,…

BOSTON – A Boston police officer was shot during a patrol incident near Clifford Park in Roxbury Friday night, Boston Police Commissioner Micheal Cox said. Police sources tell Boston 25 that the officer was hit in the foot and back. According to Cox, the officer approached a “robbery in progress” in the area of ​​44 Cedric Street when the armed suspect shot the officer multiple times. Cox said two other officers were injured during the incident, but not by gunfire. “This just shows all the difficult work that our officers deal with on a daily basis,” Cox said during a…

The 2022 election was the first to use new voting districts drawn from updated census data. These districts usually last a decade, but could be short-lived in some states. Court challenges could force lawmakers or special commissions to draw another set of maps before the 2024 elections for representatives in Congress and state capitols. That means voters who just moved into new U.S. House or state legislative districts could be grouped with different communities when they go to the polls next time. Here are some places where voting districts could change and the reasons why. RACE IN REDISTRICTION The U.S….

BOSTON – A Boston police officer was shot during a patrol incident near Clifford Park in Roxbury Friday night, Boston Police Commissioner Micheal Cox said. Police sources tell Boston 25 that the officer was hit in the foot and back. According to Cox, the officer approached a “robbery in progress” in the area of ​​44 Cedric Street when the armed suspect shot the officer multiple times. Cox said two other officers were injured during the incident, but not by gunfire. “This just shows all the difficult work that our officers deal with on a daily basis,” Cox said during a…

Supporters of a measure that would expand Medicaid coverage to include gun violence prevention programs are making a final push for the proposal in the final hours of the legislative session. Lawmakers are potentially wrapping up their work this weekend as they look to wrap up the legislative session for the year. Under the proposal, a Medicaid beneficiary who has been involved in or injured by community violence and received a health care referral would be eligible. A coalition of advocacy organizations in a letter late Friday urged Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to bring the bill to the floor for…

LONDON (AP) – He was the mayor who basked in the glory of hosting the 2012 London Olympics and the man who led the Conservatives to a landslide election victory on his mission to “get the Brexit”. But Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister was marred by his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and a steady stream of ethics allegations, from booze-fueled government parties flouting lockdown rules. Here is a timeline of events related to Johnson’s political career: 2001-2008: Served as Member of Parliament in the House of Commons representing the Henley constituency. 2008-2016: Acts as Mayor of London, overseeing…