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U.S. President Joe Biden, right, disembarks from Air Force One on his arrival at Yokota Air Base, Sunday, May 22, 2022, in Fussa, on the outskirt of Tokyo, Japan.

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Biden starts Japan tour as protesters take to streets

China.dot.org 22 May 2022

TOKYO, May 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Japan on Sunday, as about 750 protesters took to the streets here against the planned U.S.-Japan summit and the summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (the Quad) ... Japanese public opinion, however, seemingly does not favor the IPEF too much ... Enditem .

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The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, during an address to the people: "The war continues, and each of us must take care of the defense every day," Kyiv, Ukraine, 21 May 2022.

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Ukraine warns only talks can end war

The Manila Times 22 May 2022

Helsinki had refused to pay its bill in rubles, which Moscow had demanded in a bid to side-step financial sanctions and force European energy clients to prop up his central bank ... some other EU countries more dependent on Russian gas plan to open ruble accounts with Gazprom's bank.

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FILE - Basira Joya, 20, presenter of the news program sits during recording at the Zan TV station (women's TV) in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 30, 2017.

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Female TV presenters defy Taliban order to cover faces on air

The Manila Times 22 May 2022

KABUL. Female presenters on Afghanistan's leading television channels went on air on Saturday without covering their faces, defying a Taliban order that they conceal their appearance to comply with the group's austere brand of Islam ... Previously, they had only been required to wear a headscarf ... ....

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Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia under President Barack Obama, testifies before the House Intelligence Committee as the Democrat-controlled panel pushed ahead with their oversight of the Trump administration at a hearing titled "Putin's Playbook," how the Russian government works to undermine its adversaries, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 28, 2019.

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US lied about Ukraine’s NATO prospects, ex-ambassador admits

Russia Today 22 May 2022

Lying is effectively a standard practice for diplomats in “real world,” Michael McFaul says ... The veteran diplomat made the revelation in a public policy forum, the semi-annual Munk Debates, earlier this month in Toronto ... Read more NATO expansion ‘not a threat’ – Biden ... “We kept saying that, over and over again.” ... .

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Russian Federation Security Council via videoconference, Novo-Ogaryovo, Moscow Region, 20 May 2022.

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Painful parallels and international law

Jamaica Observer 22 May 2022

Former US President George W Bush suffered an unfortunate slip of the tongue last week when he condemned "the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq" before correcting himself to say “I mean, Ukraine” ... No such weapons were ever found. The US subsequently admitted that its intelligence was wrong ... Bruce Golding . .

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File - Col. Vic Teel, director of operations for the California Military Department Joint Staff, reports on the devastation in Paradise, California. The Camp Fire burned through most of the town, destroying 7,600 structures since it began Novermber 8, 2018.

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The town at the center of California’s climate refugee crisis

The Guardian 22 May 2022

After Julia Cheek lost all of her belongings in the Camp fire, she longed for a safe place to lay her head at night ... .

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People wearing face masks walk by a barricaded bench with an epidemic prevention control notice along a walking street on Monday, May 16, 2022, in Beijing.

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Shanghai hospitals resume services

China Daily 22 May 2022

The number of outpatient and emergency services at tertiary and secondary medical institutions in Shanghai in May has bounced back to 40 percent of the same time period last year as the COVID-19 epidemic wave continues to wane in the city, a health official said on Sunday ...

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