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America International University Chancellor Dr Park Met with Guinea Ambassador in Malaysia, discussed about education

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America International University Chancellor Dr Park Met with Guinea Ambassador in Malaysia, discussed about education
America International University Chancellor Dr Park Met with Guinea Ambassador in Malaysia, discussed about education

Diplomat Times (Kuala Lumpur)- America International University Chancellor Dr Park Met with Guinea Ambassador in Malaysia today.

America International University is registered in California with education department. Talking to our correspondent, AIU Chancellor Dr. Sang Wan Park said that AIU has been working in the field of education in America and Asia for a long time, and now we want to expand it to Africa, where education is very important. African students are dependent on other countries to get higher education.

Speaking on the occasion, Oumar Conde, Acting Ambassador of the Embassy of Guinea to Malaysia said that many people come with investment plans but Africa needs a lot of education. Come forward so that people can get education and they can get employment in the country and abroad.

He further said that Guinea welcomes all those who want to invest in our country for education, so that we can give proper and high quality education to our people.

On this occasion, Director of MWorldWide Holdings, Ms. Marietta Reformado, Journalist of Diplomat Times in Malaysia, Andy Sengiah, Professor Ganesh Channa, Professor Jaya Pragasam and Shashi Kumar, Founder of Diplomat Times were specially present.

Education in Equality Guinea 

The government of Guinea faces challenges to improve the financial and institutional capacities of its education system to achieve sustainable goals in terms of school coverage, enrollment, quality and equity.

These challenges include the low primary completion rate, inequalities between girls and boys, poor learning outcomes, lack of trained teachers, and high repetition and dropout rates.

The education sector plan covering the 2020-2029 period defines six priority programs:

1.Equitable access to general education.
2.Quality and relevance of teaching.
3.Adult literacy and education.
4.Extension and reform of technical education and vocational training.
5.Reform of higher education and scientific research.
6.Governance and management of the education system.
7.Guinea intends to ensure equitable access to basic education for all children, including children with special needs.

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The gender gap in net primary school enrolment rates increases with the age of students. In the 10-11 age group, 25.7 per cent of girls are out-of-school, against 17.5 per cent for boys. Girls are more likely to drop out of school due to early pregnancy or marriage.

In the academic year 2016-2017, 92 teaching days (46 per cent) were lost to strike. The new academic year of 2018/2019 began again with teacher strikes. 46 school days (out of a potential 60 days) have been lost in the first trimester of the academic year which have a negative impact on children’s education and contribute to high proportion of children out-of-school and poor learning outcomes.

Furthermore, the schooling system faces critical challenges to ensure secondary education for children aged 12, meaning that many of them will have to move to urban areas to complete secondary school.

Several factors contribute to extreme poverty in Guinea. Guinea has made it a priority to address the major factors that add to this plight, one of which is education. With a population of around 10 million and a literacy rate of around 30 percent for young males and females, Guinea’s Strategic Poverty Reduction Document includes education as an important factor in helping to reduce overall poverty in the country.

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Guinea has received help from a few different nonprofits in order to develop strategies to meet these goals.

UNICEF is working to resolve the lack of investment in education that Guinea experiences. Classrooms have begun to overcrowd recently, partially due to refugee influxes, making it difficult for students to get the time and attention they need to succeed.

Investments in additional classrooms and training staff are a part of UNICEF’s plan to alleviate this pressure, as well as adding new teaching styles to cater to the uniqueness of pupils.

Through UNICEF, the Global Partnership for Education is chipping away at specific goals to target the main issues surrounding education in Guinea.

The partnership has set priorities of making education more universal and available, making improvements in quality and training and strengthening government to make investments in their people’s education and support reforms. Via: UNICEF REPORT

 

 

Dr. Sang Won Park, Appointed Major General (Honorary) for the United States National Defense Corps

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Dr. Sang Won Park, Appointed Major General (Honorary) for the United States National Defense Corps
Dr. Sang Won Park, Appointed Major General (Honorary) for the United States National Defense Corps

Diplomat Times (Los Angeles)- US National Defence Corps(USNDC 8th,Eagle Division) held an appointment ceremony for an honorary general of the US National Defence Corps in commemoration of Korean American Day, which commemorates the 119th anniversary of Korean immigration to the United States.

On the 17th Korean American Day, President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea and President Biden of the United States of America encouraged and congratulated Korean Americans through written congratulatory messages.

