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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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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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The town at the center of California’s climate refugee crisis
The Guardian 22 May 2022photo: AP / Evan Vucci
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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Fugitive North Macedonian Ex-Premier Gets 9-year Sentence
Voa News 22 May 2022
North Macedonia's fugitive former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has been handed a nine-year prison sentence for illegally ordering the 2011 demolition of a multimillion-dollar residential and business complex owned by a former political ally turned opponent ... Three other former officials at the time of the demolition were also sentenced late Friday.
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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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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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WHO ‘working on more monkeypox guidance as cases rise’
Gulf Daily News 21 May 2022
The WHO’s working theory based on the cases identified so far is that the outbreak is being driven by sexual contact, said David Heymann, chair of the WHO’s Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Infectious Hazards with Pandemic and Epidemic Potential. He led a meeting on the outbreak on Friday ... .
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Apocalypse now? The alarming effects of the global food crisis
The Guardian 21 May 2022
Apocalypse is an alarming idea, commonly taken to denote catastrophic destruction foreshadowing the end of the world ... ....
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Violence disrupts Panathinaikos’s Greek Cup final win over PAOK
The Observer 22 May 2022
Panathinaikos beat PAOK 1-0 to clinch the Greek Cup on Saturday in a match marred by crowd trouble as rival fans threw flares and clashed with police inside the Olympic stadium ... PAOK fans also clashed with police outside the stadium during half-time, a police official said ... .
