Fri 13 May 2022: Elon Musk put his $44 billion purchase for Twitter Inc on hold on Friday, citing a lack of details on spam and bogus accounts. “Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users,” Musk said in a tweet. Twitter deal […]
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Fri 13 May 2022: Astronomers have discovered the existence of a supermassive black hole in the center of our galaxy, in what could be considered the astronomical discovery of the century. The image of this black hole was released simultaneously at six news conferences around the world. The image appears to be a lumpy doughnut-like […]
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Fri 13 May 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, according to the country’s state-owned media Tass, that sanctions on Russia primarily cause a worldwide crisis. Putin stated at a conference on the economy that Western countries’ sanctions against Moscow hurt their economies as well. He noted that inflation in Europe has been rising, with […]
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Donika Gervalla, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, with Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani. Fri 13 May 2022: Kosovo’s foreign minister said on Thursday that the country had filed for official membership in the Council of Europe. “Today, the examination procedure of our request, which will go through various stages of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and finally the Council of Ministers, begins,” Donika Gervalla, […]
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Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock with Ukrainian foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba Fri 13 May 2022: At the start of a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in the Weißenhäuser Strand resort on the northern German coast, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock expressed worries over Ukraine’s demand for Western fighter jets. Baerbock cited Western nations’ rejection of […]
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Thu 12 May 2022: The United States’ government under the Administration of President Joe Biden has reportedly asked Congress to approve the sale of advanced weapons and military equipment to Turkey, after years of marginalising Ankara and its defence interests. According to the Wall Street Journal, anonymous US officials familiar with the matter revealed that the […]
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Thu 12 May 2022: Following Finland’s leaders’ announcement supporting the country’s NATO application, Sweden’s decision on NATO membership might be made on May 16, according to the Expressen newspaper. According to the newspaper, Sweden’s parliament will consider the security situation on Monday, after which Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson will hold a special meeting to take […]
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Thu 12 May 2022: On Thursday, one of President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies warned the West that the US and its allies’ increasing military assistance for Ukraine risked triggering a conflict between Russia and the NATO military alliance. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who is currently the deputy chairman of Russia’s security council, said a […]
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Thu 12 May 2022: Nurses Day is a special day to honour and celebrate the contributions of nurses all over the world. The day is celebrated on Florence Nightingale’s birth anniversary on May 12 every year. The special day was chosen by the International Council of Nurses and has been observed officially since 1974. The […]
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Thu 12 May 2022: Google announced on Wednesday that it had reached agreements with 300 European news publishers to comply with a recently enacted European Union copyright regulation. In Germany, Hungary, France, Austria, the Netherlands, and Ireland, the internet giant struck partnerships with national, local, and specialist news organizations, and said it is in talks […]
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