
Ukraine's Internal Divisions Over Military Service
An investigation reveals growing tensions and resentment within Ukrainian society between those who volunteer for combat and those who avoid it, posing a challenge for post-war Ukraine.
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An investigation reveals growing tensions and resentment within Ukrainian society between those who volunteer for combat and those who avoid it, posing a challenge for post-war Ukraine.

Members of the Dobrna Volunteer Fire Department discovered in late January that an unknown perpetrator had stolen a portable toilet from behind their fire station.

Rabat – The search for 13-year-old Hiba, a student from Ait Chiker village in Azilal province, ended in tragedy today when her body was found in Bine El Ouidane lake. Hiba had been missing for nine days, sparking an intense search operation involving local authorities, security forces, and volunteers from nearby villages, according to converging […] The post Search Teams Find Missing Girl Hiba’s Body in Azilal Region appeared first on Morocco World News.

Eight tourists and 50 polar dogs were discovered at a Norwegian Trekking Association (DNT) cabin without having paid for their stay, highlighting a growing problem of foreign tour operators exploiting Norwegian volunteerism.
In Austria's Waldviertel region, volunteers are providing a driving service to assist elderly individuals with daily errands, promoting community and combating loneliness.

The Greek Red Cross in Patras successfully managed 223 emergency incidents during the Patras Carnival, deploying over 180 volunteer Samaritans-Rescuers, lifeguards, health, and social welfare volunteers, along with specialized nursing staff.

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Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Joey Aguilar's eligibility appeal has failed, leaving his plans uncertain and potentially giving the LSU Tigers a significant advantage.

The Orlando Magic organization is celebrating Black History Month by engaging in volunteer work throughout the Orlando community, extending their impact beyond basketball.
The Tennessee Volunteers defeated the Oklahoma Sooners on Wednesday night by the score of 89-66 at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center. But at times, it certainly didn’t feel like a blowout on the court. Nate Ament led Tennessee with 29 points and six rebounds. Ja’Kobi Gillespie was a force on both ends of the […]

A second wild beaver has been spotted at a Norfolk nature reserve, with a pair filmed grooming each other, raising questions about their origin.

This article provides a list of key developments from day 1,454 of Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine.
Researchers and volunteers in Texas have documented instances of birds from different species preening one another, suggesting this interspecies behavior may be more common than previously thought.
Kazakhstan is reportedly moving to extradite Yulia Yemelyanova, a former Navalny volunteer, to Russia, where she is accused of stealing a mobile phone in 2021.

A volunteer carried the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in Milan/Cortina, held in a Roman amphitheater in Verona, as all BiH athletes had already departed.

A fire erupted at business warehouses on Spaton Avenue in Spata, Greece, on Sunday afternoon, mobilizing 21 firefighters and 9 vehicles, along with volunteers, for its containment.
Former Tennessee Volunteers players participated in the San Francisco Giants' 2026 spring training opener under the guidance of Tony Vitello.

Ukrainian volunteers are risking their lives to recover Russian military casualties, with Western intelligence estimating over a million Russian dead, wounded, or missing in Ukraine, a figure Russia is reluctant to disclose.

The memory of Lithuanian volunteer soldier Tadas Tumas, who died in Ukraine, was honored in Vilnius with a monument consecrated at Antakalnis Cemetery.

