The Russian and French leaders will also attend a large exhibition in the Royal Palace devoted to the 300th anniversary of Russian Tsar Peter the Great’s first trip to France. At the conclusion of his visit, Putin will leave Versailles for Paris to attend the Russian Cultural and Spiritual Center opened in October last year.
Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili says Georgia has all practical tools to prepare for NATO membership, RIA Novosti reported. Georgia for the first time hosts the spring sitting of NATO Parliamentary Assembly which is being held from May 26 to 29. This is the fifth case in NATO’s history when the Assembly holds its session in non-member state of the alliance.
On May 29 the Council of the European Union extended restrictive measures against the Syrian regime until 1 June 2018, the EU Council official website informs. This decision is in line with the EU strategy on Syria, which states that the EU will maintain its restrictive measures against the Syrian regime and its supporters as long as the repression of civilians continues.
“The Square”, a Swedish movie about the curator of a museum filled with grotesquely pretentious conceptual art, beat stiff competition to win the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, Reuters reports. Critics hailed the movie by writerdirector Ruben Ostlund as “highwire cinema” that veers between comedy and thriller.
“Jared is doing a great job for the country,” he said. “I have total confidence in him. He is respected by virtually everyone and is working on programs that will save our country billions of dollars. In addition to that, and perhaps more importantly, he is a very good person.”
Forensic linguistic analysis on the malware suggested it was written by native Chinesespeaking people with southern accents, said Flashpoint. According to Flashpoint, the hackers had used Google Translate to write the ransom note.
For a newly announced partnership with the Starmus Science Festival and in support of its Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication award, Omega will present each of this year’s three winners with a special 18k yellow gold Omega Speedmaster watch.
“He died at 0100 (2200 GMT) surrounded by the people whom he loved and who loved him,” a family statement said.
England’s MI5 – the country’s security service- is to hold an inquiry into the way it dealt with warnings from the public that the Manchester suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, was a potential threat, BBC reported.
Tokyo and Seoul strongly condemned Pyongyang’s move, the latest in a series of recent missile tests. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Pyongyang launched at least one projectile in the eastern direction from Wonsan, Gangwon Province at dawn. “It is estimated to be a Scud type [missile],” the JCS said, adding, that the projectile ew about 450 kilometers.
