This is according to Radio Free Europe’s Russian service in the north-west of the country, which received a copy of the written appeal and spoke to family members involved. “We demand to find our loved ones, to add them to the lists of missing prisoners of war,” reads the petition, signed by 106 people. The message went on to request a meeting with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and accused the Russian Defense Ministry of “blocking” efforts to change the status of the missing soldiers, which affects whether efforts to repatriate them will be made....

Standdatum: 31. Juli 2022. Bild: Radio Bremen | Mischa Wahed Küche eines Restaurants brannte Feuerwehr rückte mit einem Großaufgebot an Laut Feuerwehr wurde niemand verletzt Die Feuerwehr war heute mit einem Großaufgebot im Bremer Viertel im Einsatz. Der Grund: In einem Restaurant Sielwall-Kreuzung brannte es. Anwohner meldeten eine starke Rauchentwicklung an der Sielwall-Kreuzung. Mehr als 50 Einsatzkräfte der Bremer Feuerwehr und der freiwilligen Feuerwehr rückten daraufhin an. Der Qualm kam aus der Küche eines Restaurants an der Sielwall-Kreuzung, sagte ein Feuerwehrsprecher....

Tou Thao, who held back anxious bystanders as Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck, got 3 1/2 years. J. Alexander Kueng, who nailed Floyd’s back, got three. And Thomas Lane, who held Floyd’s legs and asked twice to roll Black onto his side, got 2 1/2. For some Floyd family members and activists, the sentences were too light — and a bitter reminder of a justice system they say doesn’t treat all people equally....

Astronomers found these two distant galaxies in the same small part of the sky. They estimate that the one on the right is from 300 million years after the Big Bang. Credit: JWST GLASS Survey NASA/CSA/ESA/STScI; Pascal Oesch/University of Geneva NASA built its state-of-the-art James Webb Space Telescope to peer into the distant Universe and back toward the dawn of time — and it’s already doing it spectacularly. In the two weeks since Webb’s first science images and data became available to astronomers, they have reported a flood of preliminary discoveries, including several contenders for what could be the most distant galaxy ever seen....

30.07.2022, 18:05 Uhr Die Erdgaskrise erfordert eine Reihe von Alternativvorschlägen für eine sichere Energieversorgung im Winter. Bayerns Ministerpräsident Söder macht mit dem nächsten Vorschlag auf sich aufmerksam: Diesmal geht es um den Einsatz der Fracking-Technologie im Norden. Kollege Weil reagiert sofort. Niedersachsens Ministerpräsident Stephan Weil reagierte verärgert auf den Rat seines bayerischen Amtskollegen Markus Söder, über den Einsatz von Fracking-Gas in Norddeutschland nachzudenken. “Ist es noch okay?!” fragte der SPD-Politiker via Twitter nach entsprechenden Äußerungen des CSU-Chefs....

Encore un drame de piscine privée… Le vendredi 29 juillet 2022, un enfant de trois ans s’est noyé sur une propriété privée alors qu’il nageait dans une piscine gonflable. Une information révélée par nos confrères de France Bleu Occitanie et confirmée à Actu Toulouse par des sources proches du dossier. La présence maternelle dans l’espace Au moment du drame, l’enfant se baignait dans une vingtaine de centimètres d’eau. Sa mère est venue sur les lieux mais n’a rien pu faire pour éviter la noyade....

The Foreign Office acknowledged that an “error” in internal communication had left some staff believing the prime minister had made the decision. Boris Johnson later dismissed claims he approved the airlift of animals from Afghanistan as “total rhubarb”. The Nowzad charity was founded by ex-Royal Marine Paul “Pen” Farthing, who launched a high-profile campaign to get his staff and animals out of the Afghan capital Kabul as the Taliban swept through the country last year....

Rebecca Noble | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home prices in May were 19.7% higher than the same month last year, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index. This is the second month of slower gains as the housing market cools due to higher mortgage rates and growing concern about inflation. In April, the annual gain was 20.6%. The 10-city composite rose 19% year-over-year, up from 19.6% the previous month....

None of the 12 band members were injured, police said. Three people were taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment, including the seriously injured dancer and a second performer described as being in a stable condition, the hospital said. Footage of the moment the screen fell on the dancers has gone viral on social media and local charities have set up hotlines for any of the 10,000 people who attended the concert who have been traumatized by what they saw....

