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«Попередні привілеї нівелюються»: Шершень про повернення чеченських підрозділів РФ на фронт
«На деяких ділянках помічені загони швидкого реагування «Ахмат», «Восток». Вони повернулись, беруть участь у бойових діях»
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Сили оборони закріплюються на досягнутих рубежах на півдні – Маляр
«Завдяки тому, що наші бійці щодня знищують ворожі склади техніки, кількість ворожих обстрілів дещо знизилась»
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Звільненій з полону матері повернули двох дітей з окупованих територій – Лубінець
«Весь час вони перебували з бабусею, яка відмовлялася передавати дітей матері, котра повернулася з полону»
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Geothermal Becomes More Popular Despite Initial Cost
Some homeowners looking to switch out their heating and cooling systems are turning to home geothermal — also known as ground source — heat pumps. It’s a technology that relies on a simple physical fact: Dig several feet below Earth’s surface, in the coldest winter or the hottest summer, and the temperature will be around 55 degrees.
Geothermal takes advantage of that constant temperature by pushing water with some antifreeze through a loop of flexible pipe that runs deep underground. The water gets circulated by a heat pump system, usually located in the basement.
When the house needs cooling — say on an 85-degree July day — a refrigerant, which is a special fluid, absorbs unwanted heat indoors and transfers it to water in the long piping, circulating it underground, giving it time to cool to the constant mid-50s below. House air blows across the cool fluid. Having dumped its heat, it can absorb more for transfer to the outdoors.
Warming the building works much the same, in reverse. On a sub-freezing January day, the system circulates the water underground, warming it to about 55 degrees. Arriving back at the pump, the water in the loop now heats the refrigerant, making it want to expand. An electric pump then compresses it, which spikes the temperature. The system then pushes air over the hot refrigerant and into the house until the air in the house reaches thermostat temperature.
In apartment buildings, schools or other commercial buildings, the underground loop may be just a few feet deep and extend horizontally over a wide area. For smaller residential lots, the solution is to drill deeper — as much as 300 feet or more — to get a loop that is long enough for the water be in contact with the ground and equalize with its constant temperature.
Geothermal systems cost more up front than typical furnaces, sometimes tends of thousands of dollars. Supporters say lower operating costs eventually make that worthwhile, because the superpower of ground source heat pumps is that they use very little electricity to move heat around. They’re designed to last more than 50 years for the underground parts, with the above-ground components expected to last 25 years or more. Gas furnaces typically last 15 to 30 years on average.
Geothermal or ground-source heat pumps are still the exception rather than the rule. Air-source heat pump are far more common and work by extracting energy from outdoor air to both heat and cool the home.
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Справу проти російського ультраправого ідеолога Дугіна передали до суду – ОГП
Офіс генерального прокурора передав до суду обвинувальний акт стосовно російського пропагандиста та ідеолога «русского мира» за фактами посягання на територіальну цілісність і недоторканність України і публічних закликів до геноциду, повідомляє преслужба ОГП.
«Розслідуванням встановлено, що обвинувачений публічно закликав та розповсюджував матеріали із закликами до зміни меж території та державного кордону України на порушення порядку, встановленого Конституцією України, розпалював національну ворожнечу. Він також розповсюджував матеріали з публічними закликами до геноциду українського народу. З травня 2022 року пропагандист створював та поширював у забороненій в Україні соцмережі «Вконтакте» публікації, у яких закликав «освободить» всю Україну, а не тільки Херсон та Донбас. І разом з Росією та «освобождьонной» Україною створити «новое государство, настоящую империю, с миссией и духом, православное царство». Він також пропагував подальшу ескалацію війни», – йдеться в повідомленні.
За даними ОГП, підозрюваний розповсюджував публікації із закликами знищити Україну та її жителів, завдавати ракетні удари по містам України, зокрема центру Києва.
Імені підозрюваного ОГП не вказує, але з опису обвинувачень і цитат випливає, що йдеться про російського ультраправого ідеолога Олександра Дугіна. У червні Служба безпеки України повідомила йому про підозру.
Олександр Дугін – один із ідеологів «русского мира». Вважається, що його ідеї впливають на політику Кремля. Послідовницею Дугіна була його дочка Дар’я, яка загинула через підрив автомобіля влітку минулого року. Дугін фігурує у санкційних списках Заходу.
