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Standing beneath the birch and flowering jacaranda trees at what used to be ESMA (the acronym in Spanish for the Navy School of Mechanics) it's not easy to picture the horrors that took place at this sprawling urban campus in Buenos Aires.In the 1970s and '80s, ESMA was a clandestine detention center for a right-wing military regime brutally engaged in eliminating dissent through criminal practices that were exposed in gruesome detail in trial testimony two years after the end of the Argentine dictatorship.

As many lines do not have air-conditioning, commuting during this weather will be especially brutal although, unlike in July of last year, Transport for London has not yet issued a travel warning.But anyone braving the London Underground may consider taking an alternate route, to ensure they keep cool.

By Andrea Rosa, Hanna Arhirova and David Rising | Associated Press UMAN, Ukraine Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles and two drones at Ukraine early Friday, killing at least 23 people, almost all of them when two missiles slammed into an apartment building in a terrifying nighttime attack, officials said.

Find it, target it, shoot it.The drill is the same for Ukraine's air defense crews as they work round the clock to combat the relentless barrage of missiles the Russians launch at Kyiv, mostly foiling the most intense bombardment of the capital since the first weeks of the war.In the month of May alone, Russia bombarded Kyiv 17 times.

Deadly Russian strikes in two Ukrainian cities have killed at least 25 people including several children.SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Difficult news now - the deadliest Russian airstrikes in months have killed over 20 people including some children.Most of those who died are in the central city of Uman, where a missile slammed into an apartment building.

Anastasiia Kalinichenko, an architect from Ukraine, recalls how surreal it was going into work after the war began."I was in the middle of working on a design, and trying to understand what was happening," she recalled, adding her family could hear bombs from where they were living closer to the Russian border.

A proposed historic district and a church, both in Brooklyn, are among a list of 13 new nominations to the State and National Registers of Historic Places announced last week by Governor Hochul.Designation will make them eligible for preservation help, including grants.Nominated in Cypress Hills is the former English Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Reformation at 105 Barbey Street.

Fed up tenants at a Crown Heights apartment building have launched a rent strike against their landlord for alleged poor living conditions and lackluster management.Residents living at 1074 Eastern Parkway gathered in front of their building on Sunday to call out the landlord, saying they've neglected to make proper repairs and solve safety issues that have been present for decades.

Offering a spacious layout with a large foyer, two bedrooms and a dining alcove, this Windsor Terrace apartment also has a location near Prospect Park.On the first floor of the six-story 202 Seeley Street, there are parquet floors, five closets and all white finishes throughout the unit.Plans for the construction of the brick building by firm Punia & Marx were announced in 1952.

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A fire that started in a vacant house spread to two nearby apartment buildings in Westlake on Monday morning, leaving residents from 20 units without a home, according to authorities.The fire was reported about 1 a.m. at 245 Reno St., the Los Angeles Fire Department said.Emergency officials found a two-story house engulfed in flames, and the fire spread to two neighboring apartment buildings on both sides of the house.

A judge has tossed out a federal lawsuit filed by a developer who said his real estate companies should have been compensated for losses they incurred as a result of emergency tenant protections approved in Los Angeles following the outbreak of COVID-19.In his 15-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson said the city's ordinance, which barred landlords from removing tenants who were unable to pay rent because of COVID-19, did not constitute a "taking" of private property as defined by federal law.

Renting In a push for companionship but limited by landlord restrictions, more and more apartment dwellers are finding cuddly loopholes.In a city flush with luxury condominiums, extravagant pet amenities have become de rigueur.From outdoor dog runs to on-site pet spas, luxury real estate developers understand that renters with hefty bank accounts won't write rent checks unless Fido is invited.

Ukrainians walk through the unlit streets of the capital Kyiv on Thursday, a day after Russian airstrikes knocked out electricity, heating and water to much of the country.With Russian troops faring poorly on the battlefield, Russia has launched a widespread bombing campaign directed at civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.

AS IT HAPPENED Ukrainian servicemen fire a mortar toward the Russian position on a frontline not far from Bakhmut in Donetsk region on February 20, 2023 Anatolii Stepanov / AFP Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Saturday has carried out an inspection of the front line in eastern Ukraine, according to the ministry, as fighting raged around the besieged city of Bakhmut.

WSC CEO Scott Walter and 1433 Euclid Street in Santa Monica (Getty, WS Communities, Google Maps) WS Communities, the Santa Monica-based development firm whose torrent of unexpected builder's remedy applications set off a statewide frenzy earlier this fall, has now applied for a permit to knock down the existing apartment buildings at one of its builder's remedy project sites.

A day after two New Jersey police officers were shot while responding to a 911 call, a man identified as the prime suspect, who had eluded the authorities during a chaotic, daylong search, was arrested on Wednesday, according to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.Just after noon, the authorities announced that they had apprehended the suspect, Kendall Howard, 30, and charged him with two counts of attempted murder.

A boy lays a flower at the scene of a helicopter crash crash in Brovary, Ukraine, where at least 14 people died, including Ukraine's interior affairs minister Denys Monastyrsky.Ed Ram/Getty Images BROVARY, Ukraine Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky and a child are among at least 14 people who died in a helicopter crash Wednesday morning, after the aircraft slammed into an area holding a kindergarten and its playground in Brovary, an eastern suburb of Kyiv.

Rivals sides accuse each other of breaching the ceasefire unilaterally announced by the Russian president to mark Orthodox Christmas.Ukrainians and Russians mark Orthodox Christmas under the shadow of war, as reports of fighting come from the eastern Donbas region despite Russian President Vladimir Putin unilaterally ordering his forces to pause attacks.

Tech companies are increasingly selling "smart home" technologies to landlords to spy on tenants in order to evict them or raise their rent."You CAN raise rents in NYC!" reads the headline of one email sent to landlords from Teman, a tech company that makes surveillance systems for apartment buildings.

France's defense minister arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday to discuss further military support for Ukraine, insisting the French government's backing is unflagging while efforts are made to reach an eventual negotiated end to Russia's invasion.French Minister for the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu traveled to Ukraine's capital after a trip to Poland, where he announced a deal Tuesday to sell Poland two French-made military satellites.

Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature European Union foreign ministers and G7 leaders will meet today to try to agree on further sanctions on Russia and Iran and an additional 2bn ($2.11bn) for arms deliveries to Ukraine.

A Palestinian excavation team works in a newly discovered Roman-era cemetery in the Gaza Strip on Sunday.Authorities in Gaza announced the discovery of over 60 tombs in the ancient burial site.Fatima Shbair/AP GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip  Hamas authorities in Gaza on Sunday announced the discovery of over 60 tombs in an ancient burial site dating back to the Roman era.

Ukrainian official says 10 people killed and dozens injured in Russian attacks on recently recaptured city of Kherson.The Ukrainian city of Kherson has faced multiple attacks for the second day in an escalation of shelling since Russia withdrew from the city two weeks ago following an eight-month occupation.

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