A new initiative led by the Istanbul Governorate is strengthening the city’s disaster response capacity by training volunteer-owned dogs for search and rescue missions. Under the...
Ja'Kobi Gillespie scored 17 points as Tennessee outlasted No. 19 Vanderbilt 69-65 in a back-and-forth affair on Saturday. A turnaround jumper by Nate Ament, who was double-teamed by Commodores Jalen Washington and Chandler Bing, gave the Volunteers (20-7, 10-4 Southeastern Conference) a 66-65 lead with less than a minute to play. Ament finished with 13 points.
The USS Lionfish docked at Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider The USS Lionfish was commissioned in 1944 and earned one battle star for service in World War II. It sank a Japanese submarine, rescued the crew of a B-29 bomber, and served as a training submarine. The Balao-class submarine is now a museum docked at Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts. The World War II submarine USS Lionfish was part of America's "Silent Service." Despite comprising less than 2% of all US Navy vessels during World War II, submarines like the USS Lionfish sank 55% of Japanese vessels in battle. This once-fearsome vessel is now a 311-foot-long museum exhibit, allowing the public to learn about its top-secret wartime operations. Take a look inside the USS Lionfish. Commissioned in 1944, the USS Lionfish earned one battle star for service during World War II. The USS Lionfish at sea in an undated photo. Arkivi/Getty Images Over the Balao-class submarine's two war patrols, she sank a Japanese submarine, destroyed a schooner, and rescued the crew of a downed American B-29 bomber. The USS Lionfish was recommissioned for the Korean War, serving from 1951 to 1953. From 1960 to 1971, the USS Lionfish served as a reserve training submarine, teaching crew members to operate similar vessels. Since 1973, the USS Lionfish has been on display at Battleship Cove, a maritime museum in Fall River, Massachusetts. The USS Lionfish. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider Tickets to Battleship Cove cost $25 per adult. I visited the museum in January to take a closer look at the retired submarine. The first stop on my self-guided tour was the forward torpedo room, where 16 torpedomen slept and worked. The forward torpedo room. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider The forward torpedo room featured six torpedo tubes, each storing a torpedo, and 10 reloads. The 16 crew members slept alongside the torpedoes on pull-out bunks, remaining ready to fire at all times. Behind the torpedo room was officers' country, which included the officers' pantry. The officers' pantry. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider In the officers' pantry, meals for the higher-ranking crew members were reheated and plated on Navy china. They ate the same food as the rest of the sailors, but in a fancier setting. Officers used the wardroom for dining, working, and relaxing. The wardroom on board the USS Lionfish. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider It could also serve as an operating room in medical emergencies. Junior officers slept in a room with four bunks. The junior officers' quarters. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider Officers enjoyed more privacy on board than enlisted men. Senior officers had even more privacy in a room with a triple bunk. The senior officers' quarters. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider The submarine's second-in-command, known as the executive officer, slept in this room. The commanding officer slept in the only private room on board the submarine. The commanding officer's stateroom. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider The commanding officer's stateroom featured a small desk that functioned as a private workspace. Chief petty officers slept five to a room in their quarters. The chief petty officers' quarters. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider Chief petty officers served as liaisons between the officers and the crew. This room was also colloquially known as the "goat locker" since the more experienced officers were affectionately nicknamed "old goats." In the ship's office, an administrator known as the yeoman handled all of the ship's paperwork. The ship's office. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider Personnel files, orders of supplies, and other administrative tasks were the yeoman's domain. Equipment in the control room managed the submarine's depth, speed, steering, and navigation. The control room. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider The commanding officer issued orders from the control center or the conning tower located directly above. The USS Lionfish's conning tower wasn't open to the public, but I did get to look inside one while touring another Balao-class submarine, the USS Becuna. Communications and covert operations were handled in the radio room. The radio room. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider The USS Lionfish was equipped with sonar, or "sound navigation and ranging," to listen for enemy ships in the surrounding waters. Chefs prepared meals for the submarine's 80 crew members in the main galley. The main galley. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider The galley prepared four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and midnight rations known as "mid-rats." The crew's mess was an all-purpose room where sailors ate, lounged, and played games. The crew's mess. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider Frozen and refrigerated food was stored in compartments underneath the floor. The bunks have been removed from the crew's berthing during ongoing restoration work. The crew's berthing. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider Other Balao-class submarines held 35 or 36 bunks in this space. The USS Lionfish featured two engine rooms, each containing two diesel engines. The forward engine room. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider Each engine room was responsible for half of the ship's electric and propulsion power. In the maneuvering room, switches controlled the flow of electricity to the submarine's generators. The maneuvering room. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider While surfaced, the submarine's four diesel engines powered its generators, which in turn powered the ship's motors. While submerged, storage batteries powered the motors. My tour ended with the after torpedo room at the back of the submarine. The after torpedo room. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider Around 13 enlisted men worked and slept in the after torpedo room, which featured four torpedo tubes. The USS Lionfish remains unique among World War II submarines. The USS Lionfish docked at Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts. Talia Lakritz/Business Insider Over 50 submarines underwent a Greater Underwater Propulsive Power 1-A, or "GUPPY," modernization after World War II. However, the USS Lionfish remained as it was. Museum staff and volunteers are working to restore the USS Lionfish and preserve its original configuration. Even in frigid temperatures, I saw volunteers holding tools and walking carefully around the deck's open panels, revealing the complex mechanics beneath. Read the original article on Business Insider

The NCAA has announced that discussions regarding the expansion of the men's and women's basketball tournaments will not take place until after this year's March Madness concludes.