President Moon Jae-in said, “The Korean American community is the pride of both Korea and the United States. This year marks the 140th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Korea and the United States. “Korea-US relations have developed by responding together to the challenges of the times,” he said. Including the Korean language school, the government will strengthen support for educational projects for future generations.”

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President Biden said, “The Korean immigrants who arrived on the shores of Hawaii on this day in 1903 opened a new chapter in the story of the great America,” and “since that day, Koreans have helped shape the growth, strength, and prosperity of our country.” “Our shared history of sacrifice and dedication to the United States will undoubtedly shape the future for generations to come.” .” The significance of Korean American Day was put into it.

The appointment ceremony as an honorary general of the US National Defence Corps was held with the presiding officer Myung-Sook Park and the opening prayer of Division Commander Ki-Soo Lim National rites and martyrdom of Korean Americans. Patriotism Following the silent tribute to the patriotic spirits of the United States and the 17th Korean American Day, President Moon Jae-in’s written congratulatory message was read by Ki Soo Lim, and the congratulatory message by US President Biden was read by Dr. Sang Won Park

The United States National Defence Corps(USNDC) Honorary General Appointment Certificate and Rank Conferment were awarded to Honorary General Dr. Sang
Won Park by Division Commander Ki Soo Lim.

History of Korean American Day

Korean American Day
Korean American Day celebrated every year on 13 January

On January 13, 1903, a group of 102 immigrants, mostly young men, arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii on the RMS Gaelic. They were the first Korean immigrants to arrive in the United States, and sought a better life, hoping to find work in the sugarcane plantations.

The holiday was first celebrated in 2002 and is recognized by the United States government, but is not a federal holiday.

Taiwan threat from China serious, House GOP chairman Gallagher says

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Taiwan threat from China serious, House GOP chairman Gallagher says

Taiwan threat from China serious, House GOP chairman Gallagher says

Diplomat Times (WASHINGTON)- The chairman of the House Select Committee on China said Saturday the U.S. must take seriously the threat posed to Taiwan, as Beijing launched military drills around the island in the aftermath of the Taiwanese president’s meetings with American lawmakers.

Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., who attended the meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen in California last week, told The Associated Press that he plans to lead his committee in working to shore up the island government’s defenses, encouraging Congress to expedite military aid to Taiwan.

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“I think it all just points to what is obvious,” Gallagher told the AP, arguing that Chinese President Xi Jinping is intent on reunifying Taiwan with the mainland.

“We need to be moving heaven and earth to enhance our deterrence and denial posture, so that Xi Jinping concludes that he just can’t do it,” Gallagher said.

China conducted drills with warships and dozens of fighter jets around Taiwan on Saturday, the Taiwanese government said, in what was viewed as retaliation for the meeting between the U.S. lawmakers and the president of the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted Tsai in a bipartisan session at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, with more than a dozen members of the U.S. House for what was the most sensitive stop during her transit through the U.S.

China’s response to Tsai’s transit through the U.S. has not, so far, been as intense as its reaction last year after then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan.

While both McCarthy and Tsai spoke in measured remarks after the meeting about maintaining the status quo between their countries, which have no formal diplomatic ties, the daylong meeting enraged China.

The Chinese military announced the start of three-day “combat readiness patrols” as a warning to Taiwanese who want to make the island’s de facto independence permanent.

Taiwan split with China in 1949 after a civil war, and the United States broke off official ties with Taiwan in 1979 while formally establishing diplomatic relations with the Beijing government.

The U.S. acknowledges a “one China” policy in which Beijing lays claim to Taiwan, but it does not endorse China’s claim to the island and remains Taiwan’s key provider of military and defense assistance.

The ruling Communist Party says the island is obliged to rejoin the mainland, by force if necessary. Beijing says contact with foreign officials encourages Taiwanese who want formal independence, a step the ruling party says would lead to war.

Chinese officials condemned Tsai’s meetings with lawmakers and announced sanctions on two organizations that hosted her in the U.S., but its immediate response so far has been less forceful than its reaction to Pelosi’s August trip to Taiwan.

China had warned U.S. lawmakers not to join the meeting with Tsai, Gallagher said. And after the meeting, China urged the U.S. off what it called a “wrong and dangerous road”

Gallagher, who served as a U.S. Marine with tours in Iraq, said U.S. lawmakers will not be intimidated by the Chinese.

