by ABC World News (LVIV, Ukraine) — Col. Oleh Avtomeenko was wounded while performing a combat mission in Donetsk region, in the first days of the Russian full-scale invasion in late Feb. 2022, and lost his eyesight. And now, after 20 years in the Ukrainian Army, he has to say goodbye to it and …
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Quibbles And Bits Feline Edition: Bilingual Cat
by Kevin Burton Sometimes the people news is too depressing to deal with. Sometimes as a remedy, I turn to the world of my cats. You will notice that people tend to creep into the cat news. This may be unfortunate but may be inevitable. So here on Page 7, all the …
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British Fish And Chips Is Endangered, Why?
by Josh Lederman NBC News HASTINGS, England — Ever since she was old enough to walk, Terrilea Coglan was climbing aboard fishing boats that set sail each morning from the rocky beachfront of Hastings to harvest the key ingredient in Britain’s most iconic dish: fish and chips. The day’s catch travels just a short …
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Blind People Struggling in War-Torn Ukraine
by Hanna Arhirova Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) Sunlight filters through shattered windows, casting a glow upon the dusty furniture and fragments of glass strewn across the floor of the office belonging to Oleksandr Vinkovskyi, director of a Kyiv business where visually impaired people worked. Vinkovskyi is blind, and can’t see the scale of …
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