Tweets Of The Day

• North Korea reports first COVID-19 death
• Ukrainian forces gain momentum in Donbas fighting
• First image of black hole at center of Milky Way unveiled

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— DW News (@dwnews) May 13, 2022

Erdogan says Turkey not supportive of Finland, Sweden joining NATO https://t.co/rAsMYdWAyD pic.twitter.com/gX5UJ2jQej

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 13, 2022

#UPDATE Syrian rebels killed 10 pro-regime fighters in northern Syria on Friday, in the deadliest such attack since a truce deal reached more than two years ago, a war monitor said https://t.co/1VNtvA1IHv

📷 File pic shows a rebel manning a position in Syria's Latakia Governate pic.twitter.com/ARnp5FKU84

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 13, 2022

Kim Jong Un was seen visiting his country's State Emergency Epidemic Prevention Headquarters after an Omicron variant death was recorded in the country.

Around 188,000 people were believed to be isolating with a "fever" in the hermit nation.https://t.co/fxXKlLcnHe pic.twitter.com/uqFLD1XUI2

— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 13, 2022

Palestinian mourners of slain #AlJazeera journalist #Shireen_Abu_Akleh are attacked by Israeli forces while carrying her coffin during her funeral procession in #Jerusalem pic.twitter.com/ZaiVqVYX27

— In Context (@incontextmedia) May 13, 2022

#UPDATE Stalled negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme have been unblocked after fresh talks in Tehran, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday, adding that he believed a final deal was within reach https://t.co/pDHhgtvxv5 pic.twitter.com/efJoaL1Pyl

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 13, 2022

BREAKING: UAE President and longtime ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has died at the age of 73, UAE state media has announced. More to follow: https://t.co/v2mxhRZGJA pic.twitter.com/J6xoNSV96v

— DW News (@dwnews) May 13, 2022

In another sign of internal turmoil, Elon Musk says his planned $44 billion purchase of Twitter is “temporarily on hold” pending details on spam and fake accounts on the social media platform. It wasn’t clear whether the issue could scuttle the deal. https://t.co/uDNxteGtuh

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 13, 2022