“It’s an attempt to shift the ideological battle space and, again, an attempt to intimidate us, and make us feel like we’re changing the status quo and provoking them, when the opposite is true,” he said.

Gallagher said he wants Congress to work on stepping up its military commitments to Taiwan. He said the U.S. should be more quickly sending weapon systems to Taiwan for its defense.

One idea that arose from the meeting, he said, was for the U.S. to help Taiwan with technology to manufacture its own defense systems.

In 2022, China responded in the aftermath of Pelosi’s visit with its largest live-fire drills in decades, including firing a missile over the island.

Chinese officials gave no indication whether the drills underway now might include a repeat of previous exercises with missiles fired into the sea, which disrupted shipping and airline flights.

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By Lisa Mascaro for AP News

Easter 2023: Why Is Easter Called ‘Easter, Why Is it Celebrated, Here’s how the easter celebration in Punjab

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Easter 2023: Why Is Easter Called ‘Easter, Why Is it Celebrated, Here’s how the easter celebration in Punjab

Easter 2023: Why Is Easter Called ‘Easter, Why Is it Celebrated, Here’s how the easter celebration in Punjab

Easter: Here’s how the celebration in Punjab and around the World

Diplomat Times (New Delhi)- St. Bede the Venerable, the 6th-century author of Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (“Ecclesiastical History of the English People”), maintains that the English word “Easter” comes from Eostre, or Eostrae, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and fertility. Other historians maintain the “Easter” derives from in albis, a Latin phrase that’s plural for alba, or “dawn,” that became eostarum in Old High German, a precursor to the English language of today.

Despite its significance as a Christian holy day, many of the traditions and symbols that play a key role in Easter observances actually have roots in pagan celebrations—particularly the pagan goddess Eostre—and in the Jewish holiday of Passover.

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Difference between Passover and Easter

Notably, Easter is also associated with the Jewish holiday of Passover, as well as the exodus of the Jews from Egypt, as described in the Old Testament. These links are clearly seen in the Last Supper, which occurred the night before Jesus’ arrest and the sufferings Jesus endured following his arrest.

The Last Supper was essentially a Passover feast. However, the New Testament describes it as being given new significance by Jesus: He identified the matzah (or bread) he shared with his 12 apostles as his “body” and the cup of wine they drank as his “blood.”

These rituals would come to symbolize the sacrifice he was about to make in death, and became the basis for the Christian ritual of Holy Communion, which remains a fundamental part of Christian religious services.

As Jesus’ arrest and execution were said to have occurred during the Jewish observance of Passover, the Easter holiday is often close to the former celebration on the Judeo-Christian calendar.

Easter Traditions Worldwide

In western Christianity, including Roman Catholicism and Protestant denominations, the period prior to Easter holds special significance.

This period of fasting and penitence is called Lent. It begins on Ash Wednesday and lasts for 40 days (not including Sundays).

The Sunday immediately prior to Easter is called Palm Sunday, and it commemorates Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem, when followers laid palm leaves across the road to greet him.

Many churches begin the Easter observance in the late hours of the day before (Holy Saturday) in a religious service called the Easter Vigil.

In Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Easter rituals start with the Great Lent, which begins on Clean Monday (40 days prior to Easter, not including Sundays). The last week of Great Lent is referred to as Palm Week, and it ends with Lazarus Saturday, the day before Palm Sunday.

Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, which ends on Easter.

What is the meaning of Easter Eggs

Irrespective of denomination, there are many Easter-time traditions with roots that can be traced to non-Christian and even pagan or non-religious celebrations. Many non-Christians choose to observe these traditions while essentially ignoring the religious aspects of the celebration.

Examples of non-religious Easter traditions include Easter eggs, and related games such as egg rolling and egg decorating.

It’s believed that eggs represented fertility and birth in certain pagan traditions that pre-date Christianity. Egg decorating may have become part of the Easter celebration in a nod to the religious significance of Easter, i.e., Jesus’ resurrection or re-birth.

Many people—mostly children—also participate in Easter egg “hunts,” in which decorated eggs are hidden. Perhaps the most famous Easter tradition for children is the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, when children roll Easter eggs down Capitol Hill.

What is mean of Easter Bunny

In some households, a character known as the Easter Bunny delivers candy and chocolate eggs to children on Easter Sunday morning. These candies often arrive in an Easter basket.

