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Syria says Israeli missiles target sites near Damascus
Arab News 29 May 2023
DAMASCUS. Syrian army air defenses on Sunday confronted an Israeli missile strike on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, and there were no casualties, state media said ... Reuters could not immediately confirm the report ... ....
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Why Erdogan's victory in Turkey matters for the West
BBC News 29 May 2023photo: AP / Gavriil Grigorov
Putin orders stronger border security
China Daily 29 May 2023
MOSCOW/KYIV — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday ordered stronger border security to ensure a fast Russian military as Ukraine reported the "largest drone attack" in Kyiv since the conflict began ... Kremlin did not respond to the attacks ... Ukraine's Ministry of Defence did not immediately respond to a request for comment ... Agencies Via Xinhua. .
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Migrants with children stuck at Poland's border wall; activists say Belarus won't let them turn back
NewstalkZB 29 May 2023
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A group of some 30 migrants seeking asylum, including small children, has been stuck at Poland's border wall with Belarus for three days, Polish human rights activists said Sunday ... "In Belarus, they are not safe," activist Marta Staniszewska said ... such applications should be accepted," Maciej Grzeskowiak said ... ——— ... .
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Lukashenko explains how to obtain nuclear weapons
Russia Today 29 May 2023
The Belarusian leader has called on other post-Soviet nations to join Moscow and Minsk in the Union State ... Those contemplating such a possibility might potentially need to join the Union State of Russia and Belarus, he added ... “We need to understand that we have a unique strategic chance to unite,” the president maintained ... .
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Haiti's deadly vigilante movement sees decline in gang violence, report says
Reuters 29 May 2023
PORT-AU-PRINCE, May 28 (Reuters) - Violence by armed gangs has fallen "drastically" since the emergence of a vigilante justice movement that has seen at least 160 suspected criminals killed in the last month, a report by local human rights research group CARDH said on Sunday ... Our Standards. The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Read Next.
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Belarus official: West left us no choice but to deploy nuclear arms
Reuters 29 May 2023
May 28 (Reuters) - Western countries left Belarus no choice but to deploy Russian tactical nuclear weapons and had better take heed not to "cross red lines" on key strategic issues, a senior Belarusian official was quoted as saying on Sunday ... "Today, everything has been torn down ... Our Standards. The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles ... ....
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China prepares to send first civilian into space
Hong Kong Standard 29 May 2023
China will send its first civilian astronaut into space as part of a crewed mission to the Tiangong space station on Tuesday as it pursues its ambitious plans for a manned lunar landing by 2030 ... Until now, all Chinese astronauts sent into space have been part of the People's Liberation Army ... The Standard Channel. IOS Android. IOS Android ... (AFP). .
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How Erdogan held on to power
Asiatimes 29 May 2023
Recep Tayyip Erdogan will remain president of Turkey for another five years after winning Sunday’s run-off election over his longtime rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu. If he serves the full five-year term, he will have held power for 26 years – almost the entire history of Turkey in the 21st century ... And voters were free to vote ... And it worked ... Like this..
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One dead as Kyiv pounded by heaviest drone barrage since invasion began
La Prensa Latina 28 May 2023
Kyiv, May 28 (EFE).- A person was killed and another was wounded after Russia carried out the largest barrage of drones in Kyiv overnight, Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday. Ukrainian defense systems shot down a total of 40 Iranian-made Kamikaze drones during the assault, head of city military administration Serhii Popko wrote on Telegram ... ....
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‘Day of mourning’: 200,000 Palestinian families lose UN food aid
Al Jazeera 28 May 2023
Gaza – The message Aisha Abu Obeid received on her mobile in early May hit her like a thunderbolt. Her monthly food voucher from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), it said, would be stopped next month. “I felt like my soul was leaving me,” said the mother of seven whose husband is unemployed ... They will go hungry without food assistance.” ... .
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Afghanistan wants good relations with all its neighbours: Taliban
Beijing News 29 May 2023
Kabul , May 29 (ANI). Taliban acting Prime Minister Mawlawi Abdul Kabir in a meeting with the charge d'affaires of the Pakistani embassy in Kabul, Obaid Rahman Nizamani, said that Afghanistan wants "good relations based on good intentions" with all its neighbours, Afghanistan based TOLO News reported ... (ANI) ....
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Japan puts missile defence on alert as N. Korea warns of satellite launch
Khaleejtimes 29 May 2023
Japan on Monday put its ballistic missile defences on alert and warned that it would shoot down any projectile that threatened its territory after North Korea notified it of a satellite launch between May 31 and June 11 ... Kim in May inspected a military satellite facility, the North's KCNA stae news agency reported ... .
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Crypto Crackdown In Bali: Gov’t Targets Foreign Tourists’ Use Of Digital Currency
Bitcoinist 29 May 2023
Crypto enthusiasts visiting the picturesque island of Bali in Indonesia may need to reconsider their preferred payment method ... According to news agency Antara, Governor Wayan Koster conveyed a stern message, asserting that individuals who insist on utilizing digital currency as a form of payment would face strict consequences.� ... No Crypto.
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Tory MP Pleads With Party To 'Just Leave Boris Johnson Alone'
Huffington Post 28 May 2023
A Tory MP has pleaded with her colleagues to just “leave” Boris Johnson “alone”, after the former prime minister was referred to police over further potential lockdown breaches. Speaking to Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme,Andrea Jenkyns said there was an “orchestrated campaign” against Johnson from within the Conservative Party ... Related... .