🇬🇧❌🇷🇺 — 📰 British Media, Sky News on Twitter:

— "Sky's Beth Rigby sits down with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of this week's G7 summit in Hiroshima.

Mr Sunak tells Sky News he will still be PM after the next general election and has a "straightforward message" for Putin, "we're not going away""

🔗 Sky News (@SkyNews)

🇬🇧❌🇷🇺 — 📰 British Media, Sky News on Twitter:
— ""What's you message to Putin?"

Sky's Beth Rigby speaks with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of this week's G7 summit in Hiroshima - where he will announce a ban on Russian diamond imports

🔗 Sky News (@SkyNews)

🇬🇧❌🇷🇺 — 📰 Sky News: Rishi Sunak announces ban at G7 on Russian diamonds, copper, aluminium and nickel

— "Rishi Sunak will announce a ban on Russian diamonds coming to Britain as the prime minister and other G7 leaders step up sanctions against Vladimir Putin.

The diamond ban is part of a wider package of sanctions as the prime minister and allies use the annual G7 summit in Tokyo to redouble support for Ukraine.

Sanctions will also extend to imports of Russian-origin copper, aluminium and nickel - as well as the freeze on the $4bn (£3.2bn) diamond export market."

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🇫🇷🤝🇯🇵 — 🇫🇷 French President Emmanuel Macron on Twitter:

— "In Japan for the G7 Summit.

For the victory of Ukraine and the return of peace based on law.

For the solidarity we owe to the populations who struggle against poverty.

To set an example and support our partners who are committed to the planet."

🔗 Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron)

🇩🇪🤝🇯🇵 — 📰 NHK News: Japan, Germany agree to step up cooperation with Global South

— "The leaders of Japan and Germany have agreed to work together to boost cooperation with emerging and developing nations collectively known as the Global South.

Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Chancellor Olaf Scholz held talks in Hiroshima City on Friday morning, ahead of the opening of the G7 summit.

Kishida said he hopes to lead G7 discussions on maintaining and strengthening a free and open international order based on the rule of law."

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🇯🇵🌼📹 — 📰 Japanese Media, NHK News on Twitter:
— "Volunteers in Hiroshima planted over 10,000 marigolds in the shape of "G7" to welcome visiting leaders and delegates. Each flower represents someone killed by the atomic bomb dropped on the city."

🔗 NHK WORLD News (@NHKWORLD_News)

🇯🇵🌼📹 — 📰 Japanese Media, NHK News on Twitter:
— "The G7 Hiroshima Summit opened on the 19th. After visiting the Atomic Bomb Museum, the leaders of the G7 countries laid wreaths at the Atomic Bomb Cenotaph in Peace Park in Hiroshima City."

🔗 NHKニュース (@nhk_news)

🇯🇵🔥📹 — 📰 British Media, Sky News on Twitter:
— "Hundreds of protestors gathered in the Japanese city of Hiroshima to protest against the upcoming G7 summit.

They gathered at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park carrying banners reading "no G7.""

🔗 Sky News (@SkyNews)

🇯🇵🇨🇳🇷🇺 — 📰 CNBC: As G-7 Summit kicks off in Hiroshima, China and Russia are on everyone’s minds

— "The annual Group of 7 summit officially kicks off on Friday in Hiroshima, Japan.

Leaders of the seven major industrial democracies – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, and United States – will discuss the future of global relations and the world economy as it faces a number of uncertainties: growing geopolitical tensions, central banks’ combat against rising inflation and a U.S. debt ceiling deadlock.

Also under the spotlight are the countries invited for the gathering, including Australia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Korea, and Vietnam – nations with pivotal roles to play in regional alliances as the rift between Washington and Beijing deepens."

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🇬🇧🤝🇯🇵 — 📰 Bloomberg: UK Announces Japan Chips Partnership as Fears Grow Over Taiwan
— "Rishi Sunak announced £18 billion ($22.5 billion) of new investment by Japanese businesses in the UK, mostly in clean energy, as well as a bilateral “semiconductor partnership” aimed at boosting supply chain resilience amid fears over Chinese interference in Taiwan.

