Fri 19 May 2023: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy highlighted on Friday the plight of Tatar Muslims of Crimea, which remains under Russian occupation, at the Arab League Summit in Jeddah. The president said that he arrived in Saudi Arabia with Mustafa Dzhemilev, leader of the Crimean Tatar people. Underlining that Crimean Tatar Muslims “were the […]
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Fri 19 May 2023: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made a surprise trip to Saudi Arabia, where the Arab League is hosting an annual summit. Writing on Twitter on Friday, he said that he was “Beginning my first-ever visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to enhance bilateral relations and Ukraine’s ties with the Arab […]
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Fri 19 May 2023: On Wednesday, a parliamentary committee warned the British government that if the restoration of the Palace of Westminster is delayed, a terrible calamity might force the 147-year-old complex to collapse and be destroyed. The British Parliament is housed in the Palace of Westminster, an architectural masterpiece and UNESCO World Heritage Site. […]
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Sadae Kasaoka shows pictures that students drew of her recollection of what happened in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 [Laura Goehler/Al Jazeera] Fri 19 May 2023: As the G7 summit takes place in Japan, survivors of the 1945 atomic bomb caution leaders about the human cost of nuclear weapons. Hiroshima, Japan – “It looked like […]
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Fri 19 May 2023: Kabir has been associated with Taliban leadership since 2006, when Mullah Omar appointed him as a military commander. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have appointed Maulvi Abdul Kabir, who played a key role in the 2020 Doha Agreement with the United States, as the country’s new caretaker prime minister, a senior official of […]
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Thu 18 May 2023: US Newsweek published an opinion piece that criticized Western newspapers for their frequent use of the derogatory term ‘dictator’ in reference to President Erdogan. The article, titled “Don’t call Erdogan a dictator, dictators won’t go to the 2nd round,” highlights the continuous use of such labels by Western media. It points […]
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Thu 18 May 2023: U.S. President Joe Biden will not apologize for the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima by the United States in 1945 when he attends the G7 summit in the Japanese city, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan made clear on Thursday. “The president won’t be making a statement at the Peace Memorial Park. He’ll […]
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A welcoming ceremony of the participants of the Central Asia – China Summit held in the Tang Dynasty Garden in Xi’an. Thu 18 May 2023: The leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are in Xian for a two-day meeting. China’s President Xi Jinping is in the central city of Xian where he […]
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Thu 18 May 2023: Multiple people are dead and thousands forced to evacuate their homes, after heavy rains and devastating flooding struck parts of northern Italy. Authorities in Emilia-Romagna said more rain is expected throughout the region, as rescue operations continue. Fourteen rivers burst their banks in the region, flooding 23 towns, forcing people in […]
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Thu 18 May 2023: Myanmar’s military imported at least $1 billion in arms and raw materials since it ousted a democratically elected government in February 2021, according to a UN report Wednesday. Russia, China, Singapore, Thailand and India were major suppliers aiding the military, according to the report, “The Billion Dollar Death Trade: International Arms […]
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