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Under the theme "A World at Breaking Point: Managing Crises and Transformations", the 8th annual TRT World Forum 2024, a prominent global event organized by TRT, continues to influence the global agenda. In the opening session, TRT Director General Mehmet Zahid Sobacı stated: "We are facing a crisis more devastating and destructive than any we have known. This crisis is a crisis of conscience.

As many as 21 presidents from the European Union signed, on the occasion of Europe Day, an appeal for Europe before the European Parliament elections, informs the Presidential Administration. The elections in 2019 have special importance: you, the European citizens, are the ones who decide the path that the European Union will follow.

The European Union has recalled its ambassador from Moscow after leaders on the continent threw their weight behind Theresa May's stance over the Salisbury attack. Several EU member states were poised to announce expulsions of diplomats, in a bid to dismantle Vladimir Putin's spy network.

The US has approved the sale of 200 offensive and defensive missiles to Finland, which is not a member of NATO and borders with Russia, the State Department said.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov congratulated Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on his will for his country's Euro-Atlantic integration and encouraged him to continue negotiations with Greece to resolve the issue with the name of the state, reported BGNES. 

From the Russian Federation, the holiday messages came from President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill.

From the People's Republic of China, Vucic received greetings from President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang.

EU leaders pressed Ukraine on Friday to speed up reforms that Europe and the United States hope will bring the country closer to the West but Kiev responded that it needed a promise it could join the bloc, reported Reuters. 

Bad news everyone. You know how statistics and the internet do an amazing job at capturing reality? Well, the two recently combined their powers of assessment and aimed them unforgivingly at your face. Internet dating, perhaps the highest authority on beauty, has just released an exclusive, damning report on how ugly you are.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said Monday there is no larger threat to Baltic states than the "specter of aggression" by Russia, as he pledged support for NATO allies Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, reported Voice of America. 

World leaders have condemned the terrorist attack in London that cost the lives of seven people, leaving at least 48 injured. US President Donald Trump spoke to Mrs May to offer his condolences for the “brutal” terror attack, the White House said.
He has also tweeted condolences and support.