Media Summary: In China, health officials in Shanghai defend the city's severe measures aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19 after criticism ... In North Korea, officials recognize the first COVID-19 outbreak in the country and announce a nationwide lockdown. In Sri Lanka ... German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany would support Finland and Sweden joining the NATO military alliance. In Ukraine ...
Voa60 May 11 2022 - Detailed Analysis & Overview
In China, health officials in Shanghai defend the city's severe measures aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19 after criticism ... In North Korea, officials recognize the first COVID-19 outbreak in the country and announce a nationwide lockdown. In Sri Lanka ... German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany would support Finland and Sweden joining the NATO military alliance. In Ukraine ... Thousands of migrants aim to cross the U.S. border with Mexico as asylum restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic are set ... In Denmark, delegates gather for the Copenhagen Conference, which aims to strengthen long-term international support for ... In the Philippines, hundreds of protesters march in Manila seeking explanations for unusual voting activity in the recent ...
In India, temperatures reach 49 degrees Celsius in the capital New Delhi in a third straight month of record heat. An Associated ... Russia's Defense Ministry says nearly 1000 Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered at the Azovstal steel factory in Mariupol. Turkish ... In Ukraine, government lawyers seek a life sentence for a 21-year-old Russian soldier who admitted to a war crime of killing an ... Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the country's eastern Donbas area has been “completely destroyed” by Russia's ... President Joe Biden says the United States will withdraw its "most favored nation" trade ties from Russia in another punishment for ... In South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol is sworn in as president in Seoul. In his speech, Yoon offers North Korea economic aid in ...
The European Union proposes a ban on Russian oil imports within six months to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. In Tokyo, President Joe Biden says the U.S. would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan. China's foreign ministry ... Ukrainian officials begin moving civilians from a steel factory in Mariupol where people had sought refuge after Russian troops ... A Ukrainian defense ministry spokesman says Russia is expected to launch a major offensive in eastern Ukraine "soon.” Shehbaz ... U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges Americans to leave Ukraine over what he calls “very troubling signs” related to ...