У ВР зареєстрована постанова про складання повноважень депутаткою Плачковою, яка була обрана від «ОПЗЖ»
У Верховній Раді України зареєстровано проєкт постанови про дострокове припинення повноважень народного депутата України Тетяни Плачкової, яку було обрано від забороненої партії «Опозиційна платформа – За життя».
Причиною припинення мандату вказується особиста заява депаутатки.
Народний депутат Ярослав Железняк у Telegram зазначив, що після голосування про припинення депутатських повноважень Плачкової, у ВР буде новий рекорд – найменша за всю історію кількість депутатів парламенту: 404 депутатів із 450.
El Nino Threatens Rice Crops Across Asia
Warmer, drier weather because of an earlier-than-usual El Nino is expected to hamper rice production across Asia, hitting global food security in a world still reeling from the impacts of the war in Ukraine.
An El Nino is a natural, temporary and occasional warming of part of the Pacific that shifts global weather patterns, and climate change is making them stronger. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced this one in June, a month or two earlier than it usually does. This gives it time to grow. Scientists say there’s a one in four chance it will expand to supersized levels.
That’s bad news for rice farmers, particularly in Asia where 90% of the world’s rice is grown and eaten, since a strong El Nino typically means less rainfall for the thirsty crop.
Past El Ninos have resulted in extreme weather, ranging from drought to floods.
There are already “alarm bells,” said Abdullah Mamun, a research analyst at the International Food Policy Research Institute or IFPRI, pointing to rising rice prices due to shortfalls in production. The average price of 5% broken white rice in June in Thailand was about 16% higher than last year’s average.
Global stocks have run low since last year, in part due to devastating floods in Pakistan, a major rice exporter. This year’s El Nino may amplify other woes for rice-producing countries, such as reduced availability of fertilizer due to the war and some countries’ export restrictions on rice. Myanmar, Cambodia and Nepal are particularly vulnerable, warned a recent report by research firm BMI.
“There is uncertainty over the horizon,” Mamun said.
Recently, global average temperatures have hit record highs. Monsoon rains over India were lighter than usual by the end of June. Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday asked his ministers to anticipate a long dry season. And in the Philippines, authorities are carefully managing water to protect vulnerable areas.
Some countries are bracing for food shortages. Indonesia was among the worst hit by India’s decision to restrict rice exports last year after less rain fell than expected and a historic heat wave scorched wheat, raising worries that domestic food prices would surge.
Last month, India said it would send more than 1 million metric tons (1.1 million U.S. tons) to Indonesia, Senegal and Gambia to help them meet “their food security needs.”
Challenges finding fertilizer
Fertilizer is another crucial variable. Last year China, a major producer, restricted exports to keep domestic prices in check after fertilizers were among exports affected by sanctions on Russian ally Belarus for human rights violations. Sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine don’t target fertilizers but the war has disrupted shipments of the three main chemical fertilizers: potash, phosphorus, and nitrogen.
Bangladesh found suppliers in Canada to make up for lost potash shipments from Belarus, but many countries are still scrambling to find new sources.
Farmers such as Abu Bakar Siddique, who cultivates 1.2 hectares (3 acres) in northern Bangladesh, had enough fertilizer to keep his yields steady last year. But less rainfall meant he had to rely more on electric pumps for his winter harvest at a time of power shortages due to war-related shortfalls of diesel and coal.
“This increased my costs,” he said.
Attempting to adapt
Each El Nino is different, but historical trends suggest scarce rainfall in South and Southeast Asia will parch the soil, causing cascading effects in coming years, said Beau Damen, a natural resources officer with the Food and Agriculture Organization based in Bangkok, Thailand. Some countries, like Indonesia, may be more vulnerable in the early stages of the phenomenon, he said.
Kusnan, a farmer in Indonesia’s East Java, said rice farmers there have tried to anticipate that by planting earlier so that when the El Nino hits, the rice might be ready for harvest and not need so much water. Kusnan, who like many Indonesians uses only one name, said he hoped high yields last year would help offset any losses this year.
Widodo, the Indonesian leader, stressed the need to manage water in coming weeks, warning that various factors — including export restrictions and fertilizer shortages — could combine with the El Nino to “make this a particularly damaging event.”
Baldev Singh, a 52-year-old farmer in northern India’s Punjab state, is already worried. He typically sows rice from late June until mid-July, then needs the monsoon rains to flood the paddies. Less than a tenth of the usual rainfall had come by early this month, and then floods ravaged northern India, battering young crops that had just been planted.
