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Biden backs advanced fighter jets, pilot training for Ukraine

US President Joe Biden told G7 leaders that Washington will support providing advanced warplanes including F-16s to Ukraine and will back efforts to train Kyiv's pilots, a senior White House official said Friday.. Biden, who is in Japan for the G7 summit, said the United States "will support a joint effort with our allies and partners to train Ukrainian pilots on fourth-generation fighter aircraft, including F-16s, to further strengthen and improve the capabilities of the Ukrainian Air Force," the official said.

Fri, May 19, 2023 2 mins read

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Hollywood pushback on writers strike is obscene: Sean Penn

Actor Sean Penn gave his full support to the ongoing writers' strike in Hollywood on Friday, saying it was a "human obscenity" that studios were not taking seriously concerns over artificial intelligence.. Asked about the writers' strike that has upended Hollywood productions, he said: "It is the industry that's been upending the writers and the actors and directors for a very, very long time.

Fri, May 19, 2023 2 mins read

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Russia puts ICC prosecutor Khan on wanted list

Russian authorities have put International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan on a "wanted" list after the Hague-based court issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin in March.. In March, Russia opened a criminal probe into Khan after the ICC announced an arrest warrant for Putin on the war crime accusation of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children.

Fri, May 19, 2023 1 mins read

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'Regret' as toxic arms watchdog fails to agree roadmap

The world's chemical weapons watchdog on Friday failed to agree a roadmap for the next five years because of deep divisions between Western powers, and Russia and Syria.. The meeting began on Monday with a warning from UN disarmament official Izumi Nakamitsu that the recent use of toxic weapons in Syria, Russia and Britain "threatens to unravel hard-won gains" since the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention.

Fri, May 19, 2023 2 mins read

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Food supplies 'running low' in Italy flood areas as death toll rises

The toll from floods that have devastated Italy's Emilia Romagna region rose to 14 on Friday, amid calls for the government to revive an abandoned project to mitigate the impact of natural disasters.. The flooding caused the cancellation of Sunday's Formula One Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola.

Fri, May 19, 2023 3 mins read

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US offers $100 mln to help Sudan, neighbors cope with displaced

The United States on Friday promised $103 million for Sudan and neighboring countries to support displaced people as a month of war between rival generals triggers a humanitarian crisis.. The United Nations said Wednesday that $3.03 billion would be needed to provide urgent aid for Sudan as well as for the more than one million people expected to flee into neighboring countries this year.

Fri, May 19, 2023 1 mins read

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Bereft but alive: dazed residents clean-up after Italy floods

"I lost everything except for these pyjamas," said Fred Osazuwa, bewildered and covered in mud, as he surveyed the mess left of his home after Italy's deadly floods.. Standing in thick mud, Osazuwa described how his kitchen was submerged after flood waters rose by two metres in just a few hours. 

Fri, May 19, 2023 2 mins read

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Italy's Berlusconi leaves hospital after six weeks

Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi was discharged on Friday from a hospital in Milan, where he was admitted more than six weeks ago suffering from leukaemia and a lung infection.. After being admitted for treatment of a lung infection last month, doctors revealed that he had "chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia", a rare type of blood cancer.

Fri, May 19, 2023 2 mins read

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High security for India's G20 meet in restive Kashmir

Elite Indian commandos patrolled the streets of Srinagar on Friday ahead of a G20 tourism meeting next week, with China and Pakistan condemning holding the event in the disputed territory of Indian-administered Kashmir.. Soldiers including elite National Security Guard commandos and paramilitary troops equipped with sniffer dogs and hand-held bomb detection have been deployed on the streets of Srinagar for more than a week ahead of the meeting.

Fri, May 19, 2023 3 mins read

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Protests greet first Russian plane to land in Georgia in years

Dozens of Georgians protested Friday outside an airport in the capital Tbilisi as a Russian passenger plane landed in the Caucasus country for the first time since 2019.. Holding Georgian and Ukrainian flags, protesters gathered just outside the airport. 

Fri, May 19, 2023 3 mins read