Trailblazers and Champions: A Look at the 2024 Medal of Freedom Award Recipients
President Biden to Award Presidential Medal of Freedom to Diverse Group
President Biden is set to bestow the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom upon 19 individuals, representing a wide array of fields and backgrounds. The recipients include former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Olympic champion Katie Ledecky, acclaimed actress Michelle Yeoh, and the late civil rights icon Medgar Evers.
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This honor recognizes the outstanding contributions and achievements of these individuals in their respectiv
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Trailblazers and Champions: A Look at the 2024 Medal of Freedom Award Recipients
Turkey has confirmed that it has cut off all trade relations with Israel
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The Ministry of Trade of Turkey confirmed the suspension of trade with Israel.
Publika.az TASS reported on this.
“The implementation of the second stage of measures implemented at the state level has started. Export-import transactions with Israel have been suspended for all commodity groups,” the ministry said.
Earlier, the head of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Israel Katz, said that Turkish officials violated existing trade agreements by closing ports for Israeli exports and
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Diļevs was appointed as the chairman of the temporary board of EDzL – BNN
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Āriks Diļevs, the head of the Latvian branch of the Baltic states joint venture JSC “RB Rail”, has been appointed as the temporary chairman of the board of SIA “Eiropas dĺzceļa līnas” (EDzL), which is responsible for the construction of the “Rail Baltica” railway project on the territory of Latvia, reports the Ministry of Transport (SM).
Diļevs will perform the duties of the temporary board chairman from Friday until the moment when he appoints a new chairman of the EDzL board, who will be chosen by organizing a public candidate application competition in accordance with the regulations.
On the other hand, the decision on the appointment of a new temporary board member is planned in the near future, according to the ministry.
Diļevs has more than 18 years of work experience in the transport industry, including since 2018, Diļevs has been working for “RB Rail”. Initially, he was the head of the Road and Engineering Communications Department of “RB Rai
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Diļevs was appointed as the chairman of the temporary board of EDzL – BNN
Oblak goes on the market – AS.com
Atlético will make changes to its squad this summer for the next season. And one of the positions about which there will be rumors will be the goalkeeper. Jan Oblak has lost his status as an irreplaceable player and Atlético could listen to offers that could come for the goalkeeper. The situation has changed somewhat regarding Oblak, basic before and now not so much. Oblak goes on the market and we will have to see what happens in the coming months.
Atlético will, to the extent that its finances make it possible, renew its squad. The idea of the sports management led by Carlos Bucero, and with Andrea Berta as sports director, is to get rid of very high chips. And Oblak has one of the highest of the current squad: ten million net. He has a contract until 2028 and his market value is 30 million euros. His clause is 120 million.
For many seasons
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Two Australians and an American disappear in Ensenada; there are 3 prisoners
Tijuana, May 2.- Jake and Callum Robinson, two brothers Australiansand Carter Rhoad, a United Statesare wanted by the Mexican authorities and Australia Yes United States of Americaafter his disappearance on April 26 in the municipality of Ensenada.
This Thursday the public prosecutor of Baja CaliforniaMaría Elena Andrade, revealed that two men is one women They were seized by the authorities because they were linked to the case after the cell phone of one of the people was found. victims.
“I cannot say at this moment what qualities (the insureds) have because some have direct relationships and others indirectly. We have already made great progress… right now a work team is where they were last seen,” the prosecutor said at a news conference in Tijuana.
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The official also explained that during the search operation, in which several companies and also the victims’ relatives participate, found the tents where they had last slept. In the same place they found blood and teeth. He also explained that the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) works in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the United States Consulate and the Australian Consulate.
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Debra Robinson, mother of Jake and Callum Robinson, asked for help through social networks to find her children, since during her last trip to the port of Ensenadain Baja California, he lost communication with them.
Jake and Callum Robinson, originally from Australia, and Carter Rhoad, arrived last Friday, April 26, in Ensenada to camp and surf, but after passing through the city of Santo Tomas, their family lost track of them . Callum is the only one who documented his stay in Baja California through his social networks. The last photograph shared by the Australian tourist was on San Miguel beach, in Ensenada.
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Two Australians and an American disappear in Ensenada; there are 3 prisoners
Comparing Drunk Driving Laws Worldwide: Which Countries Measure Alcohol Content?
Open limit for drunk driving Which countries measure alcohol content?
On May 3, from the case of an audio clip of Dr. Meow, a former executive of a famous company. who was arrested by the police for drunk driving Before being hit with a case of physical assault on an official Kicking a police officer in the face Claiming that the rules for drunk driving in foreign countries do not they use the threshold of 50 milligrams per cent.
Journalists reported that in 2018, the Academic Center for Traffic Safety I received a report summarizing the drunk driving situation. Comparing the application of “drunk driving” laws in different countries in Thailand and abroad, the penalties – fine
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Comparing Drunk Driving Laws Worldwide: Which Countries Measure Alcohol Content?
These are the 25 professional accordion players who went to the second round
Starting at 8:00 in the morning, this Friday, May 3, it will take place the second round of the Professional Accordion competition within the framework of the 57th edition of the Vallenata Legend Festival. The 25 classified accordion players will perform the four airs of vallenato folklore: Paseo, Merengue, Puya and Son.
The 25 classified are: Javier Rodrigo Álvarez, Enaldo Barrera Tovar, Edgardo Bolaño Gnecco, Jaime Luis Castañeda Campillo, Camilo Andrés Montaña, the American Richard Enrique Daza, Jairo Andrés de la Ossa, José María González, Omar ‘El Zorro’ Hernández and Juan David ‘El Pollito’ Herrera.
In addition, Roberto Carlos ‘RK’ KammererArismalder Loperena, Camilo M
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These are the 25 professional accordion players who went to the second round
The UN estimates that the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip will cost 30-40 billion. US dollars
“The United Nations Development Program’s preliminary estimates for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip exceed 30 billion. US dollars and can reach 40 billion. US dollars,” said UN Assistant Secretary-General Abdallah al-Dardari.
“The scale of the destruction is huge and unprecedented… This is a mission the world community has not faced since World War II,” Al-Dardari said at a press conference in the Jordanian capital, Amman.
He added that if the reconstruction o
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The UN estimates that the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip will cost 30-40 billion. US dollars
Quimper Mayor Unveils Plan to Optimize Parking Spaces in the City Amid Big Projects
“I no longer want people to say that there are no parking spaces in Quimper,” said the mayor, Isabelle Assih, Thursday May 2, presenting a plan to optimize parking spaces within the city ” in the middle of change with big projects”. We are especially thinking about the great hall in the future, the movement of the halls, the work of the station as well as the transformation of the piers of the Odet“The issue of movement and parking is at the heart of these projects. The car
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Quimper Mayor Unveils Plan to Optimize Parking Spaces in the City Amid Big Projects
“If the Russians were to break through…” –
French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated in statements to the weekly The Economist the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine in the event that Russia manages to advance on the eastern front and Kiev requests it. “If the Russians were to break through the front lines, if there was a Ukrainian request – which is not the case today – we should legitimately raise the question” of sending troops, Macron told the British weekly. “Excluding it a priori means not learning the lesson of the last two years”, in which NATO countries initially refused to send tanks and planes to Ukraine before changing their minds, added the French president.
Macron has thus confirmed what he declared in recent weeks. “As I said, I don’t rule anything out because we have someone before us who doesn’t rule anything out,” the president said. “We were undoubtedly too hesitant in formulating the limits of our action to someone who no longer has them and who is the aggressor,” added the head of state. «I
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