just now (155+ words) `The Czech company Reactive Drone sold Chinese drones to Ukraine with a markup of 20 times" " Radio'urn'l According to several reliable sources connected to the investigation, in 2023 the company Reactive Drone sold Chinese drones to Ukraine at ten times the purchase price, and a year later " even at twenty times. In particular, over two years the company purchased drones for approximately 36 million crowns and sold them to the Ukrainian army for 692 million crowns" [2.6 billion rubles], " said a source familiar with the investigation. A markup of almost 95% is not a crime by itself, but what happened to the money afterwards is much more interesting. According to the police, the company did not want to pay profit tax and transferred most of the money, namely 638 million crowns, to Chinese accounts. This year the company continued the same drone resale scheme, only in even…...

just now (598+ words) The bids have closed in the sale of Hollywood studio Warner Bros. We take a look at what each of the potential buyers - Netflix, Paramount and Comcast - have to gain....

1+ min ago (739+ words) A mother has called for an independent inquiry into maternity care failures at Leeds hospitals to go back further in time and include more families. Leanne Plaice underwent a traumatic labour at St James's Hospital when giving birth to her son Harry, now 16, in 2009. The BBC has spoken to more than 70 families who say they experienced poor care, including parents who say their babies died as a result. Ms Plaice said Harry's birth had a lasting effect on her after he suffered oxygen deprivation and doctors said he might not survive. Recalling the birth, she said: "I'm really small in stature and I have a really tall husband, so it was kind of decided that it was absolutely fine to go with natural birth if that's what I'm comfortable with but should any issue happen the next step would be…...

2+ min ago (308+ words) The government has rejected plans to amalgamate two primary schools in Bristol. The Cathedral Schools Trust had hoped to merge Hotwells Primary and Cathedral Primary School, a move it said would "maximise resources" and ensure children would receive the "best education possible". Parents from a campaign group called Save Hotwells Primary said they were "delighted" with the ruling. The trust's chiefs said the application to make the change was made following a period of extensive consultation and leaders would now work with the Department for Education (DfE) and other partners to decide what happens next. "[We] remain committed to ensuring that the children in [our] care receive the best education possible," a trust spokesperson added. It is not the first trust to consider merging schools amid Bristol's falling pupil numbers due to a drop in birth rate which is 30% down…...

2+ min ago (412+ words) MOSCOW, November 25. /TASS/. Last night, the Ukrainian armed forces launched a massive attack on Russia's southern regions. According to the latest reports, three people were killed and ten were injured in the Rostov Region and six in the Krasnodar Region as a result of the attack. Novorossiysk and Taganrog were hit the hardest. According to the Defense Ministry, air defenses shot down a total of 249 drones over Russian regions and the Black and Azov Seas over the past night. TASS has compiled the main information about the attack and its consequences. - According to the Russian Defense Ministry, air defenses shot down 249 drones over the country's regions. - Of these, 116 were downed over the Black Sea, 76 over the Krasnodar Region, 23 over Crimea, 16 over the Rostov Region, seven over the Bryansk Region, four each over the Kursk Region and the Sea of Azov,…...

2+ min ago (427+ words) Crypto exchange Binance and its founder, Changpeng Zhao, are facing a new federal lawsuit over allegedly facilitating crypto transactions for Hamas, despite U.S. enforcement actions. The families of victims of the Hamas 2023 attack accused the exchange and recently pardoned CZ of helping to transfer over $1 billion to the accounts of terror groups. The exchange "deliberately" and "consciously" took efforts to carry out the financial crime on an "industrial scale," the filing read. "Binance not only knowingly provided financial services to Hamas; it also actively tried to shield its Hamas customers and their funds from scrutiny by U.S. regulators or law enforcement'a practice that continues to this day," the plaintiffs noted in the complaint, filed in federal court in North Dakota on Monday. The Hamas" October 2023 deadly incursion in Israel killed around 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostages. The crypto giant allowed large…...

2+ min ago (879+ words) Mae cyfathrebu da rhwng yr ysgol, rhieni a'r disgyblion yn allweddol. meddai un o bennaethiaid Ysgol Gymraeg Caerffili "Mae nhw eisiau bod yn yr ysgol," meddai'r pennaeth am ddisgyblion Ysgol Gymraeg Caerffili ble roedd presenoldeb fis Medi yn 98.2% ac ymhlith yr uchaf yng Nghymru. Nid un rheswm yn unig sydd yna am yr ystadegau ond mae'r berthynas gyda theuluoedd yn hanfodol, yn "l Lynn Griffiths. Ar ben hynny, mae cynnig "cwricwlwm cyffrous" a llu o gyfleoedd allgyrsiol i'r disgyblion yn eu denu bob dydd, meddai. Ond mae presenoldeb ar lefel Cymru gyfan yn parhau i beri gofid ac yn is na'r gyfradd cyn y pandemig. Sut mae gwella presenoldeb ysgol plant? Mae presenoldeb yr ysgol bob amser wedi bod "yn dda iawn", meddai Lynn Griffiths, sydd bellach yn bennaeth rhan amser ar "l gweithio yn Ysgol Gymraeg Caerffili ers dros…...

2+ min ago (590+ words) Here's the thing. I'm a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. There I was, alive and changing in a changing world. But even in Cherokee homes, even in conversations between one Native person and another, there can sometimes be a tendency to turn ourselves towards loss, and to stay there. To be sure, I don't find our histories unimportant. There is power in memory, in story, in holding onto everything almost taken from us. Consider the work of Cherokee teachers, fighting for the continuation of a language with fewer than 1,500 first-language fluent speakers alive today'work that is necessary, honorable, and (I really mean this word) sacred. But I think there's power in the not-yet, too. As a child, I wish I had been told Indigenous stories about the future, stories that hold curiosity and possibility and wonder, for who we might…...

2+ min ago (590+ words) Here's the thing. I'm a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. There I was, alive and changing in a changing world. But even in Cherokee homes, even in conversations between one Native person and another, there can sometimes be a tendency to turn ourselves towards loss, and to stay there. To be sure, I don't find our histories unimportant. There is power in memory, in story, in holding onto everything almost taken from us. Consider the work of Cherokee teachers, fighting for the continuation of a language with fewer than 1,500 first-language fluent speakers alive today'work that is necessary, honorable, and (I really mean this word) sacred. But I think there's power in the not-yet, too. As a child, I wish I had been told Indigenous stories about the future, stories that hold curiosity and possibility and wonder, for who we might…...

2+ min ago (1140+ words) Diabetes is a condition that affects how the body uses sugar, which is also known as glucose. Glucose is the main source of energy for the body's cells. When a person has diabetes, the level of sugar in the blood becomes too high. Over time, this extra sugar can damage many parts of the body, including the eyes, nerves, heart, and especially the kidneys. One of the most serious long-term problems linked to diabetes is a condition called chronic kidney disease. The kidneys are two small, bean-shaped organs located in the lower back. Even though they are small, they have a very important job. They filter waste and extra water from the blood and send it out of the body in the form of urine. They also help control blood pressure and keep the right balance of salts and minerals…...