Tweets Of The Day

Virus update:
• Philadelphia changes course, will end mask mandate.
• Shanghai vows to ease anti-virus controls amid food worries.
• Thailand ends quarantine for vaccinated visitors.
• Study: U.K. patient had COVID for 505 days.

More coverage: https://t.co/Jm5zcLEVJg

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 22, 2022

• US says it saw "no evidence" that Russia was in control of Mariupol
• New satellite images appear to show mass graves in eastern Ukraine
• Israeli police and Palestinians clash again at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque

Today's top stories in 1 minute: pic.twitter.com/3sr0VpgmyU

— DW News (@dwnews) April 22, 2022

At least 31 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli police at Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, Palestinian medics say, the latest outbreak in a recent upsurge of violence at a site revered by Muslims and Jews. https://t.co/qnrpY3Mv9d

— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 22, 2022

Honduran ex-leader Juan Orlando Hernández extradited to US https://t.co/QQ0jutHSgj

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 21, 2022

In an interview with news magazine Der Spiegel, Germany’s chancellor defended his decision not to immediately halt the import of Russian gas.

Olaf Scholz believes an embargo would fail to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin, while leading to an economic crisis in Germany. pic.twitter.com/CcbBBBhBJ1

— DW Politics (@dw_politics) April 22, 2022

Sri Lanka has run out of dollars to procure vital imports of food and fuel, triggering weeks of demonstrations.
But it is in the health sector that the consequences of the crisis are most visceral as hospitals and chemists run out of essential medicineshttps://t.co/nEekwHVppQ

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 22, 2022

Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate has claimed responsibility for a series of bombings that targeted the country's minority Shiite Muslims. The deadliest of Thursday's blasts occurred inside a Shite mosque in northern Mazar-e-Sharif. https://t.co/acCGfokqGy

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 22, 2022

Londoners will soon be able to get a view of the city from Westminster Abbey's rooftop. The church says it will open up its rooftop in celebration of Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee pic.twitter.com/K2SOgOEHPe

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 22, 2022