Anna Nguyen, a spokesperson for the city’s Office of Resilience & Sustainability, said the city is working with community groups to engage and incentivize recycling, with groups offering rewards for anyone who turns in bags of beads, cans or bottles and an artist building a mosaic from them.
Russia was banned from Eurovision after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and since then Ukrainian musicians — including 2022 winner Kalush Orchestra — have competed under the shadow of war in the home country.This year’s contest has been roiled for a second year by disputes over Israel’s participation. Dozens of former participants, including
have called for Israel to be excluded over its conduct in the. Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protests have both taken place in Basel, though on a much smaller scale than at last year’s event in Sweden.A handful of protesters attempted to disrupt a rehearsal by Israeli singer Raphael on Thursday with oversized flags and whistles and were escorted from the arena. Organizers say they have tightened security ahead of the final.
China announced Wednesday the members of a three-person crew that will be launched to its space station as part of its growing exploration of space.The Shenzhou 20 mission’s astronauts are Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui, and Wang Jie, Lin Xiqiang, deputy director general of China Manned Space Agency. They will replace three astronauts currently on the Chinese space station. Like those before them, they will stay there for roughly six months.
The three will launch for space Thursday evening in China, from Jiuquan, on the edge of the Gobi Desert in northwestern China.
The three-person crew were sent in October last year and have been in space for 175 days, said Lin.Amnistía Internacional destacó que el nuevo proyecto de ley tiene como objetivo a las mujeres y niñas musulmanas, y las excluye de las competencias deportivas si llevan hiyab o alguna otra prenda religiosa. Antes de los Juegos Olímpicos de 2024, Amnistía Internacional publicó una investigación que analiza las normas en 38 países europeos y concluyó que Francia era la única que prohibía el velo religioso en competencias deportivas.
“Si se aprueba la ley, Francia será la única democracia del mundo que prohibirá todos los velos o accesorios religiosos en el deporte”, dijo Cadène.La cobertura religiosa de The Associated Press recibe apoyo a través de la colaboración de la AP con The Conversation US, con financiamiento de Lilly Endowment Inc. La AP es la única responsable de este contenido
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