▪️France claims a record 16 million birds destroyed during an outbreak of avian flu
▪️The volume of natural gas supplies by Russian Gazprom to China has increased by 60% since the beginning of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021
▪️Elon Musk sells $4 billion worth of Tesla shares to finance Twitter purchase
▪️According to the company, the recently released biography about Jill Biden, written by two “respected” Associated Press journalists, sold only 250 copies in the first week
▪️The expert report, commissioned by the Bundestag, considers the training of Ukrainian soldiers by the US military in Germany as participation in the war
▪️Japan and the United States will deepen cooperation in creating supply chains of the latest semiconductors amid the growing rivalry between Washington and Beijing
▪️The global shortage of chips will remain a problem for two more years, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger believes, and problems with semiconductors are expected until 2024
▪️The Tunisian President said that the new constitution will be developed by a “high committee” that the government will create in the next few days.
▪️Israel claims that Iran tried to recruit agents through Facebook
▪️The Ministry of Defense of Taiwan said it was considering alternative weapons options after the United States informed them that the delivery of the artillery system would be delayed due to an “overcrowded” production line.
▪️German Chancellor Scholz called on Russia for a truce with Ukraine, saying that without this condition, sanctions cannot be lifted
▪️American diplomats hope to return to Kiev “by the end of the month”: Charge d’affaires of the Embassy
▪️Scientists from NASA said that they have developed a theory that explains how explosions occur on the Sun, and can help predict geomagnetic storms and solar flares that can affect the Earth.
▪️Elon Musk is gaining almost 7 million subscribers amid the saga of a deal with Twitter for $ 44 billion
▪️Taiwan will not introduce “brutal” lockdowns like China
▪️All heads of state supplying weapons to Ukraine should be brought to justice as war criminals, State Duma Chairman Volodin said.
▪️The UN confirms that the operation to evacuate people from the metallurgical plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol continues
▪️The Latvian Foreign Ministry calls on its citizens to leave Transnistria and refuse to travel in this direction
▪️The use of the Moscow ruble conversion scheme to pay for natural gas will violate EU sanctions, says the head of the bloc’s energy policy
▪️In New York, the “Covid-19 alert level has been raised from “low” to “medium”
▪️The expert report, commissioned by the Bundestag, considers the training of Ukrainian soldiers by the US military in Germany as participation in the war, reports RND
▪️The European Union plans to stop importing Russian coal in the summer and abandon Russian oil by the end of the year
▪️Jeff Morrell, Disney’s chief executive officer for corporate affairs, has been ousted after a series of public relations failures
▪️Finland will decide on applying for NATO membership on May 12
▪️Psaki about the new “tsar” of disinformation” of the Biden administration: “She is an expert… a person with extensive qualifications”