The exact origins of the Easter Bunny tradition are unknown, although some historians believe it arrived in America with German immigrants in the 1700s. Rabbits are, in many cultures, known as enthusiastic procreators, so the arrival of baby bunnies in springtime meadows became associated with birth and renewal.

Notably, several Protestant Christian denominations, including Lutherans and Quakers, have opted to formally abandon many Easter traditions, deeming them too pagan. However, many religious observers of Easter also include them in their celebrations.

Easter foods are steeped in symbolism. An Easter dinner of lamb also has historical roots, since a lamb was often used as a sacrificial animal in Jewish traditions, and lamb is frequently served during Passover. The phrase “lamb of God” is sometimes used to refer to Jesus and the sacrificial nature of his death.

Today, Easter is a commercial event as well as a religious holiday, marked by high sales for greeting cards, candies (such as Peeps, chocolate eggs and chocolate Easter bunnies) and other gifts.

Religious Tradition of the Easter

The resurrection of Jesus, as described in the New Testament of the Bible, is essentially the foundation upon which the Christian religions are built. Hence, Easter is a very significant date on the Christian calendar.

According to the New Testament, Jesus was arrested by the Roman authorities, essentially because he claimed to be the “Son of God,” although historians question this motive, with some saying that the Romans may have viewed him as a threat to the empire.

He was sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect in the province of Judea from A.D. 26 to 36 Jesus’ death by crucifixion, marked by the Christian holiday Good Friday (the Friday before Easter), and subsequent resurrection three days later is said, by the authors of the gospels, to prove that he was the living son of God.

In varying ways, all four of the gospels in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) state that those who believe in Jesus’ death and resurrection are given “the gift of eternal life,” meaning that those of faith will be welcomed into the “Kingdom of Heaven” upon their earthly death.

Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the History TV, Diplomat Times holds no responsibility for its content.

Source : History TV

Finland gained permanent membership in NATO, Accession Ceremony held in Brussels

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Finland gained permanent membership in NATO, Accession Ceremony held in Brussels
Finland gained permanent membership in NATO, Accession Ceremony held in Brussels

Diplomat Times(Brussels)- This is great news, Secretary Blinken tweeted.

Today, we are honored to welcome Finland as NATO,s 31st Ally. I can actually then hand over to you, Minister Haavisto, the formal invitation on behalf of all the Allies for the Republic of Finland to accede to the North Atlantic Treaty.

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Secretary General of NATO

Secretary General Stoltenberg Thanked And said then we welcome Finland to the Alliance, and we also appreciate that you have agreed also to invite Sweden. So this ends this moment, and then we will continue outside the building in just a moment. So thank you so much.

The 2023 World Peace International Taekwondo Championships held in New York

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The 2023 World Peace International Taekwondo Championships held in New York

The 2023 World Peace International Taekwondo Championships held in New York

Diplomat Times (New York)- The 2023 World Peace International Taekwondo Championships held in New York, USA on April 1, 2023.

It was organized by the International Culture Athletic Promotion under the leadership of Prof. Kyung Bai An with the International Peace Corps Association.

ICAP which organizes it every year so that mutual brotherhood can be established through sports, says the founder of the organization, this time we have celebrated it with the participation of International Peace Corps Association. He told our reporter on the phone call that we want to establish brotherhood and peace through sports.

The purpose of this is to play a role so that physical fitness and multinational culture can be combined through competition. In addition, we collect funds every year to help the children in the world with love.

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The three organizations listed below (ICAPA, IPC & DT) has promised that they will raise funds each year to help serve the objectives mentioned.

Individuals or organizations who can volunteer and donate together can contact us by e-mail or phone number. For those who participate in volunteering, we recommend the opportunity to win the American President’s Volunteer Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award. If anyone want to help through money Prof Kyung said each donation received is 100% tax-deductible.

Professor Kyung Bai An with participants. Photo : DT

Pope Francis leads Palm Sunday service, bounces back from illness, Palm Sunday celebrated worldwide

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Pope Francis leads Palm Sunday service, bounces back from illness, Palm Sunday celebrated worldwide

Pope Francis leads Palm Sunday service, bounces back from illness, Palm Sunday celebrated worldwide

Diplomat Times(VATICAN CITY) – Pope Francis led a Palm Sunday service the day after he was discharged from hospital following a bout of bronchitis, and urged the world to take better care of the poor, the lonely and the infirm.

