Day: April 2, 2024

French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné has expressed concern over Azerbaijani claims on Armenian territory, the fake news coming from Baku.

“We talked about Armenia’s territorial integrity, which has been challenged by Azerbaijan today,” Séjourné said at a joint press conference with visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

“We are very worried given that the rhetoric of Azerbaijan is getting out of hand, and we also see an increased number of fake news coming from Baku, and they try to blame Armenia for an escalation even though Armenia is probably the only one willing and trying to avoid it in this part of the world.

French businessman and investor Bernard Arnault retained his position as the world’s richest man on Forbes’ billionaires list this year, increasing his lead on social media and ecommerce behemoths Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg.

Elon Musk, once the richest person in the world, is No. 2 on the list, with a net worth of $195 billion. Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, also bought Twitter for $44 million in 2022, renaming it X. 

Coming in at No. 3 is Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who has a net worth of $195 billion. Then comes Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who is worth $177 billion.

There are 141 more billionaires in the world than last year, with 2,781 in total. Their combined worth equals $14.2 trillion – up by $2 trillion in 2023.

The 2024 list also broke records set in 2021, with 26 more billionaires on the list and their combined net worth up by $1.1 trillion. 

Billionaires themselves are also wealthier, with two-thirds adding to their worths. The top 20 on the list gained the most, adding $700 billion to their combined worth since 2023. And the U.S. has a record 813 billionaires – the most of any country.

China has 473 billionaires and India has 200, which set a record for that country.

💥 Russia: A new Ukrainian drone variant successfully struck a Shahed 136 drone production facility in Tatarstan, over 1,100km from Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/G5MQMte8RO

— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) April 2, 2024

Israel deeply regrets the tragic incident which claimed the lives of seven humanitarian aid workers.

Our hearts go out to their families and to their home countries.

The IDF is conducting a swift and transparent investigation and we will make our findings public.

Israel…

— Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) April 2, 2024

Пашинян 5 апреля отправится в Брюссель на трехстороннюю встречу с ЕС и США. Этот визит расценивается как еще один признак отдаления Армении от РФ. Недавно Ереван отказался обслуживать российские карты “Мир”, а также запретил вещание программы российского пропагандиста Соловьева pic.twitter.com/qsmdzgyjcg

— DW на русском (@dw_russian) April 2, 2024