The Russian president used a military parade in Moscow on Monday as an attempt to cast his invasion of Ukraine as a necessary response to western policies.
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The Ukrainian forces who made a determined last stand in a Mariupol steel mill against Russian troops were a mixture of seasoned soldiers, border guards, a controversial national guard regiment and volunteers who took up arms in the weeks before Russia’s invasion
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A court in India has dismissed a request to open locked rooms in the Taj Mahal in a search for Hindu idols in the 17th century wonder. On 12 May, Allahabad High Court threw out the petition of a politician from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying the reopening of 22 rooms – locked decades ago for security reasons – must be decided by historians.“It is not for the court to direct what subject needs to be researched or studied,” it ruled as BJP lawmaker Diyva Kumari added the Taj Mahal
Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Costa was welcomed in Kyiv by President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday, May 21, after surveying ruins in the suburb of Irpin alongside Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal earlier in the day.Costa said he reaffirmed his country’s support for Ukraine against the Russian invasion, and that Portugal would continue to provide humanitarian, financial and military assistance.“We are all moved by the European choice made by Ukraine and its people and we welcome it with open arms. It is fundamental to accelerate Ukraine’s political and economic convergence with the EU,” Costa said in a statement following the meeting. “We also had the opportunity to discuss the immediate needs of Ukraine already looking into the reconstruction effort. The scale of the challenge ahead of us shows that we need to create a very significant European financial instrument and bring other international donors on board,” he wrote.Zelensky thanked Costa for Portugal’s support for Ukraine’s accession into the European Union, its readiness to provide financial assistance, and for welcoming Ukrainians forcibly displaced by the war, according to a statement from the president’s office.On Twitter, Costa posted photos showing his tour of Irpin, describing it as a visit he would “never forget.”“The levels of destruction and violence are completely devastating,” Costa tweetedCosta and Shmyhal also signed a memorandum confirming that Portugal would provide €250 million in financial support to Ukraine. Credit: Republica Portuguesa via Storyful
Nicola Sturgeon has tested positive for coronavirus. Scotland's first minister said she had been experiencing mild symptoms on Friday evening and will continue to work from home for the next few days. "Unfortunately I've tested positive for COVID this evening after experiencing mild symptoms," she tweeted.
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Russia said on Saturday it had so far banned 963 Americans from entering the country - including previously announced moves against President Joe Biden and other top officials - and would continue to retaliate against what it called hostile U.S. actions. The largely symbolic travel bans form part of a downward spiral in Russia's relations with the West since its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, which prompted Washington and its allies to impose drastic sanctions on Moscow and step up arms supplies to Ukraine. Separately, the Foreign Ministry said it had added 26 new names to a list of Canadians it has barred from travelling to Russia, including defence chiefs, defence industry executives and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, the wife of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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