Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
📈The number of Germans who do not believe in Ukraine's victory with the help of Western weapons has risen to 82% from 70% in August 2023, while only 8% expect Kiev to win, a poll conducted by German broadcaster ZDF shows.
📊At the same time, the number of those who support an increase in military aid to Ukraine has risen by 9 percentage points to 42% since February 2024, the poll adds.
📍The UK appointed Victoria Harrison as the country's first blind ambassador, the UK Foreign Ministry says.
📌She will serve in Slovenia and will also become the UK's first ambassador accompanied by a guide dog, labrador golden retriever Otto, the ministry adds
Photo credit: the UK Foreign Ministry
Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli has died at the age of 83, Italian media reports.
The second global artificial intelligence safety summit will take place in Seoul from May 21-22, with South Korea and the United Kingdom "forging ahead with plans," the UK government has said.
The number of people hospitalized after taking Beni-koji Cholesterol Help supplements produced by Japan’s Kobayashi Pharmaceutical has increased to 226, the NHK broadcaster reports, citing the health ministry.
The second global artificial intelligence safety summit will take place in Seoul from May 21-22, with South Korea and the United Kingdom "forging ahead with plans," the UK government has said.
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❗️The Russian Foreign Ministry says it has summoned French Ambassador in Moscow Pierre Levy in connection with the recent remark by French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne about his lack of interest in dialogue with Russia.
🖇Russia considers Sejourne’s statement as a deliberate action of Paris aimed at undermining a possibility of dialogue between the countries, the ministry adds.
⚓️The UK government has announced that the DragonFire laser will be installed on Royal Navy warships for the first time from 2027.
"Able to fire at any target visible in the air at around £10 a shot and with an accuracy equivalent to hitting a pound coin from a kilometre away, the powerful DragonFire weapon will provide highly effective defence against drone and missile threats," the government says.
🛢Brent crude oil price has exceeded $92 per barrel for the first time since October 23.
The Eiffel Tower was originally supposed to be in Barcelona, but thinking the thing would end up looking like an eyesore, the city rejected Gustave Eiffel’s plans, and he was forced to repitch the project elsewhere. Luckily, Eiffel found a home for his idea in Paris.
❗️Iran will respond to Israel’s strike on its consulate in Syria's Damascus but will do it in an “appropriate” way to avoid an escalation, Axios reports, citing a person in the know.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who initiated the contact, that Tehran will respond to the killing of its senior military commanders in the strike but will do it in a limited way, the report says.
Amirabdollahian said Israel violated international law, and Tehran has the right to respond to it and punish the aggressor, the report adds.
⚡️Russian specialists have arrived in Niamey aboard an Il-76 aircraft to train Nigerien forces on combating terrorism, correspondent reports.
Nigerian state broadcaster RTN aired the landing of the aircraft in Niamey, recalling a conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Abdourahmane Tchiani, the chairman of Niger’s National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, held in March 2024.
🎤US pop star Taylor Swift has brought her songs back on TikTok after they were pulled from the social network along with other artists' works due to the video hosting service's dispute with the music distributor Universal Music Group over royalty payments, the Financial Times reports.
🎵Swift owns the copyrights to her songs as part of a deal with Universal and, unlike many other musicians, can decide who can use her music, the newspaper adds.
