Tue 03 May 2022: In an interview released on Tuesday, Pope Francis stated that he requested a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to try to end the conflict in Ukraine, but that he has yet to receive a response. The pope also told the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera that Russian Orthodox […]
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Tue 03 May 2022: Danish health officials say that 1.1 million excess COVID-19 vaccines will be discarded in the coming weeks because their expiration date is near, and efforts to donate them to developing countries have failed. Statens Serum Institut (SSI), a government agency that maps the spread of infectious diseases including COVID-19 in Denmark, […]
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Mon 02 May 2022: Two senior ministers in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government have said Germany is ready to back an immediate EU ban on Russian oil imports, and that Europe’s biggest economy could weather shortages and price hikes. The comments by Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Economy Minister Robert Habeck are the latest sign Sholz has shifted […]
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Mon 02 May 2022: According to reports, untreated sewage poured into England’s coastal bathing areas at a record level. Data showed the sewage amounted to over 160,000 hours as water companies released sewage 25,000 times into bathing waters off the English coast. A study claimed Morecambe south beach was the worst hit. A utility company […]
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Mon 02 May 2022: The U.N. human rights office (OHCHR) said on Monday that the death toll of civilians killed in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on Feb. 24 had exceeded 3,000 people. The toll of 3,153 killed so far represents an increase of 254 from Friday. OHCHR said that the real toll was likely to be considerably […]
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Mon 02 May 2022: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday said that he will “most probably” have a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin this week. Turkey‘s capital Ankara or Istanbul “would be the solution point for steps to be taken” to ease tensions in eastern Ukraine, Erdoğan told reporters after offering Eid prayers in Istanbul. After two months of […]
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Mon 02 May 2022: Google, an Alphabet unit, asked Europe’s second-highest court on Monday to overturn a fine of 1.49 billion euros ($1.6 billion) issued by EU antitrust regulators three years ago for obstructing competitors in online search advertising. The case is one of three involving the world’s most popular internet search engine that has […]
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President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden commemorate Eid al-Fitr with recorded remarks from the White House on Sunday, May 16, 2021. Video screengrab Mon 02 May 2022: US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden congratulated Muslims worldwide on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month […]
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Mon 02 May 2022: The upcoming Victory Day celebrations in Moscow, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, would have no impact on the speed of Moscow’s operations in Ukraine. In an interview with the Italian news outlet Mediaset on Sunday, Lavrov insisted that Moscow would not rush to finish its so-called “special military operation” […]
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Sun 01 May 2022: According to AFP, the European Union is planning to phase out Russian oil imports as a result of the country’s invasion of Ukraine. “We must be very attentive to market reactions,” one source told AFP on condition of anonymity. “There are solutions, and we will get there in the end,” the […]
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