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Elon Musk’s Arrival Stirs Fears Among Some Twitter Employees
Date: April 7, 2022
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -News of Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk taking a board seat at Twitter has some Twitter employees panicking over the future of the social media firm’s ability to moderate content, company insiders told Reuters. Within hours of the surprise disclosure this week that Musk, a self-described “free speech absolutist,” acquired enough...
Safe in Greece, Ukrainian Children Confront Trauma of War
Date: April 5, 2022
By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) – The drawings in a makeshift classroom in Athens tell the story of children who escaped war. Combat scenes – a helicopter dropping bombs, burning buildings, tanks and bodies on the ground – hang next to peace doves carrying olive branches. For three days a week, this small apartment in...
Vienna’s Ukrainian School Scrambles to Cope With Influx of Children
Date: April 4, 2022
By Matteo Witt and Leonhard Foeger VIENNA (Reuters) – Volunteers running a Ukrainian Saturday school in Vienna have been scrambling to adapt as the number of children attending has more than tripled in a matter of weeks. The school is only too happy to accommodate the influx of refugee children fleeing the war at home,...
Russian Hotel Owner Shelters Ukrainian Refugees in Serbia
Date: March 29, 2022
By Aleksandar Vasovic and Fatos Bytyci BATOCINA, Serbia (Reuters) – Russian hotel owner Mikhail Golubtsov says it was partly the shame he feels over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that persuaded him and his family to take in Ukrainians fleeing the fighting – 34 so far, and counting. The Russian former construction engineer left his home...
Pope Leads Global Prayer for Peace Between Russia and Ukraine
Date: March 25, 2022
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis led the world’s Catholic bishops on Friday in praying for peace between Russia and Ukraine, saying the world had forgotten the tragedies of the 20th century and was still menaced by nuclear war. Francis presided at a service in St. Peter’s Basilica in which he entrusted...
Fleeing Ukrainian Athletes Welcomed by Clubs in Bosnia, Bulgaria
Date: March 22, 2022
By Spasiyana Sergieva and Dado Ruvic VARNA, Bulgaria/MOSTAR, Bosnia (Reuters) – Sports clubs in Bulgaria and Bosnia are providing refuge, training and competition for athletes escaping war in another show of global solidarity for Ukraine. Mihail Minchev, the 34-year-old owner and trainer of Hispano tennis club near the Black Sea city of Varna, was among...