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VIENNA  – A blackout caused by fresh shelling near Ukraine s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has compromised the site s safety, the UN atomic watchdog warned Friday, adding the plant s operator is considering shutting down the sole remaining reactor. “Shelling has caused a complete blackout in Energodar (town) and compromised the safe operation of the nearby Zaporizhzhia (plant),” International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi tweeted, calling it a “dramatic development”. “This is completely unacceptable. It cannot stand,” he said, calling for “the immediate cessation of all shelling…

Hindus are urging all Bellevue School District (BSD) schools in Washington to close on their most popular festival Diwali; which falls on October 24 this year. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was simply not fair with Hindu pupils in BSD schools as they had to be at school on their most popular festival, while schools were closed around other religious days. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, stated that since it was vital for Hindu families to celebrate…

Hindus are urging all ABC Unified School District (ABCUSD) schools (spread in Cerritos, Lakewood, Artesia, Hawaiian Gardens, Norwalk, etc.; in California) to close on their most popular festival Diwali; which falls on October 24 this year. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was simply not fair with Hindu pupils in ABCUSD schools as they had to be at school on their most popular festival, while schools were closed around other religious days. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, stated…

Eastern Bergen County, New Jersey: High school juniors and seniors can get a head start on their financial knowledge in The Community Chest of Eastern Bergen County’s Young Women’s Leadership program’s ‘Financial Literacy and College Financial Aid’ seminar, on Sunday, September 18.  The seminar is free and takes place at Valley Bank, located at 80 West Street in Englewood, New Jersey, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  Lunch will be provided. High school male and female juniors and seniors are invited to attend.  In the afternoon, parents may attend the…

Hindus are urging all Naperville (Illinois) public, private, charter, parochial schools to close on their most popular festival Diwali; which falls on October 24 this year. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was simply not fair with Hindu pupils in Naperville schools as they had to be at school on their most popular festival, while schools were closed around other religious days. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, stated that since it was vital for Hindu families to celebrate…

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Ukraine’s and Europe’s largest nuclear plant was once again knocked offline in the early hours of Saturday amid sustained shelling that destroyed a key power line and penetrated deep into the plant’s premises, local Russian-backed authorities said. The claims came barely a day after a team of inspectors from the U.N. nuclear agency arrived at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which has been caught in fierce recent fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces, six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine. The…

TRIPOLI  – Libyan armed factions fought in the western outskirts of Tripoli late on Friday and early Saturday as forces aligned with Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah s government further consolidated their control over the capital. Fighting took place in Warshafala, a district west of Tripoli that has been the site of repeated clashes throughout the 11 years of violence and chaos since a NATO-backed uprising ousted veteran leader Muammar Gaddafi. The clashes, along with a major pro-Dbeibah group taking over a military headquarters in southern Tripoli, come a week after Libya s biggest…

WASHINGTON – The FBI recovered more than 11,000 government documents and photographs during its Aug. 8 search at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, as well as 48 empty folders labeled as “classified,” according to court records that were unsealed on Friday. The unsealing by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in West Palm Beach came one day after she heard oral arguments by Trump’s attorneys and the Justice Department’s top two counterintelligence prosecutors over whether she should appoint a special master to conduct a privilege review of the seized materials…

Hindus are urging all museums and art galleries of the United Kingdom (UK) to undertake thorough provenance research of Hindu artefacts, and if proved stolen, return these to Hindu temples they originally belonged to. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that UK museums and art galleries should make sure that their commitments to ethical standards were fully met and publish a definite timeline for completing the provenance investigations. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, urged all museums and art galleries…

(Bergen County, New Jersey; September 2, 2022) — The rallying cry from the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation’s ArtsBergen and the arts community to Bergen County’s Board of Commissioners and County Executive James Tedesco III resulted in increased funding for the arts. The Bergen County Board of Commissioners allocated $500,000 for the arts from the $261 million American Rescue Plan (ARP). During the NNJCF’s ArtsBergen 5% spring campaign for the arts, the arts community in the county was urged to show their support for the value of the arts and…