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Ordinary Packaging Of Belarusian Oil Under UV Light Revealed Hidden Secrets
11 "Focus" caused a furor on social media. Belarusian TikTok was blown up by another household discovery. One of the users discovered that the producers of Brest-Litovsk oil are very serious about protecting their products from fakes. On the...

Belarus releases activists after US visit
Belarus freed top opposition figure Sergei Tikhanovsky and more than a dozen other political prisoners on Saturday following an appeal from the White House, Minsk said, a sign of warming ties between Washington and Belarus-ally Moscow. The release...

Belarus Has Adopted An Anecdotal Law On Potatoes
24 Food shortages were decided to be banned. Because of the humiliating shortage of potatoes, the authorities decided that now only potatoes would be lost. So they took exhaustive measures. They banned potato shortages at the highest legislative...

Flanking tactics
Don’t look now, but if we’re not careful, we could find ourselves legally outflanked over the West Philippine Sea. In a move widely reported abroad on May 30 but which merited just minor, bottom-page treatment in the “World” pages of two local...

Belarus opposition leader's husband urges Trump to help other prisoners
Sergei Tikhanovsky, the husband of Belarus' opposition leader, has called on US President Donald Trump to "just say the word" and ask for all political prisoners in Belarus to be released. The opposition activist was freed unexpectedly on Saturday...

Belarus opposition leader released early after five years
After her political activist husband was arrested, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya found herself thrust into the limelight, taking his place as a leading opponent of the autocratic regime of Belarus. Sergei Tikhanovsky was detained in May 2020 after...

Belarus releases jailed opposition leader, over a dozen others after U.S envoy visit
Belarus has released major opposition figure Sergei Tikhanovsky and more than a dozen other political detainees in response to a White House petition, according to Tsikhanouskaya’s team. The release occurred only hours after retired Lt. Gen. Keith...

AFU Operation In Belarus: The Scenario With The Entrance To Minsk Is Voiced
37 "That would be very interesting." Military and political observer of the group "Information Resistance" Alexander Kovalenko commented on the question whether we should expect surprises from the AFU on the territory of Russia or Belarus. "Quite...

Four Nepalis Were Expelled From Belarus In A Showy Manner
5 They worked for the Santa Bremore. Four citizens of Nepal, working for "Santa Bremore," were deported from Belarus in an exemplary manner. According to the Department of Internal Affairs of Brest Regional Executive Committee, about 100 citizens...

A Pitiful Sight: Lukashenko And Putin Were Shown In Minsk Without Makeup
8 The dictators look decrepit. After the EAEU summit in Minsk, footage showing the real state of dictators Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin - without filters and special photo processing - has appeared on the Web. The two elderly dictators...

Few Fed officials support rate cut this month, meeting minutes show
Only a small contingent of officials at the Federal Reserve support a US interest rate cut this month, minutes released from the central bank's June meeting showed on Wednesday. Fed officials are debating the effects that President Donald Trump's...

Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka dance at Centre Court and post about it on social media
LONDON — Just in case anyone might have wondered whether there was any lingering animosity between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka after their French Open final, the two tennis stars offered proof that all is well by dancing together at Wimbledon...

Belarus frees key dissident, 13 others after rare visit from top US envoy
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) -- Belarus has freed Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and 13 others following a rare visit by a senior U.S. official, Tsikhanouskaya's team...

A Minsk Woman Paid 24 Thousand Rubles For Dental Services And Was Dissatisfied
illustrative photo It ended up in court. Four years ago, a woman from Minsk was provided with low-quality dentures in a dental clinic. The woman appealed to the court. The press service of Minsk City Court told how the dispute ended. Minchanka...

A Real Tornado Was Spotted In The South Of Belarus
illustrative photo The element hunters showed the video. A tornado was recorded in Zhytkovichi district of Homiel region. The meteoroid on July 27 was spotted and filmed by storm hunters. According to the telegram channel "Meteoweib", the tornado...

Belarus frees dissident Siarhei Tsikhanouski, 13 others after a rare visit from top U.S. envoy
Belarus has freed Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and 13 others following a rare visit by a senior U.S. official, Mr. Tsikhanouskaya's team announced on Saturday...

Belarus frees jailed opposition leader, 13 others after visit from U.S. envoy
Belarus freed top opposition figure Sergei Tikhanovsky and more than a dozen other political prisoners Saturday following an appeal from the White House, Tsikhanouskaya's team announced on Saturday, a sign of warming ties between Washington and...

Belarus frees jailed opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky after appeal from US
Belarus freed top opposition figure Sergei Tikhanovsky and over a dozen other political prisoners Saturday following an appeal from the White House, Minsk said, a sign of warming ties between Washington and Belarus-ally Moscow. Exiled Belarusian...

Belarus opposition figure freed
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. TALLINN, Estonia -- Belarus has freed Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and 13...

Sheikh Khaled and President of Belarus hold talks in Minsk as trade deal agreed
Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, on Friday held talks in Minsk with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko as a trade deal was made between the countries to usher in a "new era" of private-sector collaboration. The leaders...