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• Ukraine to launch first war crimes trial against Russian soldier
• Finland's leaders call for joining NATO 'without delay'
• North Korea confirms first-ever COVID infection
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— DW News (@dwnews) May 12, 2022

United States passes one million Covid deaths https://t.co/LNtEr5bwic

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 12, 2022

#BREAKING Covid deaths in Europe pass two million mark: WHO pic.twitter.com/NtLbZ7EEiV

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 12, 2022

President Biden will appeal for renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19 when the second global pandemic summit opens Thursday. The virtual meeting comes as the U.S. nears what Biden calls “a tragic milestone” of 1 million coronavirus deaths. https://t.co/9xERxq2WZy

— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) May 12, 2022

In response to North Korea's first announced COVID-19 outbreak, leader Kim Jong Un called for a lockdown of cities and counties and said workplaces should be isolated by units to block the virus from spreading, state media reported. https://t.co/AlyAwdIPf0

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 12, 2022

#UPDATE North Korea has fired three short-range ballistic missiles, Seoul's military said on Thursday, hours after Pyongyang announced the country's first-ever cases of Covid-19 https://t.co/QI92pIPnfR

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 12, 2022

Sri Lanka crisis: Gotabaya Rajapaksa speech fails to reassure as crisis grows https://t.co/R12rJWARaq

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 12, 2022

Somalia is set to hold its long-delayed presidential vote on Sunday, ending the convoluted electoral process that raised tensions in the country when the president’s term expired last year without a successor in place. https://t.co/ng46O8b7rH

— AP Africa (@AP_Africa) May 12, 2022

Saudi Aramco overtakes Apple as world's most valuable company https://t.co/zrATKEHvmL

— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 12, 2022