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We woke up to yet another news of an apparent terror attack in Europe. At least 19 people were killed in an explosion at the end of the concert of American pop star Ariana Grande in the UK.
In Berlin, at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, countries such as China and Germany raised concerns over the US’s pronouncement that it would review its climate policy.
And the Philippine president is visiting Moscow for a first-of-a-kind meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Here are the major stories that you shouldn’t miss this Tuesday.
It’s touchdown Moscow for the Philippine president on Tuesday, May 23, spending his first full day in the Russian capital without official events. President Rodrigo Duterte’s 4-day visit will be capped by a Thursday meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Eyewitnesses described a “huge, bomb-like bang” and scenes of panic following an explosion at the end of the concert of US star Ariana Grande in Manchester in northwest England on Tuesday. “We heard the last song go and then suddenly there was a massive flash and then a bang and smoke,” said Gary Walker from Leeds who was with his wife waiting for their daughters to come out. As of 9 am Tuesday, police recorded 19 fatalities.
At the opening of the 8th Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin on May 22, Germany and China urged the US not to leave the climate treaty in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a review of US’ climate policies. The world is facing “unpredictability” over US behavior, laments the German environment minister.
The Guardian’s investigation on Facebook shows how the social network giant grapples with hate speech, violence and sexual imagery, often finding it difficult to police them. Facebook, for example, had to assess nearly 54,000 potential cases of revenge pornography and “sextortion” on the site in a single month.
Donald Trump became the first sitting US president to visit the Western Wall in the disputed city of Jerusalem, placing his hand on one of the most sacred sites in Judaism. He was not accompanied by any Israeli leaders during the hugely symbolic visit. Allowing them to do so could have led to accusations that Washington was implicitly recognising Israel’s unilateral claim of sovereignty over the site, which would break with years of US and international precedent.
The House of Representatives’ subcommittee on correctional reforms on Tuesday conducts a hearing into lowering the minimum age of criminal liability and the discovery of the secret jail cell in Manila, where some people were discovered illegally detained. Watch it live on Rappler.
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