Thu 26 May 2022: The governor of Texas says the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school warned on social media minutes before the attack that he was going to shot up a school. Gov. Greg Abbott says the shooter, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, used an AR-15 in the attack Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. About 30 minutes before the […]
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Wed 25 May 2022: On Wednesday, Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey resigned from the company’s board of directors, coinciding with the company’s annual shareholder meeting. In November, Dorsey stepped down as CEO, and Parag Agrawal, who had previously worked as Twitter’s Chief Technology Officer, took his place. With the 2022 shareholder meeting, Dorsey […]
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Sefik Džaferović, Chairman of the Bosnia & Herzegovina with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Wed 25 May 2022: Due to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that political dialogue and practical cooperation with Bosnia and Herzegovina are “more important than ever.” Jens Stoltenberg made the comments at a joint […]
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Wed 25 May 2022: Russia will begin paying its foreign debt in rubles as it approaches its debt service due deadline. “Russia is not able to right now to borrow in global financial markets, it has no access to capital markets. If Russia is unable to find a legal way to make these payments, they […]
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Wed 25 May 2022: Pope Francis expressed his “heartbreak” for the massacre at a Texas school that killed at least 19 children and two teachers on Wednesday, calling for stricter gun laws. The throng at St. Peter’s Square applauded his message, which came only one day after the worst school massacre in the United States […]
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Wed 25 May 2022: Russia is ready to provide a humanitarian corridor for vessels carrying food to leave Ukraine in return for the lifting of some sanctions, the country’s Interfax news agency has cited deputy foreign minister Andrey Rudenko as saying. Ukraine’s Black Sea ports have been blocked since Moscow launched its offensive and more […]
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Wed 25 May 2022: International sanctions imposed on Moscow over its military campaign in Ukraine need to be lifted to avoid a global food crisis, a Russian deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday. “Solving the food problem requires a comprehensive approach, including the removal of sanctions that have been imposed on Russian exports and financial transactions,” Andrey Rudenko said in remarks carried by Russian […]
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Footage on social media appears to show a man walking with a rifle within the grounds of Robb Elementary School, Uvalde. Wed 25 May 2022: A gunman opened fire in a primary school in the US state of Texas, killing at least 19 children and two adults. The attack happened just days before the school […]
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Tue 24 May 2022: On Tuesday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg highlighted the importance of Turkey’s worries over Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership bids, stating that Turkey is a “important NATO ally.” “I also recognize the importance of addressing the concerns that Turkey has raised,” Stoltenberg told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He […]
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Tue 24 May 2022: Russia’s ruble hit its strongest level in four years against the US dollar on Monday, owing to Moscow’s steps to back the currency. Having sunk as low as 150 to the greenback in early March after the launch of the war on Ukraine, the Russian currency later gained ground with the […]
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