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FILED - US President Joe Biden here delivers remarks in his first major address on foreign policy during a press conference at the Department of State Harry S. Truman Building. Photo: Freddie Everett/State Department/Planet Pix via ZUMA Wire/dpa

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Biden backs NATO membership for Sweden and Finland as Turkey digs in

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/20/22

In order for a country to join NATO, unanimous approval is required by all members

09 June 2021, Australia, Melbourne: A cyclist crosses a quiet Bourke Street. Melbourne will exit a COVID-19 lockdown as planned on Thursday night, but some restrictions on travel and gatherings would apply for another week. Photo: Daniel Pockett/AAP/dpa

HEALTH ALERT

Health alert as first monkeypox case confirmed in Australia

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/20/22

The cases follows multiple clusters of monkeypox recently reported in countries where the disease is not usually found - including the US, Britain, Spain and Portugal

FILED - 01 July 2020, Berlin: Gerhard Schroeder, former German Chancellor and head of the Nord Stream 2 Board of Directors, waits for the start of the hearing in the Bundestag's Economics Committee on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project in the meeting room. Schroeder whose close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin have proven hugely controversial since the start of the war in Ukraine, has told the New York Times that Putin won't cut Russian gas supplies to Germany. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Former German Chancellor Schröder loses privileges due to Russian ties

The Nomad Today 5/19/22

He has worked for the pipeline company Nord Stream and Russia's gas giant Gazprom, among others

03 November 2021, Denmark, Copenhagen: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks at a joint press conference with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (not pictured) following their meeting. Photo: Steffen Trumpf/dpa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Sweden and Finland submit formal applications to join NATO

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/18/22

The NATO chief said the alliance would assess the membership bid as quickly as possible

03 May 2022, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia: A group of Mariupol residents, including Azovstal evacuees who spent almost two months in the shelter at the steelworks, arrive in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. Photo: -/Ukrinform/dpa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Russia says 265 Ukrainian fighters captured from Mariupol steel plant

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/17/22

Meanwhile, in the western Russian region of Kursk, on the border with Ukraine, several buildings were attacked by the Ukrainian side, according to Russian sources

05/17/2022. The Finnish Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, speaks before the plenary session of Parliament, in the debate prior to the vote on Finland's accession to NATO. Photo: Hanne Salonen/Eduskunta.

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Russia expels two Finnish diplomats

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/17/22

Moscow also criticized Finnish arms deliveries to Ukraine and Finland's "confrontational course towards Russia"

17/05/2022. Finnish Parliament voted to support Finland's application for NATO membership. It adopted the position in accordance with the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs by 188-8 votes. Photo: Hanne Salonen/Eduskunta.

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Finnish Parliament backs bid to apply for NATO membership

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/17/22

The future NATO membership of Sweden and Finland would "strengthen" the European Union, top EU diplomat Josep Borrell said at a meeting of EU defence ministers in Brussels

10 May 2022, Mexico, Mexico City: A woman holds a banner during a protest on Mother's Day demanding the government's help in the search for their missing children. Photo: Jair Cabrera Torres/dpa.

WAR ON DRUGS

Number of 'disappeared' in Mexico exceeds 100,000

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/17/22

According to organizations that search for people who have disappeared, many families do not report missing loved ones because of distrust in the authorities

WAR IN UKRAINE

McDonald's pulls out of Russian market after more than three decades

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/16/22

The Chicago-based company said making sure its 62,000 employees in Russia continue to be paid until a deal finalized is its priority

HANDOUT - 26 April 2022, Russia, Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a state awards ceremony for the Russian Olympic Committee's medalists of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games and members of the Russian Paralympic team at the Kremlin. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Moscow calls Finland and Sweden's NATO plans a 'grave mistake'

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/16/22

"They should have no illusions that we will simply resign ourselves to this," says Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov

15 May 2022, Berlin: (L-R) Jose Manuel Albares, Foreign Minister of Spain, Jean Asselborn, Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, and Mevlut Cavusoglu, Foreign Minister of Turkey, attend the first session of NATO's Foreign Ministers meeting at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. The main topic of the informal consultations of NATO's Foreign Ministers is the war in Ukraine. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa Pool/dpa.

