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“Is the US Preparing a Plan to destroy Russia’s Black Sea Fleet”? Taking It Up ...
GlobalResearch 23 May 2022
It would be really difficult to believe that the United States is not in a proxy war with Russia if reports that it plans to send anti-ship missiles to Ukraine are true ... Deliveries of powerful anti-ship weapons are being discussed.” ... would be sending those anti-ship missiles, Kirby was more ambiguous..
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Iran will ‘avenge’ killing of Revolutionary Guards colonel, says president
The Observer 23 May 2022
Iran will avenge the killing of a Revolutionary Guards colonel who was shot dead in Tehran, President Ebrahim Raisi has said. Col Hassan Sayad Khodayari was killed on Sunday outside his home by assailants on motorcycles. Iran blamed “elements linked to the global arrogance”, its term for the US and its allies including Israel ... Raisi said ... Photograph ... .
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Biden says US would defend Taiwan if attacked by China
Al Jazeera 23 May 2022
US President Joe Biden said Monday that he would use force to defend Taiwan if it was attacked by China, appearing to signal a shift away from Washington’s decades-long policy of so-called strategic ambiguity towards the East Asian democracy ... This is the third time that Biden, 79, has made such a statement ... .
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Ukraine claims 27,200 Russian troops killed since start of war
Anadolu Agency 23 May 2022photo: AP / Felix Marquez
Migrants in Mexico dismayed by continuation of U.S. border policy that restricts asylum
Duluth News Tribune 23 May 2022
MONTERREY, Mexico — For thousands of migrants who have waited for months in northern Mexico, Monday was supposed to mark the moment when the U.S. government finally dropped a pandemic-era policy that has largely prevented them from seeking asylum in the United States ... agents to quickly turn back over a million migrants to Mexico and other countries ... .
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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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Ukraine court jails Russian soldier for life in war crimes trial
Gulf News 23 May 2022photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
More than 100 million people forcibly displaced: UN
Arab News 23 May 2022
GENEVA. Russia’s war in Ukraine has pushed the number of forcibly displaced people around the world above 100 million for the first time ever, the United Nations said Monday ... The “alarming” figure must shake the world into ending the conflicts forcing record numbers to flee their own homes, the UNHCR said in a statement ... “The world is falling apart.”.
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Ukraine’s ex-president Petro Poroshenko: ‘The army is like my child’
The Irish Times 22 May 2022
I have not even sat down to my lunch with Petro Poroshenko and already I’m feeling outmanoeuvred ... ... While Ukraine has soldiers and volunteers, it doesn’t have enough weapons – though it has begun to produce its own cruise missiles and anti-ship Neptunes, Poroshenko says, which he notes proudly “did the miracle on the Russian cruiser Moskva” ... ... .
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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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Israel seeks direct flights with Qatar during World Cup 2022
The Siasat Daily 23 May 2022
Jerusalem ... The proposal is expected to be presented to the Qatari leadership in the coming days, it added, citing the Israeli officials ... .
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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 ... . .
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Greece prevents about 600 migrants from crossing Aegean
Al Jazeera 23 May 2022
Greece has said it has prevented about 600 migrants from crossing the Aegean into its territorial waters from neighbouring Turkey, according to the state broadcaster and other media. A spokesman for the Greek coastguard on Monday told the AFP news agency that five sail boats and four dinghies had set off from the Turkish coast early in the morning ... .
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IMF warns against global economic fragmentation from Ukraine war
Hindustan Times 23 May 2022photo: AP / Leo Correa
Ukraine war: Russian assault on key Donbas city intensifies
BBC News 23 May 2022
Russian forces in eastern Ukraine are intensifying attacks on a key city as they seek to seize the Donbas region. Severodonetsk, the largest city under Ukrainian control in Luhansk province, has come under intense artillery and missile fire from Moscow's forces ... Officials said Russia's invasion of Ukraine has contributed to the grim milestone ... .