A “Hiroshima Accord” seeks to deepen economic, security and tech cooperation between the two countries, the British premier said as he landed in Japan on Thursday ahead of the Group of Seven summit.

Stress testing and strengthening supply chains are a key aim of the leaders in the wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic, with their reliance on chips from Taiwan high on the agenda. The UK will unveil its long-awaited Semiconductor Strategy Friday."

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🇨🇳❌🇹🇼 — 📰 Reuters (May 4, 2023): Top US spy says Chinese invasion halting Taiwan chip production would be 'enormous' global economic blow

— " A Chinese invasion of Taiwan could potentially halt production by the world's largest advanced semiconductor chip maker, wiping out up to $1 trillion per year from the global economy per year in the first few years, the top U.S. intelligence official said on Thursday.

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines presented what she called a "general estimate" during testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

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🇨🇳🌏💰 — 📰 Global Times: China-Central Asia Summit kicks off; high-level summit demonstrates Central Asia's growing importance on China's diplomatic agenda

— "President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan held a welcome ceremony for Central Asian leaders and their wives in Tang Paradise, a complex based on the site of the original relic of an imperial garden dating back to the Tang Dynasty, in Xi'an on Thursday night. China-Central Asia Summit kicked off on the same day.

Experts said that convening of the "landmark" summit, first of its kind, demonstrates Central Asia's growing importance on China's diplomatic agenda, and increasing significance to China's energy and strategic security, amid complicated international and regional circumstances.

In an approximately overlapping time, leaders from G7 countries are scheduled to gather in Japan to take aim at China and Russia. Observers said China-Central Asia Summit, although not deliberately arranged at a close time with G7, sends contrast signals to the world, as G7 speaks language of outmoded Cold War mentality whilst China-Central Asia Summit's promotion of cooperation and inclusiveness represents world development trend. "

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🇨🇳🌏💰 — 📰 Reuters: China's Xi unveils grand development plan with Central Asia allies

— "China's President Xi Jinping on Friday unveiled an ambitious plan to help elevate Central Asia to the next level of its development - from building infrastructure networks to boosting trade - while shunning "external interference" at the same time.

China stands ready to synergise development strategies with the five Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, and make joint efforts to promote the modernisation of all six countries, said Xi in an address at the China-Central Asia Summit in northwest China.

— "The world needs a Central Asia that is stable, prosperous, harmonious, and well-connected," Xi said."

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https://archive.is/hvuus

🇨🇳🇹🇯💸 — 📰 Global Times: China-Central Asia to facilitate new railway, road facilities expansion and upgrade, a boost to regional trade, prosperity

— "China and Tajikistan said in a joint statement issued on Thursday on the sideline of the China-Central Asia Summit that both sides will continue to work hard to promote the construction of railway and highway transportation corridors, while emphasizing the great significance of strengthening connectivity of the regional transportation infrastructure.

The latest efforts by the two countries on the joint development of transportation, key to economic prosperity, are meant to boost regional trade flows, create jobs, stabilize and secure supply chains while facilitating the China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor linking China and the Arabian Peninsula, experts said. Such cooperation is all based on win-win outcomes for regional prosperity in stark contrast with the political purposes of the US."

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https://archive.is/4g5OG

🇺🇸🌐⚖️ — 📰 Fox News: Supreme Court rules for social media giants in cases over third-party content, declines to address Section 230

— "The Supreme Court on Thursday handed big tech companies, including Google and Twitter, legal wins in a pair of lawsuits alleging that the companies should be liable for ISIS attacks because of content the terror organization promoted using their platforms.
The companies were sued separately by the families of the victims. In the case against Twitter, Justice Clarence Thomas authored a unanimous opinion saying that the families did not provide sufficient evidence to establish that the companies should be held liable for aiding and abetting.

"Defendants allegedly knew that ISIS was using their platforms but failed to stop it from doing so," the ruling states. "Plaintiffs accordingly seek to hold Facebook, Twitter, and Google liable for the terrorist attack that allegedly injured them. We conclude, however, that plaintiffs’ allegations are insufficient to establish that these defendants aided and abetted ISIS in carrying out the relevant attack.""

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