Decatur Youth Services is urgently seeking coaches and volunteers for its upcoming youth baseball season, which includes teams for both boys and girls.

In southern Gaza, volunteers from a Turkish NGO paint rubble and decorate a destroyed street as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan approaches. Gaza is facing a daunting task ahead to rebuild as more than 80 percent of buildings have been destroyed by the two years of war with Israel, according to the UN.

This article recounts the memorable life of Otto, a wild yet people-loving golden retriever who charmed many and had twenty volunteer dog walkers.

A letter argues that the success of community energy projects depends significantly on the support and recognition of volunteers, not just financial investment and infrastructure.
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Péter Magyar's Tisza Party held its campaign launch in Budapest 50 days before the April elections, with Magyar emphasizing the work of their volunteers.

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The Winter Olympics provided numerous instances of pure joy, offering a welcome distraction from broader global issues and allowing spectators to forget their worries.

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Fiddelke at a Target event in December. Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Target Target CEO Michael Fiddelke has been in his new job for two weeks now — and he's been busy. His appointment was met with skepticism over whether he'd make the changes needed to get on track. Fiddelke's early moves show he's determined to make his own mark on the company. Michael Fiddelke is working like a man with something to prove. Target's newest CEO has been in the job for two weeks now, and he's wasted no time getting down to business on some of the retailer's most difficult problems. "He's got off to a running start," Global Data retail analyst Neil Saunders told Business Insider. "He wants change, but I think he's also keen to be seen that he wants change at Target." Fiddelke's CEO appointment was met with skepticism by many, including Saunders, who questioned whether the longtime Bullseye employee would be willing to make meaningful changes to get the company back on track. Critics also pointed to the board's decision to keep outgoing CEO Brian Cornell on as executive chairman. Such a move has tied the hands of new CEOs at other companies that have tried it, several leadership experts told Business Insider. Fiddelke's early moves indicate he is determined to make his own mark In his first companywide meeting, Fiddelke said Target "didn't do enough" to maintain trust with its customers in recent years and that he's moving to reconnect those communities, Bloomberg reported. Fiddelke said in that meeting that Target was committing an additional $1 million to its Bullseye Builds community program and that company employees had logged more than a million hours of volunteer service in 2025. Target has found itself in the national spotlight in recent weeks as federal immigration agents crack down on its hometown of Minneapolis and the company previously faced criticism over its decision to roll back diversity efforts in 2025. "If yesterday was a true glimpse of Fiddelke stepping up, honestly, it's a good start," one employee who listened to the meeting told Business Insider the following day. "He seems to be very much on point with trying to restore guests' faith in us as a company," the person also said. Fiddelke also dove right into the field, visiting stores and distribution centers in Dallas and near his hometown of Manchester, Iowa, fulfilling a commitment he made in the days leading up to his start date. The new boss has had to make tough choices, too. On Monday, the company laid off 500 workers across its district offices and supply chain, a move it said would translate into beefed-up labor hours in stores across the US. The resource shift reflects Fiddelke's focus on improving the shopping experience to get Target back to growth. "Adding labor to the stores is a good move," former Target board member Gerald Storch told Business Insider. "The stores had gotten too messy, the lines had gotten too long upon checkout, and there were too many items out of stock." The day following that announcement, Target revealed two C-suite appointments that underscore the Fiddelke strategy, with a new chief merchant and chief operating officer taking over for outgoing execs Jill Sando and Rick Gomez. The moves also simplify the top of Target's org chart. Fiddelke's start has set a distinct tone for how he intends to run Target, and now the task is to sustain that effort in the months and years ahead. He's now responsible for fixing three years of flat or declining sales, a rocky relationship with customers and employees, and a race with competitors who have been charging forward without those same headwinds. Storch said Target has a lot of fundamental issues. "That's not going to be solved in two weeks," he said. Still, Saunders said there's something to be said for coming out of the gate with gusto. "It takes a long time to fix these things, and it takes even longer to push them through into customer perception and behaviors," he said. "The next best thing is being able to say, 'Look, we know there are problems, and we're getting on with remedying them." Read the original article on Business Insider
The Abrázame Foundation in Chile is running a pilot program where volunteers hug lonely infants, providing crucial emotional bonds and helping the children thrive.