The EU will consider setting up a naval mission to unblock Ukrainian agricultural exports from the Russian blockade, the Spanish newspaper El Pais has said. It is noted that the summit of EU leaders in Brussels on Monday will consider the problem of growing hunger in the countries that depend on the export of agricultural … Read more
Switzerland has become the tenth European country to confirm cases of monkeypox. The BBC writes that. Israel also confirmed a case of the disease on Sunday, bringing the total number of countries to 14. Both countries said they had identified one infected person who had recently traveled, but Israel said it was investigating other suspicious … Read more
Russian authorities compiled a list of 963 U.S. citizens banned from entering Russia. The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a special statement for this purpose on Saturday, May 21. Lavrov’s office explained that it took this step in response to U.S. sanctions “and in connection with incoming inquiries about the personal composition of our national stop-list.” … Read more
Finland and Sweden in the NATO headquarters in Brussels formally applied for membership in NATO. Finland Ambassador to NATO Klaus Korhonen and Sweden ambassador Axel Verngof handed over the applications to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, officially launching a procedure that will end a decade of Finnish neutrality and about 200 years of Swedish neutrality. “This … Read more
US President Joe Biden, speaking in support of American farmers in Kankakee, Illinois, said that due to Russia’s war with Ukraine and Russia’s blocking of Ukrainian ports, many in the world are facing hunger from the food crisis. “If this grain does not go to the market, a lot of people in Africa will die … Read more
