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When President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Ivan Chenin left his comfortable life as a student in Moscow to deliver aid as a volunteer to the separatist Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics of eastern Ukraine, which Russia now claims as its “new territories”.After returning from a trip to the occupied areas of Ukraine last year, Chenin jumped further into the fray, enlisting in the Thunder Cascade volunteer unit.“I served as an operator of a reconnaissance UAV [drone],” Chenin told Al Jazeera.“My duties included surveillance and reconnaissance of enemy territory. If a target was detected, I…

Monrovia — The Government of Liberia’s decision to ban the sale and use of Shisha and unlicensed Tramadol has sparked heated debate across political and social circles, with top officials sharply divided over whether the move was a necessary step to protect public health or a miscalculated policy that could backfire. The Ministry of Health last week announced a sweeping ban on the two substances, citing rising health risks and widespread abuse among young people. Officials described Shisha smoking as a “silent but deadly health hazard” and flagged the unregulated sale of Tramadol as a major driver of drug abuse,…

South Africa score ten tries in their 66-6 victory over debutants Brazil to get off the mark in their Women’s Rugby World Cup campaign at Franklin’s Gardens.MATCH REPORT: Women’s Rugby World Cup: South Africa v Brazil – Pool DAvailable to UK users only.

“GPS is good in places, but we go to places like Monaco, Baku, Singapore, where all that infrastructure and buildings really make GPS drift,” says Dean Locke, director of broadcast media and digital for Formula 1.F1 cars are also much lighter than their Nascar counterparts, necessitating lower-weight sensors. Its broadcast teams struggled to put together full laps of ghost car or related overlay features as a result.To get around these limitations, F1 built several internal prediction models based on past seasons’ GPS data and lidar scans of each track. It then integrated those models into an in-house application that overlayed…

A huge manhunt is under way for a “heavily armed” male suspect after two Australian police officers were shot dead and one injured in an ambush at a property in a small rural town in Victoria state.Police described the situation in Porepunkah in the Australian Alps – some 300km (186 miles) north-east of Melbourne – as an “active incident” with hundreds of personnel deployed to find the suspect.Officers were attacked as 10 of them attended the property to serve an arrest warrant, which Australian media said was for historical sex offences.Police say the suspect escaped into the bush alone and…

Botswana has declared a public health emergency as it faces a shortage of essential medicines and medical equipment.President Duma Boko made the announcement in a televised address on Monday, setting out a multimillion-dollar plan to rectify the supply chain involving military oversight. Managing the shortages would be “highly price sensitive due to our limited coffers”, he told the nation.The economy of Botswana, which has a population of 2.5 million, has been hit by a downturn in the international diamond market, as it is one of the world’s leading diamond producers. This strain, further fuelled by US aid cuts, has seen…

Maputo, Mozambique – Down the main aisle of a bustling conference pavilion in Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, Lucia Matimele stands surrounded by lush green leaves, peppers on the stalk, and bunches of ripe bananas.“We have land, we have water, we have farmers!” she enthuses. “What we need is investment.”Matimele is the director of industry and commerce for Gaza province, a region about 200km (125 miles) away that is one of the country’s main breadbaskets. She and her team packed up some of their most promising crops and joined thousands of others – from within and outside Mozambique – to exhibit their…

The startup ecosystem in Central Eurasia is having its moment. What started as 485 applications from across 27 countries — including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Pakistan, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, UAE, the U.K., Ukraine, the U.S., Uzbekistan, and Vietnam — has culminated in the largest startup pitch competition in Central Eurasia’s history. The “Road to Battlefield” is putting the region’s most promising entrepreneurs on a direct path to San Francisco’s most prestigious startup stage at TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield 200. The Road to Battlefield competition, organized by Silkroad Innovation…

Botswana has declared a public health emergency after facing severe shortages of essential medicines and medical equipment. President Duma Boko announced the decision in a televised address, setting out a multimillion-pound plan to rectify the supply chain involving military oversight. Boko said that managing shortages would be “highly price sensitive” due to limited funds. The crisis followed a downturn in the international diamond market and cuts to U.S. aid, leaving most of the 2.5 million population grappling with poverty and unemployment. The Ministry for Health also temporarily suspended referrals for elective surgeries and non-urgent medical conditions as a result of these challenges, including organ transplant…

Jennifer Lawrence has been named this year’s recipient of the San Sebastian Film Festival‘s prestigious Donostia Award. The Oscar-winning actress will receive the accolade at a gala on Friday, Sept. 26 at the Kursaal Auditorium, followed by a screening of her latest film, the Cannes-premiering Die My Love, directed by Lynne Ramsay. Lawrence has starred in acclaimed films such as Silver Linings Playbook, which earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2012, American Hustle, Don’t Look Up, Joy, and The Hunger Games trilogy. In 2018, Lawrence expanded her influence behind the camera by co-founding production company Excellent Cadaver. Together with her producing partner, Justine Ciarrocchi, Lawrence…