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30 June 2022, Spain, Madrid: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (L) shakes hands with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala during their meeting on the sidelines of the NATO Summit. Photo: -/YNA/dpa.

NATO SUMMIT

NATO leaders focus on terrorism on last day of summit in Madrid

The Nomad Today 6/30/22

On Wednesday NATO announced it would overhaul deployments in Eastern Europe, with more than 300,000 soldiers to be placed on high alert

HANDOUT - 29 June 2022, Turkmenistan, Ashgabat: Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedow during the sixth Caspian summit. Photo: RIA Novosti/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Putin: Finnish and Swedish NATO membership will cause 'tension'

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/30/22

"They must clearly understand that previously there were no threats to them - but if troops are stationed there and infrastructure established, we will have to respond accordingly and make the same…

29 June 2022, Spain, Madrid: US President Joe Biden (C) and his granddaughter Maisy (L) talk with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (R) before the informal dinner at the Prado Museum, on the sidelines of the NATO Summit. Photo: A. Ortega. Pool/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

MADRID NATO SUMMIT

NATO dinner held in Madrid Prado Museum with Kiev Symphony Orchestra

The Nomad Today 6/30/22

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez invited the heads of state and government to a working dinner in the Prado, one of the largest and most important art museums in the world.

28 June 2022, ---: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks to journalists on his plane amid flight from Germany where he was attending the G7 Summit to the NATO Summit Madrid. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire/dpa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Boris Johnson: If Putin were a woman he wouldn't have invaded Ukraine

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/29/22

"If you want a perfect example of toxic masculinity, it's what he's doing in Ukraine"

29 June 2022, Spain, Madrid: NATO Secretary-General Jeans Stoltenberg makes remarks upon his arrival at the Nato summit in Madrid. The heads of state and governments of the 30 alliance states are to make decisions on the implementation of the "Nato 2030" reform agenda at the two-day summit. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa.

MADRID NATO SUMMIT

Stoltenberg: New NATO security doctrine to address China 'challenge'

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/29/22

"I expect that allies will agree that China poses or is a challenge to our values, to our interests, and to our security," Stoltenberg said, arriving at the summit on a…

HANDOUT - 28 June 2022, Spain, Madrid: (L-R) Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde pose for a picture after signing a memorandum of joining of these Nordic countries to the defense alliance. Photo: -/NATO/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

MADRID NATO SUMMIT

NATO to agree biggest defence policy changes since end of Cold War

The Nomad Today 6/29/22

Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has "made even clearer" how important NATO is for the future, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said at the start of the summit

HANDOUT - 24 June 2022, Turkey, Marmaris: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks with the media representatives during his visit to the fire fighting coordination centre in Marmaris. Photo: -/Turkish Presidency/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

MADRID NATO SUMMIT

Turkey to support entry of Sweden and Finland to NATO

The Nomad Today 6/28/22

According to the Finnish presidency, the text "underscores the commitment" of Finland, Sweden and Turkey "to extend their full support against threats to each other’s security"

NATO SUMMIT

Finland, Sweden will 'eventually' join NATO, says Spain's PM

The Nomad Today 6/28/22

Speaking alongside NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Sanchez said "if it's not now, it will be later, but eventually they will join the Atlantic alliance"

HANDOUT - 25 June 2022, Russia, Saint Petersburg: Russian President Vladimir Putin is pictured ahead of his meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Moody's confirms Russian international debt default

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/28/22

The fact that Moscow's payments are blocked because of sanctions is "not our problem," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, according to the Interfax news agency

NATO SUMMIT

Turkish veto on new NATO members overshadowing start of Madrid summit

The Nomad Today 6/28/22

Erdoğan charges Sweden and Finland with backing the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the YPG, a Kurdish militia based in Syria, both of which Ankara classifies as terrorist groups

FILED - 11 March 2022, Turkey, Antalya: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. Photo: -/NATO/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

NATO SUMMIT

Swedish, Finnish leaders set to meet Erdogan in push to join NATO

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/27/22

Finland and Sweden's bid to join has been blocked by Turkey, who accuses the two countries of providing support to terrorist groups

SHOOTING

Norway holds memorial service after fatal gay bar shooting

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/27/22

Norway's PST intelligence service has deemed the shooting an Islamist terrorist attack

26 June 2022, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Kressbronn: Forensics work at the crime scene after a knife attack at an asylum-seeker shelter. A 31-year-old man allegedly stabbed several people, killing one man. At least five other people were injured, some seriously, in the knife attack, police said Monday. Photo: Davor Knappmeyer/Tnn/dpa.

VIOLENCE

One dead after knife attack at asylum seeker accommodation in Germany

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/27/22

One man was killed and at least five people were injured in the knife attack late on Sunday, police said on Monday

HANDOUT - 25 June 2022, Russia, Saint Petersburg: Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Russia to send nuclear-capable missiles to Belarus, Putin says

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/26/22

In Severodonetsk, the eastern city that has been reduced to rubble after weeks of gruelling street fighting and aerial bombardments, both sides said Russia was now in full control

25 June 2022, Norway, Oslo: Pride flags can be seen tied to a mast after several shots were fired last night outside a nightclub. At least two people were killed and 21 injured in an incident the police are investigating whether it was related to terror. Photo: Terje Pedersen//dpa.

SHOOTING

Two people killed in possible terror incident at LGBT club in Oslo

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/25/22

A deadly shooting occurred at a LGBTQ nightclub in the center of the Norwegian capital

24 June 2022, US, Washington: Abortion rights and anti-abortion activists protest outside US supreme court. The supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States. Photo: Sue Dorfman/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

WOMEN'S RIGHTS

In historic reversal, US Supreme Court frees states to outlaw abortion

The Nomad Today 6/24/22

American conservatives promised to push for abortion bans in every state or antiabortion legislation at the federal level, particularly if they make gains in Congress in November’s elections

27 May 2022, Ukraine, Lysychans'k: A soldier looks at the smoke coming from the oil refinery of Lysychans'k. Lysychans'k is an elongated city on the high right bank of the Donets River in the Luhansk region. The town is now the frontline since the Russian destroyed the bridge connecting Severodonetsk to Lysychans'k, Russian troops are attacking the city and moving towards it. Photo: Rick Mave/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Ukraine orders withdrawal of forces from Severodonetsk

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/24/22

The loss of Severodonetsk effectively means that the entire Donbass region of eastern Ukraine is now under Russian control, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's key aims in the conflict

MONEY LAUNDERING

Lithuanian woman sentenced in Denmark for laundering billions

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/23/22

She has admitted to laundering the enormous sum between 2008 and 2016 through a series of limited partnerships, all of which had accounts at the branch of the Danish Danske Bank in Estonia