Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin speaks during a joint press announcement with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (not pictured) at Kishida's official residence in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Finland appears on the cusp of joining NATO. Sweden c

Finland to join NATO

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Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin speaks during a joint press announcement with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (not pictured) at Kishida’s official residence in Tokyo, May 11, 2022. Finland appears on the cusp of joining NATO. Sweden could follow suit. 

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On Wednesday, Finland’s leaders announced their support for joining NATO, a reversal from their decadeslong stance of neutrality in relation to Europe’s NATO-Russia divide. And the Taliban in Afghanistan have announced new rules requiring women to cover their faces in public and to leave home only when necessary. This is the latest in a series of restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban came to power last summer. And Brazil’s former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is aiming for a comeback. Lula is a frontrunner for the 2022 election, but incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro could still pull off a victory in the deeply divided country. 

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