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Free Malaysia Today
5 hours ago
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
Russian strike on Ukrainian training unit kills 3 servicemen, injures 18
A Russian attack on a training ground in central Ukraine in June killed 12 servicemen and wounded dozens. (AFP pic) KYIV : A Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian training unit killed three servicemen and injured 18 yesterday in the latest in a series of similar attacks on training facilities, Ukraine's Ground Forces said. 'Today, July 29, the enemy launched a missile strike on the territory of one of the training units of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,' the Ground Forces said in a statement on Telegram. 'Despite the security measures taken, unfortunately it was not possible to completely avoid losses among the personnel. As of 21:30, it is known that there are three dead and 18 wounded servicemen,' the Ground Forces said. The Russian defence ministry said today that its units carried out Iskander missile strikes on a training camp of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Ukraine's Chernihiv region, Russian agencies reported. Reuters could not independently verify the Ukrainian and Russian reports. Ukraine's report gave no indication where the attack had taken place. However, military bloggers suggested it had occurred near the country's northern border in Chernihiv region. The military statement said a commission would investigate the incident and if it was established that deaths or injuries 'were caused by the actions or inaction of officials, those found guilty will be held accountable'. Additional security measures, it said, were being introduced to protect servicemen from missile or other air attacks on training centres. A Russian attack on a training ground in central Ukraine in June killed 12 servicemen and wounded dozens. The incident prompted the commander of Ukraine's ground forces to tender his resignation and he was reassigned to another post. Another attack in June struck a training centre in southern Ukraine, killing three servicemen and injuring 14.
NHK
a day ago
- Politics
- NHK
Ukrainian child abductions are Russian 'war crime'
Nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia since the 2022 invasion, in what Ukraine calls a war crime and Russia claims is a rescue operation. We spoke with one teenager about his abduction, indoctrination and eventual escape. The question remains, what can be done to bring the rest home?
Yahoo
a day ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russia carries out deadly air strike on Ukrainian prison
A Russian air strike on a prison in Ukraine's south-eastern Zaporizhzhia region has killed at least 17 inmates and wounded more than 80 others. The operation on Monday hit the Bilenkivska Correctional Colony with four guided aerial bombs, according to the State Criminal Executive Service of Ukraine. At least 42 inmates were admitted to hospital with serious injuries while another 40 people, including one staff member, sustained other injuries. The strike destroyed the prison's dining hall and damaged administrative and quarantine buildings, but the perimeter fence held and no escapes were reported. Ukrainian officials condemned the attack, saying that targeting civilian infrastructure, such as prisons, is a war crime under international conventions.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Russia's Yandex rebounds from loss to post Q2 profit growth
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian internet giant Yandex bounced back from a first-quarter net loss to report a 34% year-on-year rise in second-quarter adjusted net profit to 30.4 billion roubles ($374.61 million), the company said on Tuesday. Yandex said its board of directors would consider a management proposal to pay dividends for the first half of 2025 of 80 roubles per share. ($1 = 81.1500 roubles) Inicia sesión para acceder a tu portafolio
Fast Company
2 days ago
- Lifestyle
- Fast Company
3 tips for getting more satisfaction out of your routine
BY Listen to this Article More info 0:00 / 5:17 Get up. Start work. End work. Eat dinner. Get a few things done. Sleep. Rinse and repeat. Sometimes it can feel like weeks, months, or even years, fly by without feeling like much has happened. As a time management coach, I help clients make many tasks in life automatic so that they can accomplish more in less time and with less effort. To optimize our efficiency and effectiveness, routine is a necessary part of our lives. The only issue is when you're so systematized that you're not fully experiencing the joy and meaning in your life. You're just checking things off the list. But what if there could be some simple, accessible ways to slow down the passage of time and fully engage in your life? I'm here to offer you good news: There are. With these three simple tricks, you can start to feel like you're experiencing your days instead of speeding through them. Savor the Little Things Life's simple, everyday moments can be incredibly satisfying, if you let them. But so often, we're rushing through an activity or multitasking through it so much so that it simply passes us by. Researchers encourage mindful attention where you take notice of what's happening in familiar experiences to sensitize yourself to the joy they offer. I've found that some small, intentional choices can make a big difference in my life. One ritual that I've incorporated when the weather is nice is to sit outside during lunch and eat without doing anything else in particular. This little break to just stop and notice the grass, the trees, the flowers, the birds, and anything else around me helps me to fully experience the beauty of the season. Another choice that I've made is when I hold my daughter at night before bed to keep my phone away from me. It's not a very long time—just about 10 minutes—before I lay her down in her crib for the night. Although the time is short, I find it's some of the moments that I stop and appreciate the gift of her precious life the most. She's growing so quickly, and I don't want to miss out on enjoying my daughter because I'm doing something else while I'm with her or always trying to head on to the next activity. How about you? Is there an area where you could stop multitasking and more fully enjoy the precious moments around you? Sprinkle in Novelty Another way to extend the feeling of time is to sprinkle in dashes of the out-of-the-ordinary that break up your routine. When you're only doing your habits, your brain blends together the experiences from day-to-day. But when you do something distinctive, you experience the novelty effect where your brain has a higher state of attention and stores the experience as a separate and distinct memory. This could look like signing up to attend larger events like going to a new work conference or taking a vacation to explore a different locale. Or you can add in novelty in much smaller ways throughout your weeks to help you feel like life isn't passing by in a blur. On the professional side, small moments of novelty could look like adding in some networking lunches or events where you connect with new people and see new places. Or it could look like learning a new skill that you haven't tried your hand at before. Or it could look like setting up your computer at a new coworking space or coffee shop. On the personal side, you could attend a local festival instead of watching Netflix, check out a new restaurant in town instead of going to the place where you're a regular, or try out a new workout class instead of going to the one you've attended for years. It's completely fine—and even good—to have routines and do standard things you enjoy. But mixing up your experience every once in a while can help you slow down your subjective experience of time. Is there some novel experience you could insert in your life this week? Stop Trying to Keep Up In a time not so long ago or far away, there were no smartphones, no apps, and no streaming services. And life was well, good. Another way to slow down time is to take away the pressure that just because you could do something that you should. Just because someone you follow posted something doesn't mean you need to read it. Just because some major world event is happening doesn't mean you need to be an expert on it. Just because a new season of a show came out that you like doesn't mean you need to watch it now—or ever. Most of the content created in the world is entirely optional for you to read or consume. Letting go of the need to engage 24/7 can dramatically increase your feeling of being relaxed and like you have more time. In my personal life, I've placed boundaries on social media use. I don't even have accounts on some social media apps, and for the ones where I do engage, I try to limit myself to a few times a week. When I get the itch to engage more often, I try to pick up a book instead. It's a lot more satisfying to get through a relevant book than to scroll endlessly through a feed. Do you pressure yourself to keep up on content where you don't have an actual responsibility to engage? If so, how could you lower your standards to open up more time and space to just be? A lot of life is routine. That's not a bad thing. But by trying out these strategies, you can slow down your perception of time and experience deeper satisfaction in the moments. The super-early-rate deadline for Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies Awards is tonight, July 25, at 11:59 p.m. PT. Apply today. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Elizabeth Grace Saunders is the author of Divine Time Management and How to Invest Your Time Like Money and a time management coach. Check out her website for more information. More
