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☆ US women’s gymnastics team wins historic gold medal at world championships in Liverpool
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Alasdair Howorth | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The US women’s gymnastics team has claimed a record-breaking sixth world championships gold medal in a row – even without Simone Biles. The victory automatically qualifies team USA, along with fellow medalists Great Britain (163.363 points) and Canada (160.563 points), for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Despite coming off the beam and failing to complete one her routines, she recovered to score second in the team, only behind Jordan Chiles. Jordan Chiles took center stage as the star of Team USA. Performing in front of a boisterous crowd, the home team put out its best ever team performance at a major gymnastics event.

☆ Fact Check-Photo of Gepard tank in action was captured before Ukraine war
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Some social media users are falsely claiming an image of a Gepard tank firing at a mortar was captured in action in Ukraine. Thousands of people have interacted with the Oct. 18 posts on Twitter and Facebook which include the photo and claim: “The first visual confirmation of the combat use of German ‘Gepard’ in Ukraine” (here and here). While Germany did send Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine in August to help fend off the Russian invasion that began on Feb. 24, the photo on social media predates that conflict (here and nL5N2XC3SK). Reuters traced the photo back to July 2021 when it was uploaded to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) (here). The photo was captured in Poland before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

☆ ‘The World Without Us’: The abandoned sites overrun by nature
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-23 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

However, French photographer Romain Veillon is making it his mission to capture in pictures the potential result of a planet without people. The 38-year-old has spent years photographing abandoned places around the world that have been overtaken by nature, with eerily beautiful results. ‘Post-apocalyptic vision’An image of abandoned Namibian ghost town Kolmanskop by photographer Romain Veillon. The first showcases deserted places that remain relatively well preserved and the second focuses on dilapidated sites in a far worse state. Nature reclaimingThe photographer managed to visit abandoned theme park Nara Dreamland in Japan before it was demolished.

Persons: Romain Veillon, ”, Romain Veillon Veillon, ” Veillon, “, Romain Veillon “, Veillon, Georgia that’s Organizations: CNN, Google, Bulgarian Communist Party, Romanian Ministry of Culture Locations: Namibia, Brussels, Ukraine, ‘, Brandenburg, Germany, Paris, Veillon, Soviet, Bulgaria, Constanța, Japan, Peru, Abkhazia, Georgia

☆ Profesori FCGC-UTM, despre protecția monumentelor istorice în „Open Access Library Journal”
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-24 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Prestigioasa revistă științifică de specialitate „Open Access Library Journal” a publicat o nouă lucrare științifică, semnată de asist. univ., dr. Ina BOSTAN, șef Program Drept, Facultatea Construcții, Geodezie și Cadastru, Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei. În legislația în vigoare există o serie de norme de incriminare a unor comportamente antisociale din domeniul protejării patrimoniului cultural național imobil. Astfel, obiectivul central al acestui studiu rezidă în prezentarea sistematizată a normelor care corespund acestei descrieri. Respectiva lucrare de cercetare a fost elaborată în cadrul proiectului de cercetare „Creșterea valorii patrimoniului arhitectural al R. Moldova, 20.80009.0807.34.”Articolul integral poate fi consultat AICI.

Persons: asist ., Natalia CHIRIAC, conf, Viorica URSU, Ina BOSTAN, . Organizations: Open, Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei, Cultural Heritage, UTM Locations: României, . Moldova

☆ Moldovan PM meets Romania's Ambassador
▼ + stars: | 2020-04-27 | by ( ) tribuna.md time to read: +1 min

Prime Minister Ion Chicu today met Romania’s Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Moldova Daniel Ionita. The discussion was focused on the evolution of the Moldovan-Romanian strategic partnership and its results, the government’s communication and protocol department has reported. The tenth anniversary of the adoption of the joint declaration on the establishment of the strategic partnership between Moldova and Romania for Moldova’s European integration is marked on 27 April. The partnership has opened new opportunities for economic and cultural exchanges and decisively contributed to Romania becoming the most important economic partner of Moldova. Romania substantially backed Moldova’s European integration at bilateral level and within the European structures, such as the European Action Group for Moldova and the Eastern Partnership.

Persons: Ion Chicu, Romania’s, Moldova Daniel Ionita, www.moldpres.md Organizations: Moldovan, European, Group, Eastern Partnership, PM, Art Museum, Organ, and Child Institute, Hasdeu Locations: Moldova, Romanian, Romania, Iasi, Ungheni, Chisinau, Cahul

☆ Romania’s PNL, PMP win most Moldova’s votes in EU parliamentary election
▼ + stars: | 2019-05-27 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +1 min

Romania’s PNL, PMP win most Moldova’s votes in EU parliamentary electionSome 38,000 Moldovans with Romanian citizenship voted in the European Parliament election on May 26. The National Liberal Party (PNL) and the People’s Movement Party were the biggest winners in Moldova, taking roughly 13,600 and 11,000 votes respectively, with the Alliance 2020 USR-PLUS coming in third with over 3,500 votes. According to Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau, over 3,000 Romanians in Moldova voted for the governing Social Democratic Party (PSD), Pro Romania Party got over 1,500 votes, and the independent candidate Peter Costea over 360 votes. With 96% of ballots counted, PNL got 26.81% (10 seats), PSD – 23.39% (9 seats) and USR-PLUS – 21.37% (7 seats). Pro Romania’s Party, which includes former Moldovan prime minister Iurie Leanca no.4 on its list, got 6.61% and only 2 seats.

Persons: PMP, George Simion, Peter Costea, ALDE, Iurie Leanca Organizations: PNL, National Liberal Party, People’s Movement Party, Romania’s, Electoral Bureau, Social Democratic Party, PSD, Pro Romania Party, Pro Romania’s Party, Moldovan Locations: Moldova, Romania

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