05/25/2022 - DailyChatter

American serial entrepreneur Elon Musk’s proposed purchase of social network Twitter has garnered a lot of headlines lately. But Musk’s plan could hit serious roadblocks if he expects Twitter to operate in the European Union, among the world's three largest markets. As the Associated Press recently...

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The World Briefly

May 25, 2022

Conflicting Rules

Israel West Bank

Israel will appeal a decision by a lower court this week in favor of three Jewish minors who prayed at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound and questioned a long-standing arrangement with Muslim authorities that prevents Jewish prayer at the contested holy site, Reuters reported. Earlier this week,...

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The World Briefly

May 25, 2022

Laying the Foundations

Hungary

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared a state of emergency Tuesday, a move many critics fear will tighten his control of the European Union country, Bloomberg reported. The declaration came shortly after Orban pushed through a constitutional amendment that allows his administration to rule by decree...

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The World Briefly

May 25, 2022

Of Peace and Claims

Armenia Azerbaijan

Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to set up a border commission this week, a move aimed at ending a decades-long dispute over the ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, Al Jazeera reported Tuesday. The move followed a meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham...

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Ukraine Briefly

May 25, 2022

Ukraine, Briefly

Russia Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities claimed Tuesday that the decaying corpses of 200 people were discovered in the basement of a bombed-out apartment building in devastated Mariupol, the latest in a string of bleak discoveries since Russia's three-month invasion of Ukraine started in late February, USA Today...

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Discoveries

May 25, 2022

Moon Blooms

Plants can grow on the moon but some tinkering is needed for vegetation to thrive, according to a new study on lunar soil. University of Florida researchers recently grew small plants using lunar rock and soil samples taken from the Apollo missions decades ago, the Washington...

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Cutting Edge, Blunted

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The World Briefly

Conflicting Rules

Israel West Bank

The World Briefly

Laying the Foundations

Hungary

The World Briefly

Of Peace and Claims

Armenia Azerbaijan

Ukraine Briefly

Ukraine, Briefly

Russia Ukraine

Discoveries

Moon Blooms