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    Ukraine Latest: Biden Says Putin Trying to Erase Ukraine Culture

    (Bloomberg) -- US President Joe Biden said leaders are navigating “a dark hour in our shared history” due to Russia’s war in Ukraine, adding President Vladimir Putin’s invasion appears to be aimed at obliterating the culture of his neighbor. Most Read from BloombergBroadcom in Talks to Acquire Cloud Company VMwareStocks Climb in Risk-On Day While Bonds Decline: Markets WrapBiden Misspeaks on Taiwan, Says US Military Would InterveneWalmart’s Troubles Should Have Everyone on High AlertGoldman’s So

  • Reuters

    Russia may set up military base in Ukraine's Kherson region - RIA

    The Russia-appointed administration of Ukraine's Kherson region will ask Moscow to set up a military base on its territory, Russia's RIA news agency quoted a local government official as saying on Tuesday. Russia invaded Ukraine in February, seizing in particular the Kherson region which is adjacent to Crimea, the peninsula which Moscow has controlled since an earlier conflict in 2014. "There should be a Russian military base in the Kherson region," Kirill Stremousov, the deputy head of what Russia calls the "civil-military regional administration" of Kherson, told RIA.

  • GlobeNewswire

    Leading CEOs launch Global Water Resilience Strategy to span 100 Water-Stressed Basins by 2030

    The UN Global Compact Water Resilience Coalition, a coalition of 27 member companies with US$3.5 trillion in market cap, announces acceleration of collective action to address water crisisDavos, Switzerland, May 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Water Resilience Coalition, an industry-driven, CEO-led initiative that aims to put water stress at the top of corporate agendas and preserve the world’s freshwater resources, today announced its corporate sector-led 2030 strategy to increase global water