President Joe Biden is set to hold a private meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on May 18 ahead of the G-7 leaders’ summit in Hiroshima, Japan, the White House has confirmed. Biden is currently in Hiroshima, Kishida’s home city, for the summit that will be attended by leaders from France, the UK, Germany, Japan, Italy, and Canada. “The President will…
Biden to Hold Private Meeting With Japan’s Kishida Ahead of G-7 Summit in Hiroshima
Russia Agrees to Extend Ukraine Grain Deal in a Boost for Global Food Security
May 17, 2023
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ANKARA, Turkey—Russia agreed to a two-month extension of a deal that has allowed Ukraine to ship grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday, a boost to global food security after the war drove up prices. Turkey and the U.N. brokered the breakthrough…
Kyiv Rejects Russian Claims That Hypersonic Missile Destroyed US Patriot Battery
May 17, 2023
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Ukrainian officials have denied Russian claims that a United States-supplied Patriot air-defense system was destroyed in Kyiv by a Kinzhal-type hypersonic missile. “Don’t worry about the fate of the Patriot [system],” Yuriy Ihnat, a Ukrainian Air Force spokesman, said in televised comments on May 17. “Destroying the system with some kind of ‘Kinzhal’ is impossible,”…
Iran, Russia Expand ‘Unprecedented Military Partnership’ with Fighter Jet Deal: Kirby
Iran and Russia are growing their military cooperation with increased arms sales that the White House says are directly resulting in the killing of Ukrainians. Tehran’s continued sale of suicide drones and other munitions to Moscow is meaningfully augmenting Russia’s ability to continue its attempted conquest of Ukraine, said National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic…
Russia Strikes Ukrainian Arms Depot, Prompting Speculation of Possible Fallout
May 15, 2023
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Moscow says its forces have destroyed a large munitions depot in Ukraine’s western city of Khmelnytskyi. “One AFU [Armed Forces of Ukraine] ammunition depot has been destroyed close to Khmelnytskyi,” the Russian Defense Ministry stated in its daily briefing for May 14. Khmelnytskyi, the target of Russian strikes in February, is located roughly 170 miles…
UK Pledges Long-Range Attack Drones and Air Defence Missiles to Ukraine
Britain will provide Ukraine with long-range attack drones and air defence missiles, Downing Street has announced. The announcement came during a surprise visit by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday, during which he held talks with Rishi Sunak at Chequers, the prime minister’s grace-and-favour residence in Buckinghamshire. This is the latest stop on Zelenskyy’s tour of…
War, Natural Disasters Left Record 71 Million People Internally Displaced in 2022, Report Says
The war in Ukraine helped push the global total of people left internally displaced by conflict or natural disasters to a record high of 71.1 million last year, according to a report released Thursday by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. By the end of 2022, 5.9 million people had been forced to…
Zelenskyy Arrives in UK for Surprise Meeting With Sunak
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in the UK on a surprise visit, during which he will hold talks with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. This is the latest stop on Zelenskyy’s tour of European capitals, on which he has been meeting Western leaders seeking to bolster support for Ukraine ahead of an expected counter-offensive. Germany…
Eurovision 2023: Sweden’s Loreen Wins for a Second Time
LIVERPOOL, England—Sweden’s Loreen won Eurovision 2023 with the song “Tattoo” in Liverpool, northern England, on Saturday, becoming the first woman to triumph twice in the contest. Finland’s Käärijä, a green-bolero-sleeved rapper, came second. He won the viewer vote with “Cha Cha Cha”, but it was not enough to overtake Loreen’s lead after the result from…
Merrick Garland Approves Transfer of Russian Assets to Ukraine
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Wednesday that he had given the go-ahead for the first transfer of confiscated Russian assets to Ukraine. The U.S. Department of Justice charged Konstantin Malofeyev, a Russian oligarch, with breaching sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine last year. The United States claimed that he had provided…
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