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Polish President Andrzej Duda has criticized Vladimir Putin's "peace offer" to Ukraine as "crushing demands" and "exorbitant territorial claims," stressing the need to repel Russian imperialism and support Ukraine for the sake of global security.

World leaders are gathering in Switzerland for the Peace Summit, and European officials have spoken out about the impact of the event.

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili will attend the Peace Summit in Burgenstock, despite tensions with the Georgian government over her foreign visits.

Several banks in Kyrgyzstan have stopped making money transfers to and from Russia due to new US and UK sanctions against Moscow.

G7 leaders gather for their annual summit in Italy, seeking to double down on support for Ukraine with a $50 billion loan package using frozen Russian assets, confront China's economic ambitions, and discuss issues such as artificial intelligence, while also facing domestic challenges.

European officials are negotiating to keep gas flowing through the pipeline through Ukraine, and one option may be for European companies to buy and pump gas from Azerbaijan to Russian pipelines.

Four American teachers were stabbed while visiting a partner university in the northern Chinese city of Jilin.

Northern China is preparing for a record heat wave, with temperatures already exceeding 40 ° C, forcing authorities to issue high temperature warnings.

China reiterated its support for the convening of a peace conference recognized by both Russia and Ukraine with equal participation by all parties.

Gold prices rose slightly on Monday after the strongest drop in the last three sessions amid disappointing data from China and the United States, which fell short of investors ' expectations.

According to Ruvin, the EU special representative was shown the wreckage and electronic components of ballistic and cruise missiles, attack and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles and other weapons used by the Russian Federation in war crimes against Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin may visit North Korea and then Vietnam in the coming weeks. Officially, the dates have not yet been approved, but a preliminary visit to Vietnam is scheduled for May 19-20.

Alexander Tovkai and Maxim Agarushev from Ukraine won silver medals in the men's relay at the world Modern Pentathlon Championships in Zhengzhou, China.

On June 15-16, Switzerland will hold a peace summit in Ukraine, where 90 States and organizations have registered.

The G7 is expected to issue a strict warning to small Chinese banks to stop helping Russia evade Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine.

Sullivan stressed the importance of giving Ukraine the opportunity to use American weapons to strike russian firing positions on the other side of the border, as the russian federation continues its offensive around Kharkiv.

Due to the poor seaweed harvest and growing global demand, prices for Japanese seaweed such as wakame and nori have skyrocketed, negatively affecting households and restaurants in Japan.

Biden signed updated guidelines on the conditions for the use of nuclear weapons, emphasizing the need to simultaneously contain the growing arsenal of China and Russia.

In May 2024, Ukrainian exports reached 12. 2 million tons worth 3 3.34 billion, ranking second for the entire period of the full-scale invasion, due to increased exports of metallurgical products and changes in cargo flows and export directions.

Russia and China, which have the right of veto in the UN Security Council, expressed concern on Thursday about a US draft resolution that will support the proposal outlined by US President Joe Biden on a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.

The United States has criticized China for not attending the world peace summit in Switzerland in connection with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying Beijing's presence would have been helpful.

It was on the sixth of June 1933 that Richard Hollingshead, an ordinary American car sales manager, opened the world's first open-air cinema in his hometown of Cadman.

Ukraine and China discussed China's potential contribution to achieving a just and lasting peace in Ukraine through its participation in the upcoming Global Peace Summit in Switzerland during political consultations between Deputy Foreign Ministers.

Taiwan has banned the export of nitrocellulose products with a nitrogen content below 12. 2% to russia and belarus in order to eliminate loopholes in international export controls and prevent potential use in the production of weapons.

Thailand will join the Peace Summit in Switzerland on June 15-16.

In 2024, Tesla is likely to spend 3 3-4 billion on Nvidia hardware for its artificial intelligence applications.

Ukraine, as a party suffering from russian aggression, must determine the conditions for achieving a just and long-term peace based on Zelensky's peace formula, the Ministry of foreign affairs of Ukraine.

NATO is considering a three-step process of responding to Russian sabotage attempts and hybrid threats, including publicly exposing attacks, strengthening infrastructure protection, and taking direct measures such as restricting access to Russian diplomats.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces have destroyed the professional core of the Russian army, which the Russian Federation spent 15 years forming, said former Defense Minister of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov.

As noted in the WSJ article, despite Western sanctions, Russia continues to import important foreign components for its weapons used against Ukraine.