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Erdogan’s NATO expansion roadblock will only harm Turkey
Asiatimes 21 May 2022
Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has sufficiently alarmed Finland and Sweden for them to reverse decades-long policies and apply for immediate membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. But what appeared to be a no-brainer for the alliance has quickly hit a roadblock in the form of Turkey’s mercurial president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... ....
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Russia declares victory in capture of Mariupol
RTE 21 May 2022
Russia has declared victory in its months-long operation to capture the strategic port of Mariupol after Ukraine ordered the last of its troops holed up in the city's Azovstal steelworks to lay down their arms ... The verdict is due Monday ... Smoke rises at a warehouse after shelling in Severodonetsk ... "Attempts to attack Donbas continue ... 'End of operation'.
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US and South Korea to consider expanded military drills amid North Korea concern
Irish Independent 21 May 2022
US President Joe Biden and South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol have said they will consider expanded military exercises to deter the nuclear threat from North Korea at a time when there is little hope of real diplomacy on the matter ... .
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Putin May Be Winning the Information War Outside of the U.S. and Europe
Time 20 May 2022
Is Vladimir Putin losing the information war with Ukraine?. Well, it depends on who you ask. It’s never easy to measure such things, but here are a few numbers. While 141 countries in the UN voted to condemn Russia’s aggression, the number of African, Middle Eastern and South American countries who have imposed sanctions on Russia is 0 ... ... .
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China Holding Security Talks With Kiribati, One More Pacific Island Country, Reports Say
Sputnik 21 May 2022photo: AP / Andy Wong
China’s fusion nuclear reactor will not crash power grid in world first: scientists
South China Morning Post 21 May 2022photo: Creative Commons / Johan Larsson
Apple’s AR/VR headset gets one step closer to a reality
Digital Trends 21 May 2022
Apple’s rumored first step into AR and VR has been hush-hush, but a new report indicates that the mixed-reality headset may be getting closer to its grand unveiling. As reported by Bloomberg, Apple’s board got a sneak peek at the company’s upcoming mixed-reality headset at a quarterly meeting ... 🥽 ... ....
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CanSino Biologics CEO Yu Xuefeng says mRNA vaccines are key to China’s coronavirus fight
South China Morning Post 21 May 2022photo: Creative Commons
Unique heart transplant was performed successfully at Hadassah Hospital, first time in Israel
The Jerusalem Post 21 May 2022
An extremely complex heart transplant was performed at Hadassah Hospital on Friday when a 76-year-old patient needed one and all the common procedures that the hospital usually provides did not suit the treatment that was required. The patient arrived at Hadassah a few weeks ago with a severe heart defect and suffered from a severe vascular disease.
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Moldova should be 'equipped to Nato standard', says Truss
BBC News 21 May 2022
Moldova should be "equipped to Nato standard" to help it guard against the threat of a Russian invasion, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said. Ms Truss told the Telegraph that talks were under way with allies about how to help smaller nations defend themselves ... Moldova, once a Soviet republic, sits on Ukraine's south-western border ... .
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Tiger Woods makes cut at PGA Championship as Will Zalatoris leads
South China Morning Post 21 May 2022
Bubba Watson matches course record while Rory McIlroy shares fifth, but biggest crowds follow Woods as he continues comeback after his car crash last year ... .
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Nigeria's facial scars: The last generation
BBC News 21 May 2022
Facial scarification was once popular across Nigeria. Deep cuts, usually on both cheeks or the forehead, were carved on children by families and communities, mostly as a mark of identity. The marks also held stories of pain, reincarnations and beauty ... Mr Akeem is royal-born, so he has long stripes on his face ... Some scars are for beauty ... Around the BBC ... .
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Is liberal democracy in decline?
Ekathimerini 21 May 2022
At present liberal democracy is not only in retreat, it is actually under siege. Think tanks like Freedom House have confirmed that we are now in the 16th year of consecutive decline in global freedom, assuming of course that democracy is the political system that provides the highest degree of freedom ... .
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India’s wheat farmers count cost of 40C heat that evokes ‘deserts of Rajasthan’
The Guardian 21 May 2022
It was his buffaloes that he was first worried about ... ....
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Taliban Want to Erase Women From Media, Afghan Journalists Say
Voa News 21 May 2022
A Taliban mandate that women cover their faces while on television is seen as an attempt to erase female journalists, say media and women's rights activists. Afghan media outlets on Thursday said the Taliban Ministry of Vice and Virtue informed them that female presenters must cover their faces while on air ... .