Sat 14 May 2022: Despite testing positive for COVID-19, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she still planned to visit the United States later this month for a trade trip and to deliver the commencement speech at Harvard University. Ardern said she was disappointed to miss several significant political announcements during the coming week, […]
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Sat 14 May 2022: On Saturday, an official from Finland’s grid operator informed AFP that Russia had cut off Finland’s electrical supply overnight. Timo Kaukonen stated the supplies have been “zero since midnight.” As Helsinki prepares to announce its candidacy for NATO membership in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, RAO Nordic threatened to […]
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Sat 14 May 2022: The United Nations Security Council has unanimously condemned the killing of Palestinian American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank. The statement, a rare case of Security Council unity on an issue related to Israel, also called for “an immediate, thorough, transparent, and impartial investigation” into her death. […]
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Fri 13 May 2022: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said it was not possible for NATO-member Turkey to positively view plans by Sweden and Finland to join the military alliance, saying the two countries were “home to many terrorist organisations”. “We are following the developments regarding Sweden and Finland, but we don’t hold positive views,” Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul, adding it […]
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Fri 13 May 2022: According to a leaked list from China’s previously unreported database obtained by the news agency AFP, over 10,000 Uyghurs have been imprisoned in the Xinjiang region of China. According to academics, the disputed region, which is highly guarded by China’s Communist government, has a hidden network of detention centers and prisons […]
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Fri 13 May 2022: The Israel Defense Forces has revealed that a Palestinian-American journalist slain while covering an Israeli military operation in the West Bank may have been shot by a soldier. The Israeli military is increasingly accepting the possibility that one of its soldiers killed veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, with reports emerging […]
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Fri 13 May 2022: British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Friday that it was vital to keep up the pressure on Russia by supplying more weapons to Ukraine and imposing further sanctions. “It is very important at this time that we keep up the pressure on Vladimir Putin by supplying more weapons to Ukraine […]
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Fri 13 May 2022: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates, has died, according to the Emirati national news agency WAM. He was 73. “The Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced that there will be 40 days of official mourning with flags at half mast and three days closure of […]
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Fri 13 May 2022: Her death has led to an outpouring of emotion across the West Bank and Gaza. The reporter was honoured in several Palestinian cities from Jenin in the northern West Bank to Jerusalem, in a lengthy procession. Occupied East Jerusalem – The funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh, the Al Jazeera journalist who was killed by […]
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Fri 13 May 2022: President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on global agencies to assist in boosting the local manufacturing and production of COVID-19 vaccines by procuring vaccines and boosters from African manufacturers. The President was speaking in his capacity as the AU Champion for COVID-19 Response on Thursday at the second Global Summit on COVID-19. […]
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