Thu 05 May 2022: The United States has provided intelligence that has helped Ukrainian forces kill many of the Russian generals who have died in the Ukraine war, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing senior US officials. Washington has provided to Ukraine details on Russia’s expected troop movements and the location and other details about […]
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Thu 05 May 2022: “It’s the old Latin slogan, Cui Bono, who benefits? Going all the way back to the wars you could name in the last century,” says Pentagon Papers whistleblower and renowned anti-war activist, Daniel Ellsberg. In 1971, Ellsberg, then a military analyst, leaked to the press a 7,000-page top secret Pentagon study, […]
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Thu 05 May 2022: Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro and Hollywood star Leonardo Dicaprio are sparring again. This time, it’s the Brazilian president who has come up with a jibe, in keeping with his mercurial style. Bolsonaro on Thursday asked the Hollywood heartthrob to ‘keep his mouth shut’. In recent days, A-listers in Brazil and abroad […]
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Thu 05 May 2022: A Russian-announced ceasefire was due to begin Thursday at the besieged steel plant in the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol, to allow civilians to flee even as its defenders vowed to fight to the end. The three-day halt in Russia’s attack on the Azovstal steelworks was announced as EU member states […]
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Thu 05 May 2022: The European Parliament’s plenary session on Wednesday approved the EU institutions’ position on requiring all portable electronic gadgets sold in member states to use the same type of charger. In a press statement, the European Parliament stated that it is “ready to start negotiations” with EU member states and the European […]
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Thu 05 May 2022: A British parliamentary committee scrutinizing draft online safety legislation has invited Elon Musk to discuss his plans to buy Twitter and the changes he is proposing for the social media platform. Parliament’s digital committee asked the Tesla CEO on Wednesday to give evidence about his proposals “in more depth”. Musk said […]
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Wed 04 May 2022: The Jewish ancestry of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy does not preclude Ukraine being ruled by neo-Nazis, according to Russia’s Foreign Ministry. In response to Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s statements, the ministry stated that Lapid’s belief that Zelenskyy could not be a Nazi because of his Jewish ancestry has been proven […]
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Wed 04 May 2022: The Kremlin denied Russia was storming the Azovstal steel plant after Ukraine claimed Russian forces had launched a powerful assault on the plant. “There is no storming,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, adding, “The order was publicly given by the supreme commander-in-chief to call off the assault.” The Russian army has […]
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Wed 04 May 2022: More than 267,000 asylum-seekers received protection in the European Union last year and Syrian, Afghan, and Venezuelan nationals were the main beneficiaries, the bloc’s statistical office announced on Wednesday. “In 2021, EU Member States granted protection status to 267,360 asylum-seeker, down by 5% compared with 2020,” the Eurostat said in a […]
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Wed 04 May 2022: In a report, Reporters Without Borders, also known by its French acronym RSF, stated that unregulated internet content has aided in the spread of disinformation and propaganda, which has widened political rifts and even heightened international tensions, leading to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In the 2022 edition of its annual World […]
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