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US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the Biden administration would not sign a defence agreement with Saudi Arabia if the kingdom and Israel did not agree to normalise relations, insisting “you can’t disentangle one piece from the others”, Repo

Jeyhun Bayramov, Azerbaijan`s Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan on May 4 during his working visit to Gambia, Report informs.

The death toll from heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to 56, with 67 missing, 32,900 evacuated and at least 356,000 without electricity, the Civil Defense agency said, Report informs via Xinhua.

Georgians protest ‘Russia-style’ media law, mark Orthodox Easter with vigil  Voice of America – VOA News

Since independence, the GoG has depended on foreign aid not just for democracy building, but to fund a myriad of social programs via NGOs that help the vulnerable. This law will affect all. Jacobin is simply selective about NGOs and imperialists they don’t like. Total🐂💩

— paul rimple (@paulrimple) May 5, 2024

and reupping this — I said this in 2022 in the context of another terrible article, and it squarely applies now also. https://t.co/MsBI0aKg2W

— Hans Gutbrod (@HansGutbrod) May 5, 2024

all of this in a context when there is
(a) repression in cultural sector, as outlined by @MayaJaggi https://t.co/QrO3qd5VkK
(b) take-over of courts & massive “Gleichschaltung”
(c) huge rise in gov corruption.

But sure, NGOs are *the* problem.

— Hans Gutbrod (@HansGutbrod) May 5, 2024