The industrial assets of the DCH holding are suffering financial losses and undergoing restructuring, while the group's financial sector remains profitable. Law enforcement continues to investigate cases linked to Ukrnafta and tax schemes.
According to The New York Times, panic is spreading in Kyiv over the lack of effective contingency plans for mass strikes on pumping stations and treatment facilities.
During Vitali Klitschko's 12-year tenure, $29m was spent on maintaining the Southern Bridge. An expert compares these costs with the speed of underwater tunnel construction in China and questions the existence of a strategic plan for the capital.
Mass walkouts by schoolchildren in France led to arson and attacks on police. Over 1,000 people, mostly minors, were arrested in two days.
US President Donald Trump, in a conversation with Time journalists, justified his position on Tehran, stating that only the elimination of Iran would allow global conflicts to be avoided.
Due to the complete closure of vehicle and public transport traffic on the Southern Bridge, Kyiv residents are forced to cross the Dnipro on foot.
Due to product surplus, rising costs, and security risks, some melon growers cannot sell their harvest. Field prices have dropped to 2-4 UAH per kilogram, failing to cover production costs.
Tennessee Governor has suspended all executions until the end of the year and ordered an investigation following the incident involving the convicted woman.
Efforts to save the life of 50-year-old Christy Pike are ongoing at a Nashville hospital. According to Reuters, she is in critical condition following an incident during an attempted execution.
The day before, the convicted woman was scheduled to be executed by pentobarbital injection. However, two consecutive attempts failed, after which Pike was hospitalised.
The state's Governor, Bill Lee, decided to suspend all executions planned for this year. He also ordered an independent review of the circumstances preceding the incident.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk commented on the situation, stating that this case is an argument in favour of abolishing the death penalty in those US states where it is still in effect.
“Prolonged physical and psychological suffering caused by numerous failed execution attempts is abhorrent and cruel,” Türk emphasised.
Christy Pike received her sentence in 1995. At the time, the 18-year-old student, together with her boyfriend Tadarri Shipps and another accomplice, lured her 19-year-old classmate Collin Slemmer into a forest. There, the victim was tortured and killed.
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