Greek prime minister to seek outright majority after big election lead
Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s New Democracy party was 20 percentage points ahead of its main rival, the left-wing Syriza party.
Day: May 21, 2023
Zelenskyy promised Ukraine won’t use F-16s to go into Russia: Biden
US President Biden announced on Sunday new military aid worth $375 million for Ukraine, saying the US would provide ammunition and armoured vehicles. That pledge came after the US agreed to allow training on American-made F-16 fighter jets, laying the …
2 killed when plane headed for Hawaii crashes in Pacific Ocean off Northern California
Authorities say two people were killed when a small plane headed for Hawaii crashed in the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Northern California.
A Black woman and a white woman went viral fighting racism. Then they stopped speaking to each other
“This is what happens when white women insert themselves into what should be Black-led organizations,” Michelle Saahene, who is Black and 36, said recently.
Ukraine President Zelensky Denies Russian Claims That They Have Seized Bakhmut
Insider: Zelenskyy denies that Russia is in control of Bakhmut: ‘There cannot be 2 or 3 interpretations of this’ * Russian forces have been waging a monthslong battle in Bakhmut, a city in eastern Ukraine. * The fighting has reduced t…
Putin puppet mocked for claiming a radioactive cloud is heading across Europe
Nikolai Patrushev is believed to be one of Vladimir Putin’s closest aides. Formerly a KGB officer, he is now the secretary for Russia’s security council.
G7 incubator for anti-Russian, anti-Chinese ‘hysteria’: Russia
Russia’s foreign ministry on Sunday dismissed the G7 summit in Japan’s Hiroshima as a “politicised” event that it said had pumped out anti-Russian and anti-Chinese statements and accused the forum of undermining global stability.
Greece’s conservative party takes commanding lead in election
The New Democracy party of PM Mitsotakis is scoring a resounding but indecisive victory against left-wing Syriza.
After a pause, debt-limit talks to resume today as US default deadline nears
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet in person on Monday as the government races against a looming deadline to raise America’s debt limit before federal funds potentially run dry early next month.