Kazakhstan called on the countries of the world to develop a phased plan for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons by 2045, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tleuberdi said.
“Proposals and agreements to achieve this goal could be reflected in the outcome documents of both the first conference of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT),” Tleuberdi said.< /blockquote>
Mr. Tleuberdi noted that Kazakhstan is aware of all the political and technical difficulties associated with the proposed tasks, but considers it necessary to «start practical work in this direction.»
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Kazakhstan is introducing a visa-free regime for Iranian citizens for a period of 14 days, Kazakh leader Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said.
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On June 20, an auction will be held in New York, where the Nobel Peace Prize winner, editor-in-chief of the Russian Novaya Gazeta Dmitry Muratov will put up the Nobel medal. All proceeds from the sale of the award will go to UNICEF to help Ukrainian refugees.
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EU Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore has arrived in Kyiv. The EU Delegation to Ukraine announced this on its Twitter page. According to Mr. Gilmour, he intends to «see with his own eyes» cases of human rights violations, «to communicate with ordinary people and government officials.»
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Scientists have determined the position in space of about one and a half billion stars. This most detailed map of the Galaxy will allow you to look into its past and future, find out if cataclysms threaten the Earth, and find potentially habitable planets.
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In early April, the EU imposed an embargo on Russian coal, but only from August 2022. Since mid-April, Belarus has banned the transit of Russian coal through its territory, the Red Button portal publishes. Kazakhstan also introduced a similar ban, blocking 1,700 wagons with coal on its territory.
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Azerbaijani Ambassador to Sofia Hussein Huseynov said that Bulgaria will be able to receive Azerbaijani gas in full from July 1 after completion of test gas pumping through the Greece-Bulgaria interconnector (IGB) in June.
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Francesco Rocca has secured re-election as president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for a four-year term, the organization said in a statement on Sunday.
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Russia is ready to invest $1.5 billion in import-substituting Belarusian production, said the Minister of Industry of Belarus Piotr Parkhomchik.
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The Telegram messenger has a paid subscription, among other things, it will allow you to upload files up to 4 GB in size and download files at maximum speed, according to the Telegram blog. As noted, for subscribers, «virtually all limits in the application are doubled», and «all existing features <...> remain free for everyone.»
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The winner of the second round of parliamentary elections in France was the coalition «Together!» supporters of President Emmanuel Macron with a result of 245 seats in the National Assembly.
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The Italian oil and gas company Eni has joined the development of the largest gas field in Qatar. She will receive three percent in the North Field East project implemented by Qatar Energy. Earlier, French TotalEnergies joined North Field East with a share of more than six percent.
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Germany has allocated an additional 15 billion euros for the purchase of liquefied natural gas.
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Russia has limited the shipment of oil from Kazakhstan through the port in Novorossiysk. This is the main route for transporting Kazakh oil to Europe.
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The Chinese company Lenovo has demonstrated its vision of portable computers of the future. The concept called MOZI has already received the Red Dot Design Award 2022.
The laptop does not have a built-in display. Instead, a projector capable of forming an image is located at the top of the case.
Another feature of the device is a retractable keyboard hidden inside the case. It can be completely removed when watching videos or presentations, saving space on the table. The keyboard itself has a compact design — without a block of numeric buttons on the right side.
For a laptop, there is an audio system with Dolby Atmos support and a fingerprint scanner on the top panel.
Technical characteristics of the device are not given, because so far it exists only in the form of a concept development. On the possible timing of the appearance of such a «laptop» on the commercial market, nothing is reported.
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Greece and Cyprus, after a break of 21 years, resumed maritime passenger traffic — the passenger ferry Daleela of Scandro Holding departed from the port of Limassol to Piraeus at 12.00 (the time coincides with Moscow).
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The new «daughter» of «Rostec» «Cybertech» will unite companies in the field of microelectronics, equipment manufacturing, etc. At the same time, we can talk about both our own assets of a state-owned company and other players
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Leftist coalition candidate Gustavo Petro received more than 50% of the vote, his liberal rival Rodolfo Hernandez just over 47%, he has already admitted defeat. Petro participated in the presidential elections for the third time
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The amount of Russian oligarchs’ assets frozen in the EU has doubled. From 6.7 billion euros in April to more than 12.5 billion euros, the European Commission says. In recent weeks, many objects belonging to Russian oligarchs have been identified and blocked — especially in Germany.
