Wed 27 April 2022: President Vladimir Putin has warned that if any other country intervenes in Moscow’s operations in Ukraine, Russia will launch a quick-fire military response. Speaking to lawmakers, Putin said that “if anyone sets out to intervene in the current events from the outside and creates unacceptable threats for us that are strategic […]
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Wed 27 April 2022: Moscow and Washington have exchanged Russian national Konstantin Yaroshenko, who is serving a 20-year sentence in the United States, for former US Marine Trevor Reed, who was sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia, following lengthy negotiations on Wednesday, the Russian foreign ministry said. “As a result of a lengthy […]
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Wed 27 April 2022: According to a new survey released on Tuesday (April 26), more than half of Americans had previously been infected with Covid. Three out of every four children displayed such signs, according to the survey. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued the report (CDC). Researchers looked at blood samples […]
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Wed 27 April 2022: Tesla CEO Elon Musk stands to be the next owner of Twitter, having pledged roughly $44bn to buy the social media platform. Musk, a self-described “free-speech absolutist”, has promised to develop new features including “authenticating all humans”, as he described it in a statement quoted in a press release announcing the acquisition on Monday. […]
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Wed 27 April 2022: Russia halted gas supplies to Poland under the Yamal contract on Wednesday, data from the European Union network of gas transmission operators showed, in a deepening of the rift between the West and Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Bulgaria, like Poland a NATO and EU member, said earlier that Russia […]
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Tue 26 April 2022: Russia, as one of the founding countries of the UN, has always supported this organization, it is unique, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with UN Secretary General António Guteres. “Russia, as one of the founding countries of the United Nations and a permanent member of the Security Council, […]
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Tue 26 April 2022: The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ/EFJ) criticized Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter on Tuesday, warning that the agreement threatens the social network’s users’ freedom of speech and jeopardizes the safety of journalists on the platform. “This space (Twitter) must be duly moderated, while respecting freedom of speech. It is […]
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Tue 26 April 2022: Even amid economic fallout of COVID-19, world military spending hit record levels, says Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Total global military spending rose 0.7% to $2.1 trillion in 2021, with the US, China, India, UK and Russia making up 65% of this, according to data released Tuesday by the Stockholm International […]
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Tue 26 April 2022: Amnesty International has called on French President Emmanuel Macron to make the protection of human rights a priority for his second term in office after he beat his far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Sunday. “President Macron’s first term has been far from exemplary on human rights and Amnesty International will continue, […]
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Tue 26 April 2022: According to a study published in the journal Nature Astronomy, space should be given specific legal protection to maintain and defend its environment from debris and light pollution. According to the study, there has been an increase in the volume of trash in low orbital space – the name given to […]
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