Thousands of people waved palm and olive branches as Francis was driven into St. Peter’s Square sitting in the back of a white, open-topped vehicle before the start of the Mass, which lasted two hours.

“Let us unite ourselves to this gesture with our prayer, which will be more intense during the days of Holy Week.”

“I thank you for your participation and also for your prayers, which intensified during these past days. Thank you,” he said at the end of the service in an apparent reference to his recent illness, drawing loud applause from the crowd.

“Pope Francis greets all those present from Rome and around the world for the Palm Sunday celebration and asks everyone to unite in prayers for peace, remembering Ukraine in particular. He thanks everyone for their prayers during these days.

At the conclusion of the Palm Sunday celebration in Saint Peter’s Square before leading the recitation of the Angels prayer, Pope Francis offered his greetings to all those present coming from near and far.

“I thank you for your participation and also for your prayers, which intensified during these past days. Thank you!”

The Pope offered his blessing to a peace caravan that left Italy for Ukraine in recent days to bring humanitarian necessities. Associations involved include the Pope John XXIII, FOCSIV, Pro Civitate Christiana, Pax Christi and other associations. The solidarity marks a sign of the closeness of the people of Italy to the battered people of Ukraine. The recalled that today “they are offering olive branches, symbols of the peace of Christ.”

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Palm Sunday celebrated worldwide

Palm Sunday
With their best dresses on, girls join the Palm Sunday rites outside the Holy Family parish church
Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP
Palm Sunday
Suchitoto, El Salvador
Catholics participate in the Palm Sunday procession
Photograph: Reuters
Palm Sunday
in Khambra Church, Jalandhar people celebrating palm Sunday. Photo: Roshan Bilung

WHY PEOPLE CELEBRATE PALM SUNDAY

On Palm Sunday, Christian churches often give the congregation palm branches to re-create the celebration of Christ’s final arrival in Jerusalem because his followers used palm branches to honor him as King and Messiah.

Palm Sunday is the last Sunday in Lent and the Sunday before Easter. It’s the beginning of Holy Week, the most important week of the year for Christians. The date changes yearly because Easter changes in relation to the Jewish holiday of Passover.

The Story and Meaning of Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem for the Jewish holiday of Passover.

Jesus rode a young donkey into Jerusalem and was greeted by a large crowd with palm branches and people shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord,” “Blessed is the king of Israel!” and other expressions of praise (Matthew 21:9). The people put their coats and palm branches on the ground as Jesus passed by.

Descriptions of this event in Jesus’ life can be found in Mark 11:1-11, Luke 19:28-40, Matthew 21:1-11, and John 12:1-17. Some Bibles title the passage “The Triumphal Entry” or “Jesus comes to Jerusalem as king.” These passages provide insight and background into the significance of this celebration for Christians.

Each Gospel account provides a different perspective on Jesus’ life and ministry the way four friends might focus on different things to describe the same activity.

Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Vatican News, Reuters, and from AP News,  Diplomat Times holds no responsibility for its content.

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Jason Ritter and Melanie Lynskey Are Making Everybody Cry in This Viral Clip

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Jason Ritter and Melanie Lynskey Are Making Everybody Cry in This Viral Clip
Jason Ritter and Melanie Lynskey Are Making Everybody Cry in This Viral Clip

DT (Beats)- As if anyone needed any more proof that Melanie Lynskey and Jason Ritter are—hands down, no question—the best celebrity couple, Ritter goes ahead and shares the most touching story about how their relationship began. It was on The Drew Barrymore Show, of course, because Drew Barrymore can draw this stuff out of people like nobody else in the biz.

In the viral clip, Barrymore asks Ritter when he knew that Lynskey was the one for him. “It’s not as cute of a story as you would like to think,” Ritter says, then proceeds to tell the cutest story I’ve ever heard in my life. Ritter says it was “messy” and “weird” but that he was also “dealing with some alcoholism issues” at the time. “I knew how amazing she was, and I thought she would be incredible for someone…someone who deserved her. And I didn’t feel like I was that person,” he admitted. At this point, everyone on the couch (as well as everyone watching at home, I assume) starts to tear up.

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Jason Ritter tweeted : The whole conversation is on her show today at 2:30 by the way!! This was just the beginning 😊

Thank you for all the lovely comments!!!

