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Breaking News Highlights | US Offers Full Support For Sweden, Finland’s NATO Applications Amid Russia Warning
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Breaking News Highlights May 19, 2022: US President Joe Biden offered “full, total, complete” support for Sweden and Finlands applications to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) amid warning by Russia. Sweden and Finland had applied for membership of the 30-country military alliance on Wednesday. They have cited Russian invasion of Ukraine as their reason for shedding their longstanding neutrality, though they are members of the European Union and have cooperated militarily with NATO. “Today I’m proud to assure them that they have the full, total, and complete backing of the United States of America,” Biden said, reiterating US support in a joint public appearance with Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson of Sweden and President Sauli Niinisto of Finland at the White House.
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‘Congress broke my heart’: Sunil Jakhar after joining BJP
It (leaving Congress) was a hard decision for me. They actually broke my heart. Nation is bigger than any 'Parivarvad'. My loyalties are to my nation. PM Modi has understood & respected emotion of 'Punjabiyat'. Coming days will be good for BJP in Punjab: BJP leader Sunil Jakhar pic.twitter.com/kUtT25PqVJ
— ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2022
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37 people evacuated from Sievierodonetsk amid heavy shelling | Five of those evacuated were children, Luhansk Oblast Governor Serhiy Haidai said. According to him, the evacuation was “beyond difficult” due to Russia’s non-stop heavy shelling of Sievierodonetsk, The Kyiv Independent reported.
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President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph E Gonsalves witness the signing of agreements between the two countries pic.twitter.com/tB7xVWo0JM
— ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2022
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Biden to travel to Japan for Quad Summit, have bilateral meetings with PM Modi | US President Joe Biden would travel to Japan for the second in-person Quad summit during which he would hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his national security advisor said.
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#WATCH Tripura | Several parts of Agartala were waterlogged after heavy rainfall in the city. pic.twitter.com/AQwdladOdt
— ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2022
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South Korean, Russian nuclear envoys hold talks over phone on North Korea | The chief nuclear envoys of South Korea and Russia held phone talks to discuss the security situation on the Korean Peninsula following North Korea’s COVID-19 outbreak and missile tests, Seoul’s foreign ministry said.
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