The government has encouraged Punjab farmers to grow rice along with their traditional wheat crops since the 1960s to improve India’s food security, even though farmers like Singh don’t typically eat rice and irrigation of rice fields has drained the area’s aquifers. But he keeps growing it, counting on the certainty of government purchases at fixed prices.
With rain scarce, Singh may need to dig wells. Last year, he dug down 200 feet (60 meters) to find water.
“Rice has been our ruin … I don’t know what will happen in the future,” he said.
У Комітеті ВР із нацбезпеки припустили, чому США не передають Україні ATACMS
Київ давно прагне отримати американські тактичні ракетні комплекси, дальність дії яких становить близько 300 кілометрів
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У Сумах готуються прийняти 12 тисяч людей з прикордоння – мер
Суми в рамках оголошеної евакуації з прикордонних районів області готуються прийняти у місто приблизно 12 тисяч людей, повідомив в ефірі проєкту Радіо Свобода «Свобода Ранок» мер Олександр Лисенко.
«Завдання у нас – прийняти десь до 12 тисяч. Багато хто з цієї чисельності вже перебуває в нашому місті. Ми їх реєструємо. Як це буде? Ну, це така загальна кількість. Скільки з цього числа буде бажаючих – будемо дивитися», – сказав Лисенко.
За словами міського голови, зараз у Сумах готують місця, щоб розселити людей.
«Ми також готуємось житловий фонд для цього. Можливості і наших гуртожитків, і інших, можливо, об’єктів», – розповів Лисенко.
Він також каже, що останнім часом обстрілів у прикордонні стало вдвічі більше.
«Всі громади, які поруч з нами, вони щодня потерпають від артобстрілів. І ми можемо в будь-який момент також отримати сигнали артобстрілу. І це дуже небезпечно», – зазначив мер Сум.
Евакуацію у Сумській області оголосили 10 липня. Йдеться про п’ятикілометрову зону вздовж кордону з Росією. Евакуювати можуть 20 тисяч людей у 15 громадах області.
Російські війська регулярно обстрілюють Сумщину. За даними Сумської ОВА, вночі та вранці російські війська здійснили п’ять обстрілів прикордоння, зафіксовано 33 вибухи. Даних про потерпілих немає.
FBI Director Rejects Claims of Political Bias Within the Bureau
FBI director Christopher Wray defended his agency against Republican accusations of political bias Wednesday, dismissing claims he was “protecting” Democratic President Joe Biden’s family while going after former President Donald Trump, a Republican, and other conservatives.
“Absolutely not,” Wray retorted during a combative House Judiciary Committee hearing when asked by Republican member and staunch Trump supporter Matt Gaetz if he was “protecting the Bidens.”
“The FBI does not, has no interest in protecting anyone politically,” Wray said.
The hearing marked Wray’s first appearance before the oversight panel since Republicans recaptured the House of Representatives following the 2022 midterm elections.
Wray, who was appointed by Trump and retained by Biden, has become a lightning rod for Republican criticism that the Biden Administration has “weaponized” the FBI and the Justice Department against its political foes.
The criticism has intensified over the past year, particularly after the FBI executed a search of Trump’s residence in Florida last August as part of an investigation into the former president’s mishandling of classified documents after he left the White House in 2021.
The unprecedented search, which led to Trump’s indictment last month, has fueled Republican allegations that the FBI is out to get Trump.
Republican criticism of the FBI is not limited to the Mar-a-Lago search. During the hearing on Wednesday, Republicans aired a litany of old grievances at the FBI, from the bureau’s alleged failure to investigate the Biden family for their alleged corruption to its proclivity to target pro-life activists and work with social media companies to “censor” conservative speech.
Wray, a long-time Republican, scoffed at the notion that he was hostile to conservatives.
“The idea that I’m biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane to me, given my own personal background,” Wray said.
In his prepared testimony, Wray highlighted the FBI’s critical investigation and national security work, citing the arrest of more than 20,000 violent criminals and child predators and investigations of cartels and malicious Chinese activities.
Those highlights fell by the wayside, though, as the hearing devolved into what has become a familiar display of partisanship before the House Judiciary Committee in recent years.
