May, 2022

• 17 May

  Yellen meets war refugees in Poland, pushes food crisis plan

  

  U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday met with Ukrainian refugees and urged the need to confront Russian brutality as she visited Poland ahead of a meeting of finance ministers for the Group of Seven leading economies. Yellen applauded Poland for helping refugees fleeing the fighting and working with neighboring …

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• 17 May

  EU’s Russia sanctions effort slows over oil dependency

  

  The European Union’s efforts to impose a new round of sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine appeared to bog down on Monday, as a small group of countries continued to oppose a ban on Russian oil imports. Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, the 27-nation bloc has …

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• 17 May

  Turkey objects as Sweden, Finland seek NATO membership

  

  Turkey´s president on Monday complicated Sweden and Finland´s historic bid to join NATO, saying he cannot allow them to become members of the alliance because of their perceived inaction against exiled Kurdish militants. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan doubled down on comments last week indicating that the two Nordic countries´ path …

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• 17 May

  Ukraine says mission at Mariupol steel mill is complete

  

  The regiment that doggedly defended a steel mill as Ukraine’s last stronghold in the port city of Mariupol completed its mission Monday after more than 260 fighters, including some badly wounded, were evacuated and taken to areas under Russia’s control, Ukrainian officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the evacuation …

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• 17 May

  Russian Official Zhuravlev On Finland And Sweden Joining NATO: ‘These Countries Are Joining The Bloc That Strives To Destroy Russia. Consequently, We Want To Destroy Them In Return.’

  

  When Finnish President Sauli Niinistö called Russian President Vladimir Putin to inform him that Finland was applying to join NATO, Putin’s response was low-key. Putin “stressed that rejecting the traditional policy of military neutrality would be wrong since there are no threats to Finland’s security. Such a change in the …

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• 17 May

  Turkey objects as Sweden, Finland seek NATO membership

  

  Turkey´s president on Monday complicated Sweden and Finland´s historic bid to join NATO, saying he cannot allow them to become members of the alliance because of their perceived inaction against exiled Kurdish militants. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan doubled down on comments last week indicating that the two Nordic countries´ path …

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• 17 May

  Two-star general becomes first woman to lead Horn of Africa command

  

  An Army two-star general is the first woman to take command of forces at the only permanent American military base in Africa, a milestone in the military’s 20-year mission in Djibouti. Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, a 1992 graduate of West Point, took over Saturday as head of Combined Joint Task …

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• 17 May

  Reversing Trump, Biden acts to deploy US troops to Somalia

  

  U.S. special operations troops will return to Somalia, reversing a decision by former President Donald Trump during the last days of his administration to pull 700 service members from the country, chief Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday. “This decision was based on a request from Secretary [Lloyd] Austin and …

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• 17 May

  Finland and Sweden Officially Confirm Historic NATO Bid, Turkey Opposes

  

  Sweden and Finland have proclaimed their intent to join NATO in the backdrop of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war in Europe. The move, which is a drastic deviation from decades of military non-alignment between both countries, deals another blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin as his country struggles with the repercussions …

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• 17 May

  Äntligen blir Sverige ett normalt land

  Sverige tar nu det slutgiltiga klivet in i den västliga gemenskapen. Aldrig mer ska vi vackla mellan öst och väst. Luften pyser ur den uppblåsta svenska självbilden. Vintern 1995 tog Expressens ledarsida för första gången ställning för ett svenskt Natomedlemskap: ”JA TILL NATO”. Den dåvarande politiska redaktören Niklas Ekdal har …

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