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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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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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Biden starts Japan tour as protesters take to streets
China.dot.org 22 May 2022
TOKYO, May 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Japan on Sunday, as about 750 protesters took to the streets here against the planned U.S.-Japan summit and the summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (the Quad) ... Japanese public opinion, however, seemingly does not favor the IPEF too much ... Enditem .
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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 ... .
photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko
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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Painful parallels and international law
Jamaica Observer 22 May 2022
It exists only because states find it advantageous in pursuing their national interests and it survives only to the extent that it continues to serve those interests. Non-compliance and repudiation remain options that are guided by those national interests.
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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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F1 star 'distraught' after giving up victory
NewstalkZB 22 May 2022
Max Verstappen has won the Spanish Grand Prix and taken the lead in the F1 world championship after Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was forced out of the race. Leclerc started on pole position and appeared to be cruising to victory before his engine suddenly lost power and he was forced to retire and return to the pits ... "Shock on the Ferrari pitwall ... .
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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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Australia election: Anthony Albanese signals climate policy change
BBC News 22 May 2022
Australia's new leader has vowed to take the country in a new direction, with a big shift in climate policy. Anthony Albanese, who won Saturday's election with the opposition centre-left Labor Party, said Australia could become a renewable energy superpower ... "We have an opportunity now to end the climate wars in Australia ... The basics ... .
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Pakistani Ex-PM Khan Calls for Anti-Government March in Islamabad
Voa News 22 May 2022
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan announced Sunday he would lead a massive anti-government "peaceful march" on the national capital, Islamabad, later this week to press his demand for fresh elections ... Khan’s staunch political rival, Shehbaz Sharif, replaced him as the head of a new ruling coalition ... .
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Why is climate 'doomism' going viral – and how do you fight it?
BBC News 23 May 2022
Climate "doomers" believe the world has already lost the battle against global warming. That's wrong - and while that view is spreading online, there are others who are fighting the viral tide ... "Ok, TikTok, I need your help.". Charles is 27 and lives in California ... "I am a climate doomer," he said ... Fertile ground ... .
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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 ... .
photo: AP / B.K. Bangash, File
Pakistan: former human rights minister arrested over land grabbing allegation
The Observer 22 May 2022
Pakistan’s former human rights minister was arrested on Saturday in the capital over a decades-old land grabbing allegation, her daughter and another former minister said ... She said ... Footage on local Geo TV showed female police officers detaining Mazari ... TopicsPakistanSouth and central Asianews ... .
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