“So it was only after like maybe a year into not drinking where I started to go, ‘Oh, maybe I can promise some things to someone else. Maybe I can be this person.’ And it’s been like a slow burn,” Ritter continued. “So I knew that she was incredible. It was working on myself enough to feel like maybe I could be the one for her too.” Lynskey, holding her husband’s hand, added how “proud” she is of him.

Judging by the glowing response to the clip on social media, Barrymore isn’t the only person who can relate. And Lynskey isn’t the only one to see what a gem she married. Normies and fellow celebs alike took to Twitter to share the emotional clip and sing the actor’s praises. “I did my very first movie with Jason Ritter.

You will never meet a kinder, more inclusive, emotionally intelligent man,” Hilarie Burton tweeted. “Whew.

The vulnerability and transparency of Jason Ritter in this clip with Drew Barrymore talking about his love Melanie Lynskey has just taken my breath away!” wrote Yvette Nicole Brown. Tweeted Josh Radnor, “So moved by this. Grateful for your vulnerability.” And of course the Yellowjackets star herself commented, “I love you so very much.”

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Suns grind out win in Kevin Durant’s home debut

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Suns grind out win in Kevin Durant’s home debut
Suns grind out win in Kevin Durant’s home debut

Sprots360az – In the clip above, hear from the players and head coach Monty Williams as Devin Booker, Chris Paul, and Kevin Durant led the Suns to a 107-100 win over the Timberwolves in Durant’s home debut.

Here are some extra sights and sounds from the

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Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter evan gershkovich on spying charge

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Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter evan gershkovich on spying charge

Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter on spying charge

Diplomat Times (Moscow)- An American reporter for The Wall Street Journal has been arrested in Russia on charges of spying for Washington, Russia’s FSB security services said Thursday. The announcement marks a serious escalation in Kremlin’s efforts to silence perceived critics, a crackdown that gained momentum following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year.

The FSB security services said they had “halted the illegal activities of U.S. citizen Evan Geshkovich,” saying The Wall Street Journal reporter was “suspected of spying in the interests of the American government.”

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The service, which is the top domestic security agency and main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, alleged that Gershkovich “was acting on the U.S. orders to collect information about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex that constitutes a state secret.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Wednesday: “It is not about a suspicion, is it about the fact that he was caught red-handed.”

“The Wall Street Journal vehemently denies the allegations from the FSB and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter, Evan Gershkovich,” the newspaper said. “We stand in solidarity with Evan and his family.”

The arrest comes at a moment of bitter tensions between the West and Moscow over its war in Ukraine and as the Kremlin intensifies a crackdown on opposition activists, independent journalists and civil society groups. The sweeping campaign of repression is unprecedented since the Soviet era.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Thursday in a post on the Telegram messaging app that what Gershkovich “was doing in Yekaterinburg has nothing to do with journalism. Unfortunately, this is not the first time that the status of a ‘foreign correspondent’, a journalistic visa and accreditation are used by foreigners in our country to cover up activities that are not journalism.”

Government spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the matter one for Russia’s security services, but he said the Kremlin “understood” that Gershkovich had been “caught red-handed,” without offering any further detail. Peskov warned the U.S. not to take any retaliatory measures against Russian journalists in the U.S., saying it “must not happen.”

Russian political analyst Tatiana Stanovaya said on social media in response to the detention that “the way the FSB interprets espionage today means that anyone who is simply interested in military affairs can be imprisoned for 20 years.”

Before joining The Wall Street Journal Gershkovich, 31, worked for AFP in Moscow. A fluent Russian speaker, he was previously a reporter based in the Russian capital for The Moscow Times, an English-language news website. His family immigrated to the United States from Russia when he was a child.

Who Is Journalist Evan Gershkovich 

According to Wall Street Journal website, Gershkovich is a reporter who covers Russia, Ukraine and former nations of the Soviet Union.

Evan Gershkovich is a reporter covering Russia, Ukraine and the former Soviet Union. He was previously a reporter for Agence France-Presse and the Moscow Times and a news assistant at the New York Times.

Before joining The Wall Street Journal Gershkovich, 31, worked for AFP in Moscow. A fluent Russian speaker, he was previously a reporter based in the Russian capital for The Moscow Times, an English-language news website. His family immigrated to the United States from Russia when he was a child.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) tweeted 

Several U.S. citizens are currently in detention in Russia and both Washington and Moscow have accused the other of carrying out politically-motivated arrests.

The FSB in January opened a criminal case against a U.S. citizen it said was suspected of espionage but did not name the individual.

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