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Tonga eruption was 'record atmospheric explosion'
BBC News 15 May 2022
The eruption of the Tonga volcano in January has been confirmed as the biggest explosion ever recorded in the atmosphere by modern instrumentation ... The assessment comes in a pair of scholarly papers in the journal Science that have reviewed all the data ... He is the lead author on one of the papers.
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Roger Stone elaborates on the 'satanic portal' he claims is visible above the White House
Raw Story 15 May 2022
... prophetic words possible.' Generally, the content produced by both the website and the livestream program consists of wild conspiracy theories, often about how God is supposedly working to save the United States through modern-day 'prophets' and former President Donald Trump.".
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Chinese navy’s biggest destroyer leads Yellow Sea combat drills seen to target smaller rivals
South China Morning Post 16 May 2022photo: Creative Commons / Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Secret British 'black propaganda' campaign targeted cold war enemies revealed in declassified papers
Sott 16 May 2022photo: AP / David Guttenfelder
N Korean leader sends in military to help tackle COVID outbreak
Al Jazeera 16 May 2022
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the military to stabilise the supply of medicines in Pyongyang days after announcing a lockdown following the outbreak of COVID-19, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) ... It did not report how many of those suspected cases had tested positive for COVID-19.
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Fierce fighting in Ukraine's east but Eurovision win lifts spirits
RTE 15 May 2022
Ukraine's forces are fighting off a fierce Russian onslaught in the east of the country today, after a Eurovision victory gave the country a much-needed boost of morale ... Russia, which invaded Ukraine on 24 February, has increasingly turned its attention to the country's east since the end of March, after failing to take the capital Kyiv.
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Saudi King Salman leaves hospital after week-long stay
Castanet 16 May 2022
King Salman of Saudi Arabia was discharged from the hospital and slowly walked with the aid of a cane Sunday evening after a colonoscopy a week earlier, according to a video released by the royal court.
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US aiming to break Russia’s hold on Central Asia
Asiatimes 15 May 2022
Russia’s allies in Central Asia appear to be slowly distancing themselves from the Kremlin, an emerging shift born of the war in Ukraine ... The assistance would include $20 million worth of Puma reconnaissance drones ... Tajikistan is a member of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), and is economically dependent on Moscow.
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US spy chiefs see China as vanguard of anti-West crusade
Asiatimes 15 May 2022
More and more the United States views Russia’s war on Ukraine as a pivotal episode in a global contest that pits Washington not only against Moscow but against a group of active adversaries – with China at the group’s core ... In particular, attention centered on China’s military plans vis-a-vis a possible takeover of Taiwan.
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Buffalo shooting: 'Bodies were everywhere'
BBC News 15 May 2022
The aisles of Tops Friendly Market in the city of Buffalo, New York state were packed with shoppers gathering supplies on Saturday afternoon. But at around 14.30 (19.30 BST) a man dressed in military gear entered the supermarket armed with a gun, and shot 13 people - ten of them fatally ... Of the 13 victims shot, police said eleven of them were black.
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Protests in Nigeria after arrests for ‘blasphemy’ killing of female student
The Observer 15 May 2022
Hundreds of people in Nigeria’s north-western city of Sokoto demonstrated on Saturday over the arrest of two students after the murder of a Christian student accused of blasphemy, residents said ... A large number of protesters gathered at the palace chanting “Allahu Akbar”, said Bube Ando, who lives nearby.
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Mali withdraws from G5 Sahel regional anti-jihadist force
France24 16 May 2022photo: Creative Commons / Glen Cooper
Costa Rica declares emergency in ongoing cyberattack
The Gleaner 15 May 2022
After a month of crippling ransomware attacks, Costa Rica has declared a state of emergency. In theory, the measure usually reserved to deal with natural disasters or the COVID-19 pandemic would free up the government to react more nimbly to the... .
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Ukraine crisis: Can Africa replace Russian gas supplies to Europe?
BBC News 16 May 2022
African countries are among those hoping to increase their exports of gas to the European Union, after the EU committed to reduce its reliance on Russian supplies following the invasion of Ukraine ... Russia has the largest natural gas reserves in the world and is the largest exporter, accounting for around 40% of Europe's imports.
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