Wed 18 May 2022: On Wednesday, the first war crimes trial of a Russian soldier since the invasion begins will begin in Kyiv. Since the invasion began, Russian forces have been accused of committing several war crimes, and the case of Vadim Shishimarin, 21, will be the first attempt to pursue the alleged violations. Shishimarin, […]
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Wed 18 May 2022: As the Ukraine-Russia conflict enters its fourth month, the number of companies that have suspended or stopped doing business in Russia has increased. Because of the war it began in Ukraine, Russia has become the world’s most sanctioned country, with the scope of the sanctions growing all the time. In industries […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: According to government figures, UK unemployment hit a new low, even as wages continued to decline due to rising inflation. Even while job vacancies hit 1.3 million in April, the employment rate in the UK remained below pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest government figures. Even as businesses struggle to fill […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: The French city of Grenoble approved the wearing of the so-called “burkini” by Muslim women in public swimming pools on Monday. In recent years, the all-in-one swimsuit, which is worn by some Muslim women to cover their bodies and hair while bathing, has become a heated issue over the holiday season. […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: On Tuesday, the Kremlin said that Russia will win the “hybrid war” with Ukraine and the West and achieve all of its objectives. “We are sure that everything will be fine, that we will win, that we will achieve all the goals,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at the New Horizons educational […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: Elon Musk has claimed that he will hold off on purchasing Twitter for $44 billion until he has more information on how many accounts are fake. Bots and spam accounts accounted for fewer than 5% of Twitter’s monetizable daily active users in the first quarter, according to a filing earlier this […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Finland and Sweden joining NATO would probably make “not much difference” as the two countries had long participated in the alliance’s military drills. “Finland and Sweden, as well as other neutral countries, have been participating in NATO military exercises for many years,” […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Türkiye will not greenlight NATO membership for Sweden and Finland, adding that the countries failed to take a clear stance against terrorism. “We will not say ‘yes’ to those (countries) who apply sanctions to Türkiye to join security organisation NATO,” Erdogan told a joint news conference […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: The cost of life-saving treatment for the most severely malnourished children is set to jump by up to 16% due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and pandemic disruptions, according to the United Nations’ children’s agency. The raw ingredients of the ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) have leapt in price amid the global […]
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Ukrainian troops stand at the Ukraine-Russia border in what was said to be the Kharkiv region, Ukraine in this screen grab obtained from a video released on May 15, 2022. Ukrainian Ministry of Defence/Handout via REUTERS Mon 16 May 2022: Ukrainian troops defending the city of Kharkiv have reached the state border with Russia, the […]
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