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Ukraine declares 'combat mission' over in Mariupol amid evacuation
CNN 17 May 2022
(CNN)Ukrainian forces have completed their "combat mission" in the besieged city of Mariupol, according to a statement by the country's military ... Hundreds of people were evacuated on Monday from the steel plant, the last holdout in a city that had become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance under relentless Russian bombardment ... Read More ... JUST WATCHED ... .
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Pro-Israel lobbying group Aipac secretly pouring millions into defeating progressive Democrats
The Guardian 17 May 2022
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Turkey confirms opposition to NATO membership for Sweden, Finland
Al Jazeera 17 May 2022
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed Turkey’s opposition to NATO membership for Finland and Sweden, shooting down a proposal by the Nordic countries to send delegations to Ankara to address the matter ... “Neither of the countries have a clear stance against terror organisations,” Erdogan said. “How can we trust them?” ... .
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Echoing Trump’s isolationism, some Republicans oppose more aid for Ukraine
The Los Angeles Times 17 May 2022
WASHINGTON — . Signs of Republican resistance are mounting over a $40-billion aid package to Ukraine, in a re-emergence of the Trump-led isolationist wing of the GOP at a crucial moment in Russia’s ongoing assault on its neighbor ... All 11 no votes in the Senate came from GOP members ... Opinion ... Your guide to California’s 2022 primary election.
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Mexico disappearances reach record high of 100,000 amid impunity
BBC News 17 May 2022
The number of people reported as disappeared in Mexico is at a record high of 100,000, figures suggest. Government data, which goes back to 1964, shows that almost all the disappearances have occurred since 2007, when then-President Felipe Calderón launched his "war on drugs" ... More on this story. Related Topics. Top Stories. Features ... .
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US says it conducted a successful hypersonic weapon test
Al Jazeera 17 May 2022
The United States Air Force says it has conducted a successful test of a hypersonic weapon, which flew at five times the speed of sound. The test was conducted on Saturday off the coast of Southern California when a B-52 bomber released an Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), the Air Force said in a statement on Monday ... .
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Farm machinery exacting heavy toll on soil - study
Yahoo Daily News 17 May 2022
Combine harvesters on a wheat field. Scientists say massive tractors could be damaging up to a fifth of global land used to grow crops. The weight of modern combine harvesters, tractors and other farm machinery risks compacting the soil, leading to flooding and poor harvests, according to researchers in Sweden ... Carbon in soil vulnerable to warming.
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Drug Dealer In Mac Miller Overdose Case Sentenced 17.5 Years In Prison
LA Weekly 17 May 2022
U.S. District Judge Otis D ... “So, sir, if you want, at this point you can withdraw your guilty plea and go to trial. When you continue to engage in this activity even after your activities killed someone, I’m having a tough time not staying within the guidelines.” ... The cause of Miller’s death was categorized as an accidental overdose ... L.A ... .
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Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 83 of the invasion
The Guardian 17 May 2022
Fighters evacuated from steelworks in Mariupol; Ukrainian troops push back Russian forces from Kharkiv as far as Russian border The evacuation of wounded Ukrainian troops from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol is under way, Volodomyr Zelenskiy confirmed , with more than 260 fighters transported out of the plant ... ....
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French city allows burkinis in swimming pools in controversial change
France24 17 May 2022photo: AP / Steve Helber
'It was terrifying': Amber Heard testifies Johnny Depp hallucinated in collapse of sobriety
The Guardian 17 May 2022photo: WN / RTayco
Bitcoin edges past $30,000 as traders assess stablecoin fallout
Irish Independent 17 May 2022photo: Creative Commons / Imal Hashemi, Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund/AusAID https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
‘We Have to Fight Back.’ Afghan Women Are Losing Their Hard-Won Right to Work Under the Taliban
Time Magazine 17 May 2022
Published in partnership with The Fuller Project, a global nonprofit newsroom reporting on issues that affect women. Afghan teacher Masuma is used to having her clothing scrutinized ... But in recent weeks, the pressure has grown ... "Don’t say I didn’t warn you," she recalls him saying. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] ... Read More ... “We have to fight back.
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This is why Liverpool fans boo the national anthem and this is what would stop it
The Independent 17 May 2022
The contrast between Boris Johnson and Jurgen Klopp could not be starker. The Liverpool manager would make a great statesman ... .
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Dogecoin founder says 95% of cryptocurrencies are ”scam and garbage”
Cryptopolitan 17 May 2022
Billy Marcus, a Dogecoin co-founder, has called 95% of cryptocurrency projects “scams and garbage.” He made this claim in a recentwhere he urged people to change that. the reason why people think crypto is 95% scams and garbage and most crypto people are assholes is because crypto is 95% scams and garbage and most crypto people are assholes.