The panel’s Republican chairman, Jim Jordan of Ohio, a staunch Trump supporter, said there is a “two tier system of justice” in the United States.
Jerry Nadler, the Democratic ranking member of the panel, said that “it’s absurd that House Republicans are attacking the FBI and DOJ for doing their job and ensuring that no person is above the law.”
Republicans angry at the FBI’s perceived “politicization” have threatened to “defund” the bureau. However, Wray warned that cutting off the bureau’s funding would be disastrous.
“We’d have hundreds more violent criminals on the streets,” he said in response to a question. “Dozens more violent gangs terrorizing communities. Hundreds more child molesters on the loose. Hundreds more kids left at those predators’ mercy instead of being rescued. Scores of threats from the Chinese Communist Party being left unaddressed. Hundreds of ransomware attacks left unmitigated. Terrorist attacks, both jihadist-inspired and domestic violent extremists not prevented that would succeed against Americans.”
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Під загрозою депортації з Маріуполя у РФ перебувають 13 тисяч українських дітей – Андрющенко
З окупованого Маріуполя можуть примусово вивезти до Росії 13 тисяч українських дітей, повідомив проєкту Радіо Свобода «Новини Приазовʼя» радник мера Маріуполя Петро Андрющенко. За його словами, це передбачено «планом евакуації», який окупаційна влада розробила ще минулого року, коли ЗСУ наступали на харківському і херсонському напрямках. Зараз цей план поновили і доопрацювали, каже він.
«Він передбачає «евакуацію» окупаційних адміністрацій на територію Новоазовського району, безпосередньо Новоазовськ-Сєдово, так само «евакуацію» цивільного населення за бажанням. Але найгірше в цій ситуації – щодо дітей передбачена примусова й однозначна евакуація всіх. І ми на це дивимося як на найбільший ризик, тому що це чергова хвиля викрадення дітей, може бути. У Маріуполі знаходиться на сьогодні приблизно 13 тисяч дітей. Тобто, якщо вони всі вивезуть ще наших маріупольських дітей, які додадуться до 1300 викрадених до того, це ризик і це проблема. І ми розуміємо, що таке може бути», – зазначив посадовець.
На офіційному порталі «Діти війни» станом на 6 липня зазначено, що Росія депортувала 19 тисяч 493 дитини, принаймні, стільки випадків підтверджено українською владою. За даними з відкритих джерел відомо, що загалом до Росії могли вивезти 744 тисячі дітей, вказано на порталі. Повернути вдалося 380.
Маріуполь з 20 травня 2022 року перебуває під окупацією РФ.
Нічна атака військ РФ на Київ – є загиблий і постраждалі
За даними КМВА, запущені військами РФ іранські БПЛА заходили в столицю з різних напрямків. У повітряному просторі Києва було виявлено і знищено близько десятка цілей
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Former Trump Supporter Sues Fox News for Defamation
A former Donald Trump supporter who became the center of a conspiracy theory about January 6, 2021, filed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Wednesday, saying the network made him a scapegoat for the U.S. Capitol insurrection.
Raymond Epps, a former Marine who said he was forced from his Arizona home because of threats, is asking for unspecified damages and a jury trial.
He filed his lawsuit in Superior Court in Delaware, the same court where Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox for lies broadcast following the 2020 presidential election. Shortly before a trial was to begin this spring, Fox agreed to pay Dominion $787 million to settle the charges.
Fox did not respond to texts, phone calls and emails seeking comment on Epps’ lawsuit.
The suit also states that the Justice Department told Epps in May that he faces criminal charges for his actions on January 6. The lawsuit blames that on “the relentless attacks by Fox and Mr. Carlson and the resulting political pressure.”
Epps, who had traveled to Washington for the January 6 demonstration, was falsely accused by Fox of being a government agent who was whipping up trouble that would be blamed on Trump supporters, the lawsuit claims.
“In the aftermath of the events of January 6th, Fox News searched for a scapegoat to blame other than Donald Trump or the Republican Party,” the lawsuit says. “Eventually, they turned on one of their own.”
Although the lawsuit mentions Fox’s Laura Ingraham and Will Cain, former Fox host Tucker Carlson is cited as the leader in promoting the theory. Epps was featured in more than two dozen segments on Carlson’s prime-time show, the lawsuit said. Fox News fired Carlson shortly after the Dominion settlement was announced.