34% think Trump acted unethically but not illegally. 61% believe that Trump’s public statements encouraged the political violence that day. Just 23% think Trump did everything in his power to stop the riot once it was underway. Only 32% think Trump did more than then-Vice President Mike Pence to act in the best interests of the country that day. (67% say Pence did more.) Almost half the country thinks Trump acted illegally!...

Jim Fitton was jailed for 15 years after collecting 12 stones and fragments of broken vessels as souvenirs from a trip to an ancient site in Eridu. The 66-year-old was arrested at Baghdad airport in March when the broken ceramics were found in his luggage. Mr Fitton was on an organized geological and archaeological tour and his family said he asked an experienced guide if he could take the items home....

Publié à 11h28 Clara DescurningesLa Presse canadienne La présentation du produit peut faire la différence pour les consommateurs qui mangent aussi de la viande, selon les données recueillies. En effet, les participants à la recherche à qui on a montré un hamburger “à base de plantes” avaient tendance à le considérer comme plus respectueux de l’environnement et plus sain que ceux à qui on avait montré le même produit, mais étiqueté “substitut de viande”....

The student, a Lithuanian national, was killed in a suspected stabbing in Boston’s Fountain Lane at around 6.20pm on Thursday. Following an appeal for information, including the release of CCTV images, Lincolnshire Police arrested a 22-year-old man in central Boston at 2.45pm on Saturday. Chief Superintendent Martin Parker said the arrest was made following “a combination of tips and information provided by a number of members of the public”. “We are not looking for anyone else in connection with this incident,” he said....

LUDOVIC MARIN via Getty Images Le maire de Perpignan s’opposera à l’eurodéputé Jordan Bardela pour prendre la tête du Rassemblement national. POLITIQUE – Vers un choc générationnel pour la présidence du Rassemblement National ? Le maire de Perpignan, Louis Aliot, a annoncé ce jeudi 28 juillet sa candidature à la tête du parti, affirmant qu’il a “l’éducation” et la “volonté” requises pour remplir cette fonction que l’eurodéputé Jordan Bardela recherche également....

The images combine digital terrain models and color channels from the high-resolution stereo camera on ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft. The sharp, breathtaking images focus on two moats, the lus and the Tithonium Chasmata (in this context, the moats are also called the chasm). The two chasms are part of the Valles Marineris canyon system on Mars. And together, they are the largest canyon in the solar system. Photo: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin Looking at lus and Tithonium Chasmata without something for scale can be deceiving....

Mega Millions lottery tickets are sold in 45 states in addition to the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands, but you don’t need to be a resident of these places to buy a ticket. Anyone visiting these states and territories, including Canadians and other foreign tourists, are free to buy a lottery ticket in person. Sales are typically cut off around an hour before the numbers are drawn, but the purchase cut-off time may vary depending on state....

Although there were no top prize winners in our area, a second prize ticket valued at a guaranteed $1,000,002 was sold to New Way Deli & Lottery Corp. on Kingsbridge Street in the Bronx. Friday’s winning numbers are: 67-45-57-36-13 Mega Ball: 14 Friday’s jackpot was the third largest, behind the $1.5 billion prizes won in 2018 and 2016. It got so big because there were 29 straight no-wins, a stretch that stretches back to April 15 when a Tennessee player matched all six numbers in the game....

Rocky banks are likely to hold Bard According to The Athletic, the Rockies will “almost certainly” retain closer Daniel Bard at the trade deadline. Bard, 37, will be a free agent after the season, though Colorado hopes to re-sign him. Last year the Rockies didn’t trade Trevor Story and Jon Gray at the deadline and both left in free agency. The team didn’t even receive compensation for Gray. Bard, the 2020 NL Rookie of the Year, remains a top hitter without a bat and a ground ball winner....

The deadline is usually July 31, but commissioner Rob Manfred was given the option to set it any day between July 28 and August 3 as part of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement between MLB and the MLB Players Association. So, in short, the deadline is August 2nd, a few days later than normal. Regardless of when the deadline passes, you may be wondering what the top stories are in the final days of the trade season....

From a low of 121 in 2010, the population of Bengal tigers in Nepal has increased to 355, according to the latest survey, which was revealed by the Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, to mark International Tiger Day on Friday. Conservationists have paid tribute to Nepal’s success in helping the big cat recover by cracking down on poaching, expanding national parks and creating wildlife corridors with neighboring India. Nepal is the first of 13 tiger range countries to update its figures ahead of a summit to be held in Vladivostok, eastern Russia, in September to assess global conservation efforts to protect the big cat....