Fierce fighting in Bakhmut
In the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, Russia and Ukraine are Go from head to toe in one of the longest battles of the war. This situation contrasts with Ukraine’s strategy elsewhere along the front lines, where it avoids direct confrontation, relying instead on swift actions, deception and long-range weapons provided by the West. .
Fierce fighting continued yesterday along the front line stretching from Bakhmut northeast to the city of Soledar, with the Russians claiming to have captured a nearby village and Ukraine saying they had pushed back. Russian attempt to attack Soledar. The strategic value of Bakhmut is debatable, but it is of symbolic importance to both sides.
In the earlier stages of the war, the Ukrainian leadership was more ambivalent about fierce battles such as that of Bakhmut, after about 100 Ukrainian soldiers died every day in the fight for the cities of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk. But new research has demonstrated the approach of attrition, which analysts say weakened the Russian Army enough for two Ukrainian counterattacks in the fall to succeed.
Mercenary: The Kremlin-connected founder of the Wagner Group says that Soledar is “made only by Wagner units,” which Western security officials and analysts say operates primarily outside the Russian military’s command system.
Hundreds of people arrested in Brazil
At least 1,200 protesters detained Police said yesterday after the attack on government buildings in the Brazilian capital Brasília. Authorities have begun dismantling the tent city where supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right former president, have camped since he lost the October election. As of yesterday, the dispersal of protesters love takes place in peace.
Thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed government buildings on Sunday to protest what they see as a stolen election. In the weeks following the vote, the Brazilian military and independent experts said they had found no credible evidence of fraud. The official figure for the number of people arrested ranges from at least 200 to more than 400.
Protesters will be questioned by law enforcement officials, and some could be charged with crimes against democratic institutions or attempting to overthrow a democratically elected government.
Restoring the ozone layer is on the right track
Ozone layer restoration could happen within decades, scientists said in a United Nations-backed report, as China has almost eliminated its rogue chemical emissions. Ozone concentrations between the poles are expected to reach pre-1980 levels by 2040, if current policies continue and the ozone holes recover as well.
In 2018, scientists revealed that global emissions of CFC-11, a chemical most likely used in China to make foam insulation, have increased since 2012. Investigations by The Times and others suggest that small factories in eastern China flouted the global ban as the source.
Those new emissions threatened to undermine the Montreal Protocol, the treaty negotiated in the 1980s to phase out the use of chlorofluorocarbons in favor of more benign chemicals after it was discovered that chlorofluorocarbons are depleting the ozone layer in the atmosphere.
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A seismic shift in the world of fine dining: Noma will close for regular service at the end of 2024. Restaurant Copenhagen, topping the list of the world’s best restaurants, will become its full-time food lab focused on e-commerce. It will only open to diners during recurring pop-ups.
Noma’s influence will live off of its imitators, writes Times restaurant critic Pete Wells. Its innovations include foraging and pickling methods, handcrafted rustic ceramic pieces, innovative plating and exotic-smelling natural wines. Its creator, René Redzepi, has been hailed as its creator in his day. the most outstanding and influential chef.
But Redzepi says the current model, which has transformed fine dining, is “unsustainable”. Employees at Noma work long, tiring hours. Workplace culture is harsh, and restaurants have long relied on an army of unpaid interns. One former student compared the industry to ballet, another elite pursuit whose abuse is built into its very model.
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