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Turkey threatens to block Finland, Sweden NATO bids
Addressing reporters on Monday, Erdogan said Turkey opposed the two Scandinavian countries' bids to join NATO, describing Sweden as a "hatchery" for terrorist organisations, reports the BBC. "Neither of these countries have a clear, open attitude towards terrorist organisation. How can we trust them?" he asked.
UK increases police powers to combat growing crime
The police recorded 6 million crimes in England and Wales in the year ending December 2021, according to a report published last month by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figure represented an 8 per cent increase compared with the year ending December 2020.
US Tibet envoy to meet Dalai Lama, Tibetans in exile
Also the high-profile meeting, the first since her becoming the Biden administration's point person on Tibet in December 2021, is seen in the administration in exile a crucial step to pressure China to respect the human rights of the people in Tibet, who are facing extinction of their unique religious, cultural and linguistic identity under China's arepressive' rule for over six decades.
EU revises growth forecast down, inflation estimate up
Real GDP growth in both the EU and the eurozone is now expected at 2.7 per cent in 2022 and 2.3 per cent in 2023, down from its February forecast of 4.0 per cent in 2022 and 2.8 per cent (2.7 percent in the eurozone) in 2023, Xinhua news agency quoted the Commission's Spring 2022 Economic Forecast which released on Monday.
Sweden to apply to join NATO, says PM
"It is clear that there is a broad majority in Sweden's parliament for Sweden to join NATO," Andersson said on Monday during a press conference. "We leave one era and go into another. We will inform NATO that we want to become a member of the alliance," she added. According to Andersson, Sweden's NATO Ambassador in Brussels will submit the country's NATO application within the next few days. The application will be submitted together with Finland, Xinhua news agency reported.
Iran demands US response to its proposals on stalled Vienna talks
"If the United States announces its political decision, we can take an important step in this regard," Khatibzadeh said on Monday during his weekly press conference, reaffirming Iran's demands that its legal rights should be respected and all pressures exerted by former US President Donald Trump removed.
Boris Johnson could lose his parliamentary seat in next election
Johnson is an MP from the west London constituency of Uxbridge and Ruislip. The survey of 10,000 respondents carried out by multilevel regression and post-stratification (MRP) in April also looked into the opposition Labour Party's prospects in the election. It found that it would emerge as the single largest party, but fall short of a majority by 18 seats.
US hopes India will drop restrictions on wheat exports: Diplomat
"India will be one of the countries participating in our meeting at the Security Council, and we hope that they can, as they hear the concerns being raised by other countries, that they would reconsider that position," the Cabinet official said on Monday previewing the US initiatives on food security in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Putin says Russia would respond to expansion of NATO military infrastructure into Finland, Sweden
"The expansion of military infrastructure into these territories would certainly trigger our response, which would depend on the kind of threats this would pose for us," the Kremlin cited the President as saying on Monday at a summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation in Moscow.
Russian commanders allegedly slaughtering their own wounded soldiers
A lieutenant-colonel was accused of personally shooting dead multiple troops as they lay injured, Daily Mail reported. It comes as investigations in the horror town of Bucha have revealed 650 civilians were shot rather than hit by shelling in what police say proves they were executed by Russian troops.
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