17.05. The US Senate held a procedural vote on a bill to provide Ukraine with additional assistance in the amount of $40 billion. A bill to allocate financial assistance may be considered this week.
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17.05. In Lebanon, against the backdrop of a severe economic crisis, parliamentary elections were held, as a result of which the pro-Iranian Hezbollah group lost its majority.
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17.05. The intervention of global players not only does not contribute to the solution of regional problems, but also exacerbates them, provoking socio-economic crises and instability, the speaker of the Turkish Parliament said at an Economic Cooperation Organization PA conference.
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17.05. International Labor Organization (ILO): 160 million children, almost one in ten of the world's minors, are forced to work, and this figure continues to grow.
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