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Google, together with the World Resources Institute, has presented to the public a detailed map of the Earth’s surface, updated in real time. A service called Dynamic World classifies the type of ground cover, showing how much of the terrain is covered by water, trees, grass, crops, bushes, barren ground, and snow/ice.
The tool can be used by anyone, for absolutely any purpose. For example, researchers can analyze a map to assess the impact of natural disasters on the environment.
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Since the beginning of 2022, more than five thousand Russian citizens have left for Serbia. Over the past six months of 2022, Russians have become founders of more than 800 commercial structures in Serbia. This is reported by the portal vse42.ru.
The visa-free regime for visiting Serbia gives Russians the right to freely enter and stay there for no more than 30 days if they have a passport. To extend the period of stay, you will need to leave Serbia for a day, to neighboring Montenegro or Bosnia.
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Inflation in the EU reached 8.8%. Eurostat published data for May. The fastest rise in prices for goods and services is in Estonia — 20.1%, Lithuania — 18.5% and Latvia — 16.8%. Slower in France — 5.8%, in Malta — 5.8% and in Finland -7.1%.
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As part of the optimization, Russian banks have accelerated the winding down of their branch networks, Kommersant reported, citing data from the Central Bank. Sberbank closed 70 additional offices in May, the rest of the banks curtailed the work of 67 branches.
In total, from January to early June, Sberbank closed 159 branches, the remaining banks — 511. At the beginning of summer, the total number of branches of all banks in the country amounted to 25,200, of which Sberbank — 13,100.
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According to Reuters, citing data from the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China, deliveries of Russian oil to China in May increased by 55% in annual terms (including deliveries via the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline and shipping).
Last month, Russia shipped about 8.42 million tons to Beijing, the equivalent of almost 2 million bpd. In April, Russia exported about 1.6 million barrels of oil per day to China.
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The number of unwanted phone calls in Russia is growing rapidly, their share is already 10-14% of all incoming calls, Kommersant was told in Yandex and Tinkoff.
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The People’s Bank of China (PBOC, Central Bank) has kept the base interest rate on loans (LPR) for a period of one year at 3.7% per annum
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On June 15, 2022, a proposal put forward by Stefania Prezioso Batou, a federal parliamentarian from Geneva, to automatically grant citizenship to those born in Switzerland was rejected by 112 votes to 75 in the Swiss federal parliament, reports 20 Minutes. A similar proposal was rejected in December 2021 by the Council of States, Switzerland’s upper house.
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President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed holding a nationwide referendum on amending the country’s Constitution. Earlier, the first deputy chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis (the upper house of the parliament of Uzbekistan) Sadyk Safayev told reporters that amendments to the Constitution of the republic would allow Mirziyoyev to again participate in the presidential elections.
The Constitution of Uzbekistan was adopted on December 8, 1992 at a session of the Supreme Council of the Republic. Since then, the country’s basic law has been amended 15 times.
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Marine Le Pen will leave the post of head of the «National Association». She will head the party’s parliamentary faction in the French National Assembly. The «National Rally» took third place in the second round of the parliamentary elections in France, gaining 17.3% of the vote.
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In Ukraine, the 8th Administrative Court of Appeal in Lviv banned the activities of the Opposition Platform — For Life party, all property of the fund and other assets of the organization will be transferred to the state, the Ministry of Justice of the country said in a statement.
The head of the political council of the Opposition Platform for Life was Viktor Medvedchuk, he is accused of high treason (Article 111), violation of the laws and customs of war (Article 438), the politician faces up to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine ruled out mitigation of punishment for him.
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Estonia will impose a ban on the import of sanctioned goods from Russia by private individuals from July 10, the tax and customs department of the republic announced on Monday
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French manufacturer Danone will reduce the range of products for supply to retailers. Such a measure will allow sellers to reduce the cost of storing products and reduce prices for the final buyer, according to Reuters. In some supermarkets, the variety of flavors will be reduced and the package sizes of Danone products will be reduced.
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