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WAR IN UKRAINE

Gazprom says Poland is still buying Russian gas but through Germany

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/28/22

A Gazprom spokesman said 30 million cubic metres of gas flows from Germany to Poland every day, through the Yamal-Europe pipeline

28 April 2022, Japan, Tokyo: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks with journalists travelling with him on the Air Force Airbus A340 during his trip from Berlin to Tokyo. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Scholz: Germany must prepare for Russia to halt gas supplies

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/28/22

Scholz added that the German government had already started preparing for this eventuality this before Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February

HANDOUT - 07 April 2022, Belgium, Brussels: (L-R) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde attend the meeting 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.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Swedish opposition party wants referendum on joining NATO

The Nomad Today 4/28/22

The left-wing party is against NATO membership, partially because the military alliance has atomic weapons capacity

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.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Russia threatens to cut off further countries from its gas supply

The Nomad Today 4/27/22

Individual members of parliament and senators in Russia have already called for a complete stop of energy imports to the West

HANDOUT - 16 June 2021, Switzerland, Geneva: Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with US President Joe Biden prior to their meeting. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

AGREEMENT

Russia and US embark on surprise prisoner swap

The Nomad Today 4/27/22

Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had discussed the exchange at their summit meeting in Geneva last year

14 April 2022, Ukraine, Kyiv: Poland's President Andrzej Duda, speaks at a joint press conference with Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, Latvia's President Egils Levits and Estonia's President Alar Karis during a visit to show support for Ukraine against the Russian aggression. Photo: -/Ukrainian Presidency/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Russia cuts natural gas deliveries to Poland and Bulgaria

The Nomad Today 4/27/22

The Polish natural gas company PGNiG said Tuesday afternoon that Gazprom was stopping gas flows as of Wednesday morning because Warsaw refused a demand by Moscow to pay for its supplies in roubles

05 April 2022, Berlin: Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita speaks during a press conference after the conference in support of Moldova, which had the largest influx of refugees per capita since the war against Ukraine began. Photo: Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters Pool/dpa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Moldova calls security council meeting after blasts in Transnistria

The Nomad Today 4/26/22

The Ukrainian intelligence services believe that Russia intends to control all of southern Ukraine up to the border with Transnistria

FILED - 19 January 2020, Berlin: Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrive at the Federal Chancellery. Some two months after the start of the war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to receive UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in Moscow on Tuesday. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

UN Secretary General Guterres to meet Putin for talks on Ukraine

The Nomad Today 4/26/22

Recently, pressure has grown on Guterres to take a more active role in ending the conflict between Russia and Ukraine

FILED - 16 April 2004, Lower Saxony, Hanover: Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (L) welcomes the Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) at the Theater am Aegi. Schroeder's defence of Putin is "downright absurd" and he should resign from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) he headed for many years, current party co-leader Saskia Esken said on Monday. Photo: picture alliance / Holger Hollemann/dpa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Schröder's defence of Putin 'downright absurd,' SPD leader says

The Nomad Today 4/25/22

"His defence of Vladimir Putin against accusations of war crimes is downright absurd," Saskia Esken said, adding that he should resign from the SPD

CEREMONY

British Antarctic Territory to host its first same-sex wedding

The Nomad Today 4/25/22

The couple will later hold a second celebration for family and friends later in the year, in the warmer climes of Spain

24 April 2022, France, Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron's supporters gathered in front of the Eiffel Tower to celebrate winning his second term. Macron won with 58.5% of the vote against far-right Marine le Pen. Photo: Siavosh Hosseini/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Macron wins a second term as president of France

The Nomad Today 4/25/22

Macron acknowledged France is "deep in doubt and division" and he promised that "no one will be left by the wayside" as he addressed cheering supporters in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower in…

29 August 2020, Norway, Oslo: People take part in a protest against a rally of opponents of Islamization. Photo: Jil Yngland/dpa.

VIOLENCE

Riots break out in Norway over far-right Islamophobic rally

The Nomad Today 4/24/22

The rally was planned by an alliance called Stop the Islamisation of Norway and the organizers also planned to burn a copy of the Koran

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.

CONTROVERSY

Turkey outraged as Biden again calls Armenian massacres genocide

The Nomad Today 4/24/22

As the Ottoman Empire's legal successor, Turkey admits to massacres of 300,000 to 500,000 people, but vehemently rejects the classification as genocide

FILED - 17 April 2013, Berlin: Then President of Ecuador Rafael Correa speaks during an interview. Former Ecuadorian President Correa has been granted political asylum in Belgium, according to a statement released on Saturday by his lawyer. Photo: picture alliance / dpa.

LATIN AMERICA

Former Ecuadorian president granted political asylum in Belgium

The Nomad Today 4/23/22

Rafael Correa, who was president of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017, was tried in absentia for corruption two years ago and sentenced to eight years jail time

14 April 2022, Estonia, Tapa: Estonian soldiers defend a dug-in position from attacking British armour and infantry in the Tapa central military training area during the NATO exercise Bold Dragon alongside Danish and French forces. Photo: Ben Birchall/PA Wire/dpa.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Swedish government seeks to speed up debate on NATO membership

The Nomad Today 4/22/22

In Finland, a report that analysed the advantages and the dangers of joining NATO is currently being debated in the Finnish parliament

28 July 2020, Lower Saxony, Seelze: A police officer with a dog searches an area inside a garden as part of an investigation plan to find any clues about the disappearance of the British girl Madeleine McCann on 3 May 2007. Photo: Peter Steffen/dpa.

DISAPPEARANCE

Portuguese authorities make German 'formal suspect' in McCann probe

The Nomad Today 4/22/22

Investigators believe the convicted sex offender Christian Brueckner killed Madeleine, then three, after abducting her from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in May 2007

11 November 2021, Taiwan, Tainan: Taiwanese soldiers stand guard as tanks are deployed during a shore defence operation as part of a military exercise simulating the defence against the intrusion of the Chinese military, amid rising tensions between Taipei and Beijing. Photo: Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

CONTROVERSY

Taiwan TV managers resign for running news of Chinese invasion

The Nomad Today 4/22/22

CTS erroneously ran false news ticker items such as "On the brink of war" and "New Taipei City hit by People's Liberation Army ground force missiles"

FILED - 18 March 2022, Russia, Moscow: A man carrying a backpack with the letter Z strolls through Moscow subway station. The Lithuanian parliament banned the use of the letter Z as it is often used to show support for Moscow's war on Ukraine in Russia and abroad. Photo: -/dpa.

'Z' AND 'V' SYMBOLS

Estonia joins other Baltic states in banning pro-Russia war symbols

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/21/22

The parliament in Tallinn passed the measure on Thursday, a spokesperson for the legislature said

ILLUSTRATION - 08 April 2022, Bavaria, Nuremberg: Election documents of French presidential candidates such as Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Photo: Daniel Karmann/dpa.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Macron and Le Pen face off in heated TV debate with mutual attacks

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/21/22

Macron announced increases in pensions and the minimum wage, as well as a cap on gas and electricity prices, while Le Pen proposed reducing the VAT on energy and eliminating taxes on 100…