Sat 28 May 2022: Russian military announced a successful test of its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile on Saturday, as Moscow intensifies its onslaught in Ukraine. According to the defence ministry, the missile was launched from the Admiral Gorshkov ship in the Barents Sea and “successfully hit” a target 1,000 kilometers (625 miles) away in the […]
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Sat 28 May 2022: A film set in the working class suburbs of the northern French city of Boulogne-sur-Mer has won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard competition at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday. The Worst Ones, directed by Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret, explores the challenges of street casting, telling the story of […]
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Sat 28 May 2022: Less than 450km (280 miles) from where a gunman killed 21 people at a primary school in Uvalde, Texas, former United States President Donald Trump has headlined a defiant conference of the pro-gun lobby group, the National Rifle Association (NRA). Amid growing calls for stronger gun control measures after the massacre in Uvalde, […]
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Sat 28 May 2022: School shootings have been a major issue in the United States for some time, and they were once again in the spotlight following the attack on a Texas elementary school. A teenage gunman opened fire in the school, killing at least 19 children and two adults in the bloodiest school shooting […]
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Fri 27 May 2022: A Russian court upheld the dismissal of 115 national guardsmen who challenged after refusing to participate in Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine. This looks to be the first official evidence of soldiers refusing to participate in Russia’s military incursion in Ukraine, which began on February 24. The National Guard, a domestic […]
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Thu 26 May 2022: Ray Liotta has passed away. The winner of the Emmy Award was 67 years old. Goodfellas actor died peacefully in his sleep in the Dominican Republic. He was engaged to Jacy Nittolo and father to Karsen Grace, 23, with his ex-wife Michelle Grace. He was best known for playing mobster Henry […]
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Thu 26 May 2022: Twitter, Global social media company, has agreed to pay a $150 million fine for allegedly misusing personal data for six years in order to help sale of targeted advertisements. “From at least May 2013 until at least September 2019, Twitter misrepresented to users of its online communication service the extent to […]
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Thu 26 May 2022: Turkiye is in negotiations with Russia and Ukraine to open a corridor via the Bosphorus for grain exports from Ukraine, a senior Turkish official told Reuters today. Ukraine’s Black Sea ports have been blocked since Russia invaded in February and more than 20 million tonnes of grain are stuck in silos there. Russia […]
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Thu 26 May 2022: Court notes that amending rules for religious purposes seriously undermines principle of neutrality of public service A French court on Wednesday suspended a decision by the Grenoble Municipal Council to allow Muslim women to wear the burkini, a full body swimming costume, in the city’s public pools. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin […]
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Thu 26 May 2022: World Bank President David Malpass on Wednesday suggested that Russia’s war in Ukraine and its impact on food and energy prices, as well as the availability of fertilizer, could trigger a global recession. Malpass told an event hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that Germany, the world’s fourth largest economy, has already seen a substantial economic slowdown due […]
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