⚡Several Ukrainian neo-Nazis hiding at Azovstal have surrendered - DPR representative

❗Court rules Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump must answer questions under oath in a New York state civil investigation

‘We try to make children study distantly’: A resident of the village of Zemlyanki, DPR speaks out on how to live under the permanent danger of being shelled

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❗Putin told Mario Draghi that the current food difficulties are connected with failures in supply chains, as well as with the financial policies of Western countries

⚡MoD: Russian Navy has cleared Mariupol port of mines

“As for the 450 fellows of mine who refused [the orders], they were taken away in a car, nobody knows what happened to them”, a captured Ukrainian soldier said, speaking about his service.

"It's better to lay down your arms and go back to your families before it ends badly", he told his brothers-in-arms.

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💭US training 20 Ukrainians on Danish Harpoon anti-ship missiles, senior defence official says

⚡ 'Goodfellas' star Ray Liotta dead at 67

❗Lavrov warns West over supplying Kiev with weapons capable of attacking Russian territory

⚡The sale of Chelsea FC to a US consortium led by businessman Todd Boehly has been completed

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to RT Arabic:

▪US troops are occupying Syrian territory east of the Euphrates and encouraging separatism;

▪The US aims to keep Syria in a state of crisis;

▪Zelensky’s conditions on the resumption of talks with Russia are ‘not serious’;

▪Joint drills of the Russian, Chinese air forces are aimed at strengthening security in the region;

▪The West supplying Ukraine with weapons capable of striking targets in Russia is a step towards ‘unacceptable’ escalation

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❗NATO to exclude Russia from its strategic partners in new concept document, Stoltenberg says

Elizabeth Johnson Jr., who was convicted of witchcraft 329 years ago and sentenced to death in 1693, has been officially pardoned by Massachusetts lawmakers. She was the last accused "witch" in Salem's infamous trials who had not yet been pardoned.

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⚡Three Toronto schools on lockdown after reports of man with rifle - CBC

⚡⚡Pentagon says there are no plans to use the US military or assets to assist in exporting Ukraine’s grain out of country

⚡️Depeche Mode founding member and keyboard player, Andy Fletcher, has died at the age of 60

🚗⛽️Memorial Day travel is expected to be up this year as millions of people take to the roads, rails, and the sky.

"People are already traveling. They are starting a couple of weeks ahead of schedule. We are going to see more people this year in comparison to last year and we are almost at pre-pandemic levels," said the American Automobile Association (AAA), Central Penn Public Relations Managers Doni Lee Spiegel.


The average gas price in the U.S. on Thursday was $4.60 per gallon, according to AAA figures. In California, it has topped $6. The soaring price of gasoline largely stems from a shortage of crude oil due to sanctions placed on Russian energy and oil-producing nations' inability to increase production.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇨🇳 China and Russia on Thursday vetoed the US-sponsored UNSC resolution to impose additional restrictive measures on North Korea

🕺🕺The famous Asian K-pop group RM will meet with President Biden to discuss Anti-Asian hate crimes. Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook comprise the Grammy-nominated group. They are known for their upbeat songs and dances and have built a loyal global fan base, winning the IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year crown in February for the second straight year.

The meeting comes as the month of May, Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) month, comes to a close and amid a sharp upswing in hate crimes against Asian Americans in the past year.

"President Biden previously spoke about his commitment to combating the surge of anti-Asian hate crimes and signed into law the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act in May 2021 to provide law enforcement with resources to identify, investigate, and report hate crimes and ensure that hate crimes information is more accessible to AA and NHPI communities," the White House, the official.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇺🇦The US as soon as next week may announce a new security aid package for Ukraine that will include advanced, long-range rocket systems - CNN citing officials