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

NATO unity fragile as Turkey remains opposed to alliance expansion

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/15/22

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu said that Turkish public opinion was against admitting Sweden and Finland to NATO, adding that "they are calling on us to block it"

The Finnish prime minister, Sanna Marin. Photo: Janina Orjasniemi/Finnish government.

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Finland to apply to join NATO, say president and prime minister

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/15/22

Prime Minister Marin said that Finland was prepared for possible responses from the neighbouring country

28 December 2021, US, Denver: People lay flowers in the memory of the Sol Tribe Tattooing and Piercing shop owner Alicia Cardenas in Denver. At least five people were killed and several injured, including a police officer, after a series of shootings across the Denver area. Photo: Hector Acevedo/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

SHOOTING

Ten dead after supermarket shooting in Buffalo, New York

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/15/22

The 18-year-old shooter was white and 11 of the 13 victims were Black, law enforcement officials said at a news conference late Saturday afternoon

19 February 2022, Bavaria, Munich: Finland's President Sauli Niinisto speaks at the 58th Munich Security Conference. Photo: Tobias Hase/dpa.

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Putin says Finnish plan to join NATO is a mistake in call with leader

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/14/22

The Finnish president organized the call to explain why his country plans to join NATO, according to a statement from Helsinki

FILED - 09 May 2022, Russia, Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) watches the Victory Day military parade marking the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II at Red Square in central Moscow. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa.

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Russia: No decision yet on moving nuclear weapons to Baltic region

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/14/22

Former president Dmitry Medvedev, who is now deputy head of the National Security Council in Moscow, had threatened to station nuclear weapons in Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad

HANDOUT - 06 April 2022, Belgium, Brussels: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (C) receives Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (L) and Swedeish Foreign Minister Ann Linde prior to a meeting on the sidelines of the meetings of the NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs. Photo: -/NATO/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Russian company says it will halt electricity supply to Finland

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/13/22

Rao Nordic describes itself as one of the leading importers of Russian electricity to the Scandinavian countries

FILED - 09 March 2022, Turkey, Ankara: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish President and chairman of the Justice and Development (AK) Party, speaks during an AK Party parliamentary group meeting at the Grand National Assembly. Photo: Mustafa Kamaci/Turkish Presidency /dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Turkey opposes the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/13/22

Scandinavian countries have become "like a guest house" for terrorist organizations, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan argued

FILED - 09 December 2021, Belgium, Brussels: High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock hold a joint press conference after their meeting. Any provocation or aggression against Ukraine would have serious consequences, Borrell said in a message to Moscow ahead of a meeting with Ukrainian officials on Wednesday. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

EU announces further €500 million to buy weapons for Ukraine

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/13/22

The announcement brings the EU's total financial assistance to Ukraine to €2 billion

12 May 2022, Berlin: (L-R) Members of the Russian musical group Pussy Riot Diana Burkot, Anton Ponomarev, Maria Alyokhina and Olga Borisova perform during their concert at Funkhaus Berlin. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa.

ANTI-WAR TOUR

Pussy Riot perform in Berlin after activist flees Russia

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/13/22

The Russian band has announced 19 performances for its tour and will perform in cities such as Munich, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Zagreb, Barcelona and Lisbon

FILED - 23 December 2021, Russia, Moscow: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, attends the annual End-of-year press conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Peskov said that a Russian delegation has arrived in Belarus and is ready for talks with the Ukrainian side. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Russia warns Finland of retaliatory military measures if joins NATO

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/12/22

"A renewed expansion of NATO will not make our continent more stable and secure," spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, adding that Russia would be assessing the consequences of Finland joining…