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Israel minister not happy with Palestinian flags at Eurovision
This is Money 19 May 2019
Two of Madonna's dancers are seen side-by-side with Israeli and Palestinian flags on their backs during her performance at Eurovision. Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev on Sunday criticised the display of Palestinian flags during the Eurovision song contest finals in Tel Aviv, including by one of Madonna's dancers ... ....
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Bomb hits tourist bus near Egypt's Giza Pyramids, wounds 16
Atlanta Journal 19 May 2019
CAIRO — . Egyptian officials say a roadside bomb has hit a tourist bus near the Giza Pyramids. They say Sunday's blast wounded at least 16 people, including tourists ... Support real journalism ... See offers ... ....
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Iraqi Oil Minister: Exxon Mobil’s Evacuation of Foreign Staff ‘Unacceptable’
Hamodia 19 May 2019photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore
Emilia Clarke’s reaction to the Game of Thrones season 8 finale confirms our worst fears
Metro UK 19 May 2019
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Warning. Spoilers for Game of Thrones season 8 below. Game of Thrones season eight will air its last episode tonight, thus ringing in an end of an era and a goodbye to the biggest show on television of the last decade ... Advertisement ... More ... ....
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Rep. Justin Amash becomes the first Republican in Congress to call Trump’s conduct impeachable
Vox 19 May 2019
Amash read the whole Mueller Report and concluded AG Bill Barr misled the public. Michigan Republican