Thu 19 May 2022: Russia must not win this war, Ukraine must prevail, German Chancellor Scholz said on Thursday, pledging more military support to the country. We must focus on supporting Ukraine “quickly and pragmatically”, he said. Speaking in his address to German parliament, Scholz said that “Russian president continues to believe he can dictate a settlement in Ukraine, but he is […]
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Thu 19 May 2022: According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the number of COVID-19 cases throughout the Americas increased by 27.2 percent last week compared to the previous week, owing mostly to an increase in infections in the United States. More than half of a total 918,000 infections came from North America as […]
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Thu 19 May 2022: Instagram, which is owned by Meta, is said to be developing a new Stories layout that hides excessive posts. According to 9To5Mac, a Brazilian Instagram user named Phil Ricelle noticed that the Instagram app now only shows three of other people’s Stories. Currently, users can publish 100 Stories at once. Users […]
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Finnish PM Sanna Marin with Italian PM Mario Draghi during Press conference. Thu 19 May 2022: Even if Finland joins NATO, the Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin told an Italian newspaper in an interview published on Thursday that she does not want nuclear weapons or military bases on its soil. On Wednesday, Finland and Sweden […]
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Thu 19 May 2022: The US does not have legal authority to seize Russian central bank assets frozen due to its invasion of Ukraine, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said. Some European officials have advocated that the European Union, the US and other allies seize some $300bn in Russian central bank foreign currency assets frozen […]
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Thu 19 May 2022: In the wake of a new outbreak of COVID-19 infections in the United States, Apple has again postponed its full return to work policy, opting to work two days per week for the time being. “We are extending the phase-in period of the pilot and maintaining two days a week in […]
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Wed 18 May 2022: Russia has moved to expel a total of 85 European embassy staff, responding to similar moves by those countries. The Foreign Ministry said it was ordering out 34 diplomatic staff from France, 27 from Spain and 24 from Italy. The three countries are among European nations that have collectively thrown out […]
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Wed 18 May 2022: More Twitter executives have walked on, apparently sensing what may come their way at the microblogging network in the near future, amid the ongoing slugfest between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Parag Agrawal. TechCrunch says that Ilya Brown, a vice president of product management for health, conversation, and growth; Katrina Lane, […]
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Wed 18 May 2022: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that he expects NATO allies to understand Turkey’s sensitivities regarding its security. Regarding Sweden and Finland’s bid to join NATO, the Turkish president said that it is ‘inconsistent’ to seek Turkey’s approval when they keep supporting PKK/YPG terrorists. Speaking at the group meeting […]
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Wed 18 May 2022: President Joe Biden condemned the “poison” of white supremacy in the “body politic” in the United States after a gunman killed 10 people at a market in a majority Black neighbourhood of Buffalo, New York, on Saturday. “Hate and fear are being given too much oxygen by those who pretend to love America […]
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