Carlson “was bluntly telling his viewers that it was a fact that Epps was a government informant,” the lawsuit says. “And they believed him.”
Carlson ignored evidence that contradicted his theory, including Epps’ testimony before a congressional committee investigating the insurrection that he was not working for the government, and videos provided by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy that showed Epps’ efforts to try to defuse the situation, the lawsuit says.
Carlson is not named as a defendant in the lawsuit. Epps’ lawyer, Michael Teter, noted that Carlson “was an employee of Fox when he lied about Ray, and Fox broadcast those defamatory falsehoods.”
“Fox is therefore fully liable for Mr. Carlson’s statements,” Teter said.
The former Fox star did not respond to a text message seeking comment.
Also Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray, in an appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, addressed Epps being a “secret government agent.”
“I will say this notion that somehow the violence at the Capitol on January 6 was part of some operation orchestrated by FBI sources and agents is ludicrous,” Wray told lawmakers. He refused to say, however, how many of the people who entered the Capitol and surrounding area on January 6 were either FBI employees or people with whom the FBI had made contact.
Epps claims in his lawsuit that, as a result of the alleged defamatory statements made by Fox, he and his wife have been the target of harassment and death threats from Trump supporters, forced to sell the Arizona ranch where they ran a successful wedding venue business, and now face financial ruin. According to the lawsuit, Epps and his wife are now living in a recreational vehicle in Utah.
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Проросійський блогер у окупованому Криму заявив про вибух біля свого будинку
Таліпов у своїх телеграм-канал публікує персональні дані кримчан, які підтримують Україну
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Повітряна атака: військові попереджають про загрози ударів дронами та ракетами
Голова Київської міської військової адміністрації повідомив про загрозу ударів дронів у столиці
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Запорізька АЕС готується перевести 4 енергоблок у стан гарячого зупину замість 5-го – МАГАТЕ
Експерти досі не виявили слідів вибухівки, але також не мали можливості обстежити дах енергоблоків
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US Consumer Price Increase Lowest Since Early 2021
U.S. consumer prices rose 3% in June compared with a year ago, a marked drop in the inflation rate that was the smallest 12-month increase in more than two years, the government reported Wednesday.
A year ago, the U.S. inflation rate soared to an annualized rate of more than 9%, a four-decade high, but since then it has dipped steadily. Last month’s figure is close to the 2% annual inflation rate sought by policymakers at the country’s central bank, the Federal Reserve, and a further drop from the 4% annualized figure recorded in May.
The 3% annualized advance recorded in June was the smallest since March 2021 and affords U.S. consumers further financial relief, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics saying that prices for such diverse items as used cars, gasoline at service stations, meats and airfares dropped.
The Federal Reserve policymakers have steadily raised their benchmark interest rate over the last 16 months, boosting the cost of consumer and business borrowing in an effort to curb inflation. The Fed is expected to impose another rate increase later this month.
But with inflation now slowing, further rate increases could be delayed or curtailed.
The U.S economy, the world’s largest, has remained resilient in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, continuing to grow. Hundreds of thousands of new jobs have been added month after month and pushed the unemployment rate to a near five-decade low.
Even so, voters have given President Joe Biden low marks for his handling of the U.S. economy because of the high inflation rate, which has squeezed family budgets, especially for the purchase of groceries and gas and monthly rental payments.
Biden, running for a second term in the November 2024 election, was quick to take credit for the lowered inflation rate.
“Good jobs and lower costs: That’s Bidenomics in action,” he said. “Today’s report brings new and encouraging evidence that inflation is falling while our economy remains strong.
“Real wages for the average American worker are now higher than they were before the pandemic, with lower wage workers seeing the largest gains,” he added. “Our progress creating jobs while lowering costs for families is no accident.”
Bankrate.com economic analyst Mark Hamrick said, “The key readings of the Consumer Price Index turn out to be lower than expected across the board both on a month-over-month and year-over-year basis.”
He predicted that “the Fed will almost certainly raise its benchmark rate in a couple of weeks because officials have said as much. It remains to be seen whether they will feel compelled to raise rates further in September or beyond, but it is likely in doubt.”
The three major U.S. indexes all advanced sharply in midday trading on news of the taming of inflation. The benchmark Dow Jones average of 30 blue chip stocks was up nearly a percentage point, while the broader S&P 500 index and the tech-heavy NASDAQ exchange moved even higher.
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