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Food Safety Summit Kicks Off With State of The Industry and Dynamic Keynote From Costcos Craig Wilson Oscar Garrison, United Egg Producers Association, Jennifer McEntire Ph.D., United Fresh Produce Association, and KatieRose McCullough, PhD, MPH, North American Meat Institute, who discussed the challenges in production, worker safety, virtual audits, and the impact of the supply chain in egg, produce, and meat processing. Hundreds of food safety professionals engaged in a dynamic Q&A session ...

Bulgarias New Caretaker PM Vows To Ensure Fair Snap Polls May 12, 2021 13:33 GMT Share share Print SOFIA -- Bulgarian caretaker Prime Mnister Stefan Yanev has officially taken office, saying the main priority of his government will be to uphold the rule of law and ensure the fairness of the upcoming snap parliamentary elections. "Honest and responsible work by the government can at least partially restore the lost trust in state institutions," Yanev “Integrity, transparency, professionalism,...

Protesters Detained In Almaty After Demanding Relatives Be Released In Xinjiang May 12, 2021 10:41 GMT Share share Print ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Police in Kazakhstans largest city, Almaty, have detained at least nine protesters who have been picketing the Chinese consulate for 93 days to demand the release of relatives they say are being "illegally" held in China. Two of the protesters, Baibolat Kunbolat and Tursungul Nuraqai, were released several hours after they were detained late on May 11. T...

Karadzic To Serve Remainder Of Life Sentence In British Prison May 12, 2021 15:33 GMT Share share Print Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who is currently being held in a prison in The Hague for war crimes and genocide, will serve the remainder of his sentence in Britain. Karadzic, 75, was sentenced to 40 years in prison in 2016 after being convicted of genocide for the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces. In 2019, UN judges at...

Commuter Chaos In Turkmen Capital As Ashgabat Goes Green For Two Weeks May 12, 2021 15:53 GMT Cyclists gather in front of a 30-meter monument to cycling, which has become an important component of state propaganda promoting a healthy lifestyle, in Ashgabat in June 2020. Share share Print ASHGABAT -- The authorities in Turkmenistans capital have temporarily restricted traffic in an effort to give its nearly 900,000 residents a two-week respite from the growing air-pollution problem. Beginning on...

Roizman wrote on social networks on the eve of the January 31 rally that "It is necessary to come out on the 31st. I will," and "They are bastards, lets come out." He also wrote wryly: "They are doing everything to make as many people as possible come out. It is important not to impede this move by the morons." Prosecutors said at the hearing that since Roizmans posts "included the date and the site" of the rally, he can be considered an organizer of an unsanctioned public event. The posts, how...

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After Kazan School Shooting, Some Russian Officials See Solution In Less Freedom, More Control May 12, 2021 14:34 GMT Share share Print In the wake of the fatal school shooting in Kazan on May 11, the question of how to prevent such incidents -- which have become increasingly common in Russia in recent years -- jumped to the top of the national agenda. Some officials of longtime President Vladimir Putins authoritarian government were quick to propose measures that could further boost the states...

Blinken and Lavrov are set to meet in person for the first time next week on the sidelines of the Arctic summit in Reykjavik. The two will discuss "key issues of mutual relations and the international agenda" during their meeting, planned for May 20, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on May 12. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (file photo) The U.S. State Department also confirmed the date. Whether the two will discuss a possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Pu...

An increase in ticks has people checking for the pests after time spent outdoors.