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Feb 12, 2022 • 14 tweets • 9 min read • Read on X

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#BREAKING Ukraine says 'critically important to remain calm' in face of Russia threat

#BREAKING Russia says cutting back diplomatic staff in Ukraine

#BREAKING Germany advises nationals to leave Ukraine

#BREAKING US embassy in Kyiv orders non-emergency staff to leave Ukraine

#UPDATE US President Joe Biden and France's Emmanuel Macron prepared to sound out Russia's Vladimir Putin on Saturday and #Ukraine urged its citizens not to panic after Washington warned that an all-out invasion could begin "any day" u.afp.com/wgWG #BlackSea

#BREAKING Lavrov tells Blinken West pursuing 'provocative goals' in Ukraine: Russian foreign ministry

#BREAKING Blinken tells Lavrov diplomatic path remains 'open', but requires Moscow 'to deescalate': State Dept.

#BREAKING Ukraine leader Zelensky says warnings of Russian invasion 'provoking panic', demands to see firm proof

#BREAKING US withdraws nearly all remaining soldiers from Ukraine: Pentagon

#BREAKING Macron tells Putin 'sincere dialogue' incompatible with 'escalation' on Ukraine: French presidency

#BREAKING Putin tells Macron Ukraine invasion claims are 'provocative speculation': Kremlin

#BREAKING France says President Macron to speak to Biden, Scholz, Zelensky Saturday

#BREAKING Dutch flag carrier KLM suspends flights to Ukraine until further notice: airline

#UPDATE KLM said it had canceled its scheduled Saturday evening flight to Kyiv and suspended all other Ukraine flights "until further notice," after it conducted a "comprehensive security analysis" and the Dutch government warned citizens against travel to the country

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#BREAKING Romania's constitutional court orders recount of first round of presidential vote: statement

#UPDATE Romania's constitutional court on Thursday ordered a recount of votes cast in the first round of the presidential election, after a rival far-right contender filed a legal challenge ➡️ u.afp.com/597X

#BREAKING TikTok gave 'preferential treatment' to far-right candidate who won Romania election first round: presidency

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Oct 21

#BREAKING Moldova EU referendum too close to call with almost all votes counted

#UPDATE Referendum on Moldova joining the EU is too close to call with almost all votes counted.

Pro-EU President Maia Sandu blames "criminal groups working together with foreign forces" -- a veiled reference to Russia -- for the outcome

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#UPDATE A referendum on Moldova joining the EU passed with a razor-thin majority on Monday as pro-Brussels President Maia Sandu blamed the outcome on foreign meddling in a veiled reference to Russia, which denied the accusations ➡️ u.afp.com/5zL7

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Jul 26

BREAKING France's high-speed train system disrupted by vandalism: operator

#UPDATE Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France's high-speed rail network has been hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.

"This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network," SNCF told @AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled and the situation would last "at least all weekend while repairs are conducted"

BREAKING The arson attacks on France's high-speed rail network were coordinated acts of "sabotage", a source close to the investigation tells @AFP

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Jul 19

#BREAKING 104 police, 30 journalists among injured in Bangladesh clashes: TV

#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.

"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown

Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.

This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts

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Nov 16, 2023

#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'

#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.

"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi

#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.

"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco

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Oct 16, 2023

Any move by Israel to occupy the Gaza Strip again would be a "big mistake," US President Joe Biden says in an interview.

But invading and "taking out the extremists" is a "necessary requirement," Biden said as Israeli troops prepare for invasion

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Negev Bedouin fear getting caught in crossfire of Israel's war with Hamas

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More than one million people have fled their homes as Israel bombards the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip ahead of an invasion.

Israel declared war on Hamas after its fighters crossed the border and shot, stabbed and burned to death more than 1,400 people

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