Wed 18 May 2022: President Joe Biden condemned the “poison” of white supremacy in the “body politic” in the United States after a gunman killed 10 people at a market in a majority Black neighbourhood of Buffalo, New York, on Saturday. “Hate and fear are being given too much oxygen by those who pretend to love America […]
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Wed 18 May 2022: On Wednesday, the first war crimes trial of a Russian soldier since the invasion begins will begin in Kyiv. Since the invasion began, Russian forces have been accused of committing several war crimes, and the case of Vadim Shishimarin, 21, will be the first attempt to pursue the alleged violations. Shishimarin, […]
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Wed 18 May 2022: As the Ukraine-Russia conflict enters its fourth month, the number of companies that have suspended or stopped doing business in Russia has increased. Because of the war it began in Ukraine, Russia has become the world’s most sanctioned country, with the scope of the sanctions growing all the time. In industries […]
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Wed 18 May 2022: Parliament says it is in the process of “establishing appropriate systems” which will help it to “process and oversee” the implementation of the State Capture Report. The full report is due to be handed over to the legislative body following the submission of the last tranche of the report to President […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: According to government figures, UK unemployment hit a new low, even as wages continued to decline due to rising inflation. Even while job vacancies hit 1.3 million in April, the employment rate in the UK remained below pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest government figures. Even as businesses struggle to fill […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: Two top United States military officials are set to testify in the first public congressional hearing on “unidentified flying objects” (UFOs) in more than 50 years. The hearing on Tuesday comes 11 months after a US government report detailed 144 UFO – or as they are officially called “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAP) – […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: On Tuesday, the Kremlin said that Russia will win the “hybrid war” with Ukraine and the West and achieve all of its objectives. “We are sure that everything will be fine, that we will win, that we will achieve all the goals,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at the New Horizons educational […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: Beirut, Lebanon – Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies have lost their majority in Lebanon’s parliament after the country’s general election results were announced. The Shia party’s allies suffered losses across the country, according to results released by the Interior Ministry on Tuesday. The pro-Hezbollah bloc secured around 61 seats, fewer than the 65 seats […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Finland and Sweden joining NATO would probably make “not much difference” as the two countries had long participated in the alliance’s military drills. “Finland and Sweden, as well as other neutral countries, have been participating in NATO military exercises for many years,” […]
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Tue 17 May 2022: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Türkiye will not greenlight NATO membership for Sweden and Finland, adding that the countries failed to take a clear stance against terrorism. “We will not say ‘yes’ to those (countries) who apply sanctions to Türkiye to join security organisation NATO,” Erdogan told a joint news conference […]
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