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Friday April 22nd, 2022 morning edition

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Dramatic footage shows smoke billowing from the Dmitrievsky Chemical Plant in the city of Kineshma.

Russia's biggest chemical plant burns down in second mystery fire in a day.

A huge blaze has broken out in one of Russia's biggest chemical plants.

Dramatic footage shows smoke billowing from the Dmitrievsky Chemical Plant in the city of Kineshma, around 250 miles east of Moscow.

The site, the largest manufacturer of chemical solvents in the country, is around 950km from the border with Ukraine.

The Dmitrievsky Chemical Plant describes itself as the largest producer of butyl acetate and industrial solvents in Russia and Eastern Europe.

It is also the supplier of a wide range of chemical and petrochemical products in Russia and in the world. »

Zelenskyy gets John F. Kennedy award for defending democracy

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BOSTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is among five people named Thursday as recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for acting to protect democracy.

Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, will present the awards May 22 at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston.

“There is no more important issue facing our country, and the world, today than the fight for democracy,” Kennedy said in a statement. »

Donald Trump's Jan. 6 Actions Qualify as 'Treason': Glenn Kirschner

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Former U.S. Army prosecutor Glenn Kirschner said he believes what former President Donald Trump did on January 6, 2021, "qualifies as treason.".

"I would even go so far as to say that what Donald Trump did qualifies as treason."

Kirschner contended that "we know" Trump "inspired," "encouraged" and "incited" his supporters to attack the Capitol. »

The French town where the lighting is alive

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Springhares – nocturnal rodents found in southern Africa – have even been found to have hair that produces a vivid pink biofluorescent glow.

Proponents like Rey argue bioluminescence produced by bacteria could be an energy-efficient, sustainable way to light up our lives.

The way we currently produce light, she argues, has changed little since the first light bulb was developed in 1879. »