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Climate Change Indicators Hit Record Highs In 2021: UN Chief
NDTV 18 May 2022
Four key climate change indicators all set new record highs in 2021, the United Nations said Wednesday, warning that the global energy system was driving humanity towards catastrophe ... .
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Trump shares QAnon conspiracy about himself
The Independent 17 May 2022
Donald Trump delighted QAnon supporters after he shared a meme featuring himself and the “Q” symbol on Truth Social, his social media platform. .
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Russian soldier pleads guilty at Ukraine war crimes trial
Info News 18 May 2022
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A 21-year-old Russian soldier facing the first war crimes trial since Moscow invaded Ukraine pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing an unarmed civilian. Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin could get life in prison for shooting a a 62-year-old Ukrainian man in the head through an open car window in the northeastern Sumy region on Feb ... He falls ... .
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NATO chief hails ‘historic moment’ as Finland, Sweden apply
Albuquerque Journal 18 May 2022
BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the military alliance stands ready to seize a historic moment and move quickly on allowing Finland and Sweden to join its ranks, after the two countries submitted their membership requests ... “I warmly welcome the requests by Finland and Sweden to join NATO ... 24 ... ___ ... ___ ... .
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‘A red light blinking’: Watchdog thrashes Trump, Biden administrations for Afghanistan failures
Politico 18 May 2022
John Sopko has been the bearer of bad news in Afghanistan for nearly 10 years. So when President Ashraf Ghani’s government collapsed in August 2021, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction was not surprised, he told POLITICO in an interview. Sopko’s team, charged by Congress with providing independent oversight of the U.S ... ... ... help.
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Ukraine says evacuation from Azovstal only way to save troops
Sina 18 May 2022
AFP. A view shows the Azovstal steel plant in the city of Mariupol on May 10, 2022 ... "Unfortunately, military unblocking is impossible in this situation. There can be no other formula of salvation than the one currently in use ... .
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Ex-cop pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd’s death
Moosejaw Today 18 May 2022
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd. As part of the plea deal, Thomas Lane will have a count of aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder dismissed. Lane, along with J ... ___ ... .
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What Food Shortage? Humanity Is Sacrificing Itself On The Altar Of Corporate Profits And War
WorldNews.com 17 May 2022
Today, as the world produces more food than ever before, more than one in ten people on Earth are hungry. But the hunger of almost 1 billion people is taking place at the same time corporate food producers sell the food, manipulating production and prices which reap enormous profits ... In “Stuffed and Starved,” Raj Patel writes ... .
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The return of a Marcos to power in the Philippines is a warning to the world
The Guardian 18 May 2022photo: AP / Ng Han Guan
China Eastern crash probe eyes intentional action – sources
Metro USA 17 May 2022
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Investigators probing the crash of a China Eastern Airlines jet are examining whether it was due to intentional action taken on the flight deck, with no evidence so far of a technical malfunction, two people briefed on the matter said ... officials’ preliminary assessment. Boeing Co, the maker of the jet, and the U.S ... .
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Hopes fade for missing Burkina Faso miners as rescuers find no survivors in rescue chamber
CNN 18 May 2022
OugadougouRescue workers have found no survivors in a rescue chamber deep inside a flooded zinc mine in Burkina Faso, the government and the mine owner said on Tuesday, all but extinguishing hope that eight missing miners could still be alive after a month ... Read More ... 11 of 22 Chinese miners trapped in gold mine rescued, ten others dead ... .
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Facebook: A necessary evil in an open internet
New Business Ethiopia 18 May 2022
BY KIRUBEL TADESSE – What if Facebook suspends Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s account? The PM has over 4 million people following him on the platform. More importantly, the page serves as a de facto office for state media organizations which broadcast every message the PM posts there ... Facebook is too big to govern ... This could soon change ... ....
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US supreme court abortion reversal would be global ‘catastrophe’ for women
The Guardian 18 May 2022
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Why does Turkey oppose Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership?
Al Jazeera 17 May 2022
Sweden and Finland’s historic bids to become NATO members have hit a roadblock after top Turkish officials took a tough stance against a Nordic expansion of the transatlantic alliance ... All 30 NATO members must unanimously give the green light for the two historically neutral countries to join the alliance ... “How can we trust them?” ... What is next? ... .
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Greek prime minister tells Congress democracy is tested by Russia
Stars and Stripes 17 May 2022
. WASHINGTON — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the U.S. Congress on Tuesday their shared belief in "freedom over tyranny, in democracy over authoritarianism" is being tested over Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine ... "We took sides. Unequivocally ... "He will not succeed," Mitsotakis said of Putin ... ___ ... .