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Officials: Several rockets fired from Lebanon toward Israel
Politico 19 May 2021
Foreign Policy Officials. Several rockets fired from Lebanon toward Israel. The Israeli military said it identified four rockets fired from Lebanon into northern Israel. A man inspects the rubble of destroyed commercial building and Gaza health care clinic following an Israeli airstrike. Adel Hana/AP Photo. By ASSOCIATED PRESS. 05/19/2021 10.06 AM EDT ... .
photo: US Army / Sgt. Christopher Prows
Pentagon running ‘secret army of 60,000 around world’
The Independent 19 May 2021photo: AP / Baderkhan Ahmad
Syria: Prolonged violence, violation and abuse ‘bound to affect generations to come’
United Nations 19 May 2021
Millions of children trapped in protracted conflict in Syria continue to endure severe violence with little support for survivors, according to the UN Secretary-General’s third report on the situation, launched on Wednesday. ... They have known nothing but war" ... ...Click for original article. .
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zenaida Roth
China protests latest US Navy passage through Taiwan Strait
The Times of India 19 May 2021
BEIJING. China on Wednesday protested the latest passage by a ship through the , calling it a provocation that undermined peace and stability in the region. The US Navy's 7th Fleet said that the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit on Tuesday in accordance with international law ... .
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Baptism party attacked in northern Burkina Faso, killing 15
Wtop 19 May 2021
The attack took place Tuesday near the town of Tin-Akoff, according to Salfo Kabore, the governor of Sahel region ... While there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the internal security report viewed by The Associated Press blamed extremists linked to the Islamic State group ... Source .
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Turkey rejects US claims of Erdogan's 'anti-Semitism'
The New Arab 19 May 2021
Turkey Wednesday rejected accusations by the United States that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made "anti-Semitic" remarks in his criticism of Israeli strikes in Gaza, his party's spokesman said. "Accusing our president of anti-Semitism is an illogical and untrue approach ... — Ömer Çelik (@omerrcelik) May 19, 2021 ... Agencies contributed to this report.
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Protests planned as North Carolina officers who killed Andrew Brown keep jobs
Metro USA 19 May 2021
(Reuters) – Protesters planned to boycott businesses on Wednesday after North Carolina’s Pasquotank County chief prosecutor declined to bring charges against the sheriff’s deputies who killed a Black man during an attempted arrest, local media reported ... Brown was wanted on suspicion of selling illegal drugs ... .
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About 5,000 Moroccans storm illegally into Spain's Ceuta enclave
Middle East Online 18 May 2021
MADRID - An unusually large group of about 5,000 Moroccans, many of them minors or families, illegally swam into Spain's northern African enclave of Ceuta on Monday, a spokesman for the Spanish government's delegation there said. One person died in the attempt, the spokesman said ... "Spain has been very clear and detailed about the case ... .
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Unexpected substances found in comets from our solar system and elsewhere in the universe
The Independent 19 May 2021
Unexpected metals have been found in comets that originated outside our solar system as well as within it, according to major new research. Scientists found iron and nickel, which they referred to as a “big surprise”, inside the objects ... .
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Gaza children bearing the brunt of Israel's onslaught
The New Arab 19 May 2021
Suzy Ishkontana hardly speaks or eats. It’s been two days since the seven-year-old girl was pulled from the rubble of what was once her family's home, destroyed amid a barrage of relentless Israeli airstrikes. She spent hours buried in the wreckage as her siblings and mother died around her ... The strikes came without warning ... Zuhair Al-Jaro ... ....
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People of conscience: Palestinians ask you to boycott Israel
The Guardian 19 May 2021photo: US DoD / Lisa Ferdinando
Who Elected America To Rule the World?
Antiwar 19 May 2021
>. One aspect of American exceptionalism is undoubtedly true. American policymakers believe that they have been anointed by heaven to rule the world. Just as God cares if a sparrow falls to earth, U.S. officials believe anything anyone does anywhere on the planet is a matter of Washington’s concern ... Even more intrusive, however, is US sanctions policy ... .
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Putin and Xi commemorate new chapter in joint power plant project
Ruptly 19 May 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping took part in online ceremony dedicated to the beginning of construction of new power units at Tianwan nuclear power plant and Xuidapu nuclear power plant in China, on Wednesday ... .
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China preens in UN spotlight over Middle East as US isolated
Dawn 19 May 2021
US isolation at the United Nations over efforts to end renewed Middle East violence has seen China seize the chance to burnish its multilateral leadership credentials, diplomats say, just months after President Joe Biden declared. “America is back.” ... China denies the charge ... Frustration ... A spokesperson for China's UN mission told Reuters ... .
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Loophole lets soya farmers tear down the Amazon
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism 19 May 2021
The Amazon rainforest is still being burnt to make way for soya to feed the world’s livestock, despite supposedly tough rules designed to prevent precisely this deforestation ... Recent research suggests some parts now emit more carbon than they absorb ... A hole in the defence ... Home page.
