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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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Israeli military fires shells at southern Lebanon
Press TV 18 May 2021
Israel has fired artillery shells at Lebanon, after rockets were fired from the country toward the occupied Palestinian territories. The Israeli military said it had launched artillery at what it said were “the sources of” six shells that were fired from Lebanon toward the northern part of the occupied territories on Monday ... www.presstv.ir ... .
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US set to approve $735 million arms deal to Israel
The New Arab 18 May 2021
The Biden administration will sell Israel a further $735 million in precision-guided weapons, despite the ongoing bombardment of civilians in Gaza. Congressional sources indicated to The Washington Post, that the deal would likely be approved by the Houses without objections ... https.//t.co/g348hB7L1T — The New Arab (@The_NewArab) May 18, 2021 ... ....
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Hong Kong closes Taiwan office amid rise in diplomatic tensions
Al Jazeera 18 May 2021
Hong Kong’s government has suspended operations at its representative office in Taiwan in a sign of escalating diplomatic tension between China’s self-governing territory and the democratically-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own ... Taiwan’s government said that while it respected the decision, it also regretted it ... .
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Understanding Israel’s Latest Attack on Gaza, and Who Benefits
The Palestine Chronicle 18 May 2021
“Both sides need to de-escalate.”. “No one benefits from this. ”. You’ll hear a lot of statements like that from pundits, elected officials, government spokespeople, and mainstream media anytime there’s violence in Israel-Palestine ... Thirty-one of them were children. Rocket fire from Gaza left eight Israelis, including one child dead ... But it’s not true ... .
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European leaders seized more power during the pandemic. Few have 'exit plans' to hand it back
CNN 18 May 2021
London and Paris (CNN)Hundreds of thousands of people have lost their lives across Europe due to Covid-19, and many more have suffered long-term ill health after contracting the disease. They're not the only casualties of the pandemic ... The move was seen as controversial by some of Macron's liberal allies ... Read More ... That was two member states ... .
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Blinken Slams Russia's 'Unlawful Maritime Claims', Says US Will Have to Respond
Urdu Point 18 May 2021
If Russia "chooses to take reckless or aggressive actions" targeting the interests of the US or its allies, Washington will respond, Blinken went on to say ... education, oil spill response, search and rescue, pollution ....
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Putin Calls for Putting End to Israeli-Palestinian VIolence
Urdu Point 18 May 2021
"The outbreak of confrontation between Palestinians and Israelis has already resulted in a large number of civilian victims, including children ... ....
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No respite for Palestinians from Israel strikes, as diplomatic efforts intensify
Dawn 18 May 2021
The UN Security Council was due to hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday amid a flurry of urgent diplomacy aimed at stemming Israel air strikes that have killed more than 200 Palestinians. A fireball accompanied by a plume of black smoke erupted over a Gaza building early on Tuesday after the latest Israeli strike, an AFP journalist reported ... .
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Wrongfully convicted US brothers to receive $84 million
Raw Story 18 May 2021
Two African-American half-brothers who spent 31 years in prison in the southern US state of North Carolina for a crime they did not commit have been awarded $84 million, their lawyer said Monday ... "They were vindicated." .
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New Dutch exhibition takes unflinching look at slavery
The Northside Sun 18 May 2021
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The delicacy of one of the first objects in new exhibition at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum belies its brutality. At the end of a thin iron rod are the artistically interwoven letters GWC — used to brand the initials of a Dutch trading company into the skin of enslaved workers ... Gold, ivory and human beings ... ___ ... All rights reserved.
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Surfer dies after shark attack in Australia
The Manila Times 18 May 2021
SYDNEY. A surfer has died after being bitten by a shark at a beach north of Sydney, Australian authorities said on Tuesday ... Police said he was surfing when the attack occurred ... .
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Israel’s ‘shocking disregard’ for Palestinian lives may amount to war crimes, says Amnesty
The Independent 18 May 2021
Attacks by Israeli forces on residential homes in Gaza should be investigated as “war crimes,” Amnesty International said on Monday. Calling the attacks “crimes against humanity”, the human rights body said that Israel was displaying a “shocking disregard” for the lives of Palestinian civilians.
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End of Israel's illusion
Korea Times 18 May 2021
By Shlomo Ben-Ami. TEL AVIV ― The sudden eruption of war outside and inside Israel's borders has shocked a complacent nation. Throughout Binyamin Netanyahu's 12-year premiership, the Palestinian problem was buried and forgotten ... Now it has reemerged with a vengeance. Wars can be triggered by an isolated incident, but their cause is always deeper ... .
