Tweets of the week

140 signs from world newsmakers

Samantha Power, US Ambassador to the UN, April 24

ISIS publishes about 90 thousand tweets per day to glorify the horrors that they create. We must teach young people to recognize this lie and confront it.

Michael Makfol, former US Ambassador to Russia, April 24

Students of the Kiev-Mogilyansk Academy in Kyiv reminded me of groups of students whom I met in Russia. There are more common between them than differences.

Glen Greenwoland, journalist, The Intercept, April 24

The excellent news about Omar Hadra, who from the age of 15 was sitting in Guantanamo as a “terrorist”: he was released on bail in Canada*.

Manuel Waltz, Prime Minister of France-about the expected execution of the French citizen Sergee Atlaoui, convicted of Indonesia in 2007 for drug production

The highest measure should never be used. The execution of Serge Atlai will not be left without consequences.

Ian Bremmer, American political scientist, April 22

Obama criticizes the Armenian genocide, without saying the word "genocide." It’s like with Russian intervention in Ukraine.

Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela, April 23

Let's show that we can win a big victory in the economic war and guarantee a calm life for our homeland ... we will be one ...

Bill Ny, an American television journalist, a popularizer of science, about the NASA project The One Earth Message (a spaceship without a crew, taking a video message about earthlings that was launched in 2006 and should reach Pluto in July 2015), April 24)

The message from the ground flies to the far planet. Oh, Pluto, does your world look like Earth? In July, we will fly by and wave your pen.

Scott Kelly, American astronaut, April 24

My #bedroom on board #μs. All home amenities. Well, there is a part of them. #Godvosmos.

Pope Francis, April 21

We need to take care of the planet so that it continues to be a source of life for the whole human family, as God wants this.

Labrador Benjamin

Twitter Labrador Secretary of State John Kerry named Benjamin (2,259 subscribers), April 22

And here John Kerry and I have fun in the State Department, celebrating #Day of Earth and my birthday.

* Omar Hadr, a Canadian citizen of Afghan origin, was detained in Afghanistan in 2002. He admitted to the murder of an American soldier and other crimes. He was imprisoned in Guantanamo, and in 2012 he was transported to the Canadian prison.