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Diabierna 5 augustus 2022

Norway's king hospitalized due to fever; in stable condition

(AP) — Norway's 85-year- fever," the royal household tion to replace a heart valve
old King Harald V has said, adding that the mon- in October 2020 after being
been admitted to a hospi- arch's condition is stable. hospitalized with breathing
tal in the capital Oslo due difficulties.
to an examination relat- Rikshospitalet is part of the
ing to fever, the Norwe- Oslo University Hospital, Harald's duties as Norway's
gian palace said in a brief the main hospital in Oslo. head of state are ceremoni-
statement Thursday. al, and he holds no political
In March, Harald tested posi- power. He ascended to the
"His Majesty The King was tive for COVID-19, with throne following the death of
admitted to Rikshospitalet mild symptoms. He went his father, King Olav, on Jan.
today for investigation for through a successful opera- 17, 1991.

French PM announces the creation of new LGBTQ ambassador job

(AP) — French Prime be in charge of pushing for Asked about her opposition
Minister Elisabeth Borne universal decriminalization to France's 2013 law autho-
on Thursday announced of homosexuality and trans rizing gay marriage and adop-
the creation of a new po- identity. tion, the minister, Caroline
sition of ambassador for Cayeux, said: "I have a lot of
LGBTQ rights in efforts She also announced the cre- friends among all those peo-
to fight discrimination ation of a 3 million-euro ple. " The remarks last month
across the world. ($3.05 million) fund to fi- shocked many LGBTQ peo-
nance ten new LGBT+ cen- ple and activists against dis-
Borne spoke while visiting an ters, in addition to the 35 al- crimination and abuse, and
LGBTQ center in Orleans, ready existing in France. provoked calls for her resig-
central France, on the 40th nation.
anniversary of the decrimi- Borne's announcements fol-
nalization of homosexuality lowed criticism of the gov- On Thursday, Borne said that
in the country. ernment after one minister "the President of the Repub-
made comments seen as stig- lic's approach, my approach,
Borne said an ambassador matizing homosexuality and the government's approach progress on the rights of the Borne added that the minis-
will be named by the end LGBTQ people. is not ambiguous: we will LGBTQ." ter "made unfortunate com-
of the year and will notably continue to fight to make ments, she apologized."

Ukrainian cities shelled, including one near nuclear plant

(AP) — Powerful explo- Nikopol is located across Chuhuiv, a rocket hit a five- nied Ukrainian involvement.
sions rattled the southern Ukraine's presidential office the Dnieper river from the story residential building. He alleged, without offer-
Ukrainian city of Myko- said in its daily update that Zaporizhzhia nuclear power ing evidence, that Russian or
laiv on Thursday and a nine Ukrainian regions came plant, which was taken over Fighting continued in the separatist forces were respon-
city close to the country's under fire over the previ- by Russian troops early in the fiercely contested Donetsk sible for the shelling.
biggest nuclear power ous 24 hours. Two districts war. region, with Ukrainian au-
plant sustained a barrage of Mykolaiv, which has been thorities saying a school was Russia and Ukraine have re-
of shelling, part of a series targeted frequently in recent Experts at the U.S.-based In- destroyed in the village of peatedly accused each other
of new Russian attacks in weeks, were shelled early stitute for the Study of War Ocheretyne. The region is of firing on territories under
several regions, Ukrainian Thursday morning. believe that Russia is shelling struggling without gas sup- their own control.
officials said. the area intentionally, "put- plies and, in part, without Russian forces have already
Russian forces reportedly ting Ukraine in a difficult power and water supplies; its seized the Luhansk region
Ukrainian authorities said fired 60 rockets at Nikopol, position." residents are being evacuated. that neighbors Donetsk. Its
shelling of a town in the east- in the central Dnipropetro- Ukrainian governor, Serhiy
ern Donetsk region, where vsk region. Some 50 residen- The head of the U.N. nucle- In the town of Toretsk, artil- Haidai, said on social media
fighting has been focused tial buildings were damaged ar watchdog agency earlier lery shells hit a bus stop, a that local residents are be-
in recent weeks, left at least in the city of 107,000 and this week voiced alarm over church and apartment build- ing mobilized to fight against
eight people dead. And the some projectiles hit power the situation at the Zaporizh- ings, killing at least eight Kyiv's forces and that "even
mayor of the separatist-held lines, leaving city residents zhia plant. people and wounding four, indispensable mine workers
city of Donetsk said six were without electricity, according regional governor Pavlo are being taken."
killed in shelling there. to Ukrainian authorities. Russian Defense Ministry Kyrylenko said.
spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Ukrainian authorities re-
Konashenkov said Thursday In the city of Donetsk, Rus- ported another abduction
that the Russian military had sian-backed separatist au- of a mayor who reportedly
struck two Ukrainian muni- thorities blamed Ukrainian refused to collaborate with
tions depots near the village forces for shelling the cen- the Russians in the southern
of Novoivanivka in the Za- tral part of the city Thurs- Kherson region, which is also
porizhzhia region and a fuel day. The area hit was near a almost entirely occupied.
depot near the Zaporizhzhia theater where a farewell cer-
railway station. emony for a prominent sepa- The reported kidnapping of
ratist officer killed a few days Serhiy Lyakhno, the mayor
In northern Ukraine, the ago was being held. Donetsk of the village of Hornostaiv-
country's second-largest city, Mayor Alexei Kulemzin said ka, comes as Russia amasses
Kharkiv, was being shelled six people were killed and more troops in the area in
from Russia, the presidential seven more wounded. anticipation of a counterof-
office said. Several industrial fensive by Kyiv and ahead of
facilities were hit in the city, Mykhailo Podolyak, an ad- a planned referendum on the
which has been a frequent viser to Ukrainian President region becoming part of Rus-
target. In the nearby city of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, de- sia.