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"Armed with Cameras"
WorldNews.com 23 May 2022
Dear friends,. It’s terrible. Israel won’t investigate the murder of Palestinian reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, shot in the head by Israeli forces. As a journalist, she spent decades bravely reporting on life under occupation in her home country -- and now Israel is basically signaling that killing Palestinians is OK ... Sign now and share all around ... .
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Iran Revolutionary Guard colonel assassinated
Russia Today 23 May 2022
The Quds Force member was shot five times outside his home in Tehran. Sayyad Khodaei, a colonel in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ elite foreign operations squad, the Quds Force, has been shot dead by a pair of motorcycle-mounted assassins outside his home on Mojahedin-e Eslam Street in Tehran, Iranian state media reported on Sunday ... .
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Biden warns of potentially 'consequential' monkeypox spread
Manila Bulletin 23 May 2022
SEOUL, South Korea – Monkeypox has caught the attention of US President Joe Biden, who said Sunday that people should be on guard against the disease which has the potential for “consequential” impact, if it were to spread further. AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN ... .
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Davos president calls for Ukrainian 'Marshall Plan'
Deutsche Welle 23 May 2022
World Economic Forum president Borge Brende has called for a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild Ukraine as the annual meeting in Davis kicks off. Brende said reconstruction should go ahead with or without a peace settlement. ... The Marshall Plan was a US initiative that supported the rebuilding of several European economies following World War II ... .
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Third possible case of monkeypox found in the US
Indian Express 23 May 2022
ExplainSpeaking. Fisc in the time of monetary tightening. Delhi Confidential. Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar and his love for Japanese. Nikhat Zareen. ‘People told my father that boxing was a men’s sport. Remove harmonium from Golden Temple? Sikh music scholars strike differing... More Premium Stories >> ... 🗞 Subscribe Now ... Tags. United States ... Live Blog.
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Ukraine warns only talks can end war
The Manila Times 22 May 2022
KYIV. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) that only a diplomatic breakthrough rather than an outright military victory could end Russia's war on his country, as Moscow cut gas supplies to Finland ... Speaking on Ukrainian television on Saturday, Zelenskyy said ... Under what format, I don't know," he added ... ....
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La guerra de Ucrania estresa la seguridad alimentaria mundial
ABC ES 23 May 2022
El conflicto encarece los cereales y los fertilizantes y agrava problemas agrícolas derivados de la pandemia y el cambio climático. Actualizado.23/05/2022 02.20h. Guardar. Enviar noticia por correo electrónicoTu nombre *. Tu correo electrónico *. Su correo electrónico * ... Si ya estás suscrito, inicia sesión. Más informaciónTemas.
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US lied about Ukraine’s NATO prospects, ex-ambassador admits
Russia Today 22 May 2022
Lying is effectively a standard practice for diplomats in “real world,” Michael McFaul says ... The veteran diplomat made the revelation in a public policy forum, the semi-annual Munk Debates, earlier this month in Toronto ... Read more NATO expansion ‘not a threat’ – Biden ... “We kept saying that, over and over again.” ... .
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In the firing zone: evictions begin in West Bank villages after court ruling
The Observer 22 May 2022
Below the dusty plateau, home to Khribet al-Fakhiet village, on the southern edge of the occupied West Bank, sheep, goats and camels belonging to Palestinian Bedouin roam the hills. The Israeli town of Arad glitters in the distance and, across the valley to the east, the mountains of neighbouring Jordan rise up to meet the sky ... Map of area ... .
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PM Modi in Japan on two-day visit for Quad summit, bilateral meetings
The Siasat Daily 23 May 2022
Tokyo. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived in Japan on a two-day visit to attend a summit of the Quad leaders which is aimed at further bolstering cooperation among the member nations of the influential grouping and discussing developments in the strategic Indo-Pacific region. “Landed in Tokyo ... .
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Food and energy billionaires $453bn richer than two years ago, finds Oxfam
The Observer 23 May 2022
The fortunes of food and energy billionaires have grown by $453bn over the past two years owing to soaring energy and commodity prices during the pandemic and Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, a report by Oxfam has revealed ... That would take the number of people living on less than $1.90 a day to 860 million by the end of the year ... Photograph. Oxfam ... .
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Seven killed after fire engulfs Philippine ferry
Arab News 23 May 2022
MANILA. At least seven people were killed and scores plucked to safety in the Philippines Monday after a fire ripped through a ferry and forced passengers to jump overboard, coast guard and witnesses said ... Seven people died and 120 have been rescued so far, Philippine Coast Guard spokesman Commodore Armando Balilo said ... ....
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Female TV presenters defy Taliban order to cover faces on air
The Manila Times 22 May 2022
KABUL. Female presenters on Afghanistan's leading television channels went on air on Saturday without covering their faces, defying a Taliban order that they conceal their appearance to comply with the group's austere brand of Islam ... Previously, they had only been required to wear a headscarf ... ....
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Painful parallels and international law
Jamaica Observer 22 May 2022
Former US President George W Bush suffered an unfortunate slip of the tongue last week when he condemned "the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq" before correcting himself to say “I mean, Ukraine” ... No such weapons were ever found. The US subsequently admitted that its intelligence was wrong ... Bruce Golding. .
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Sri Lanka crisis worsens! 2-day old infant dies as father couldn’t find petrol
DNA India 23 May 2022
As the fuel crisis is worsening in Sri Lanka, tragedy struck a family after a two-day-old infant died as her father could not find petrol for his tuk-tuk to take her to the hospital in the island nation's Central Highlands region ... Also, READ. Bharat Bandh on May 25. Who’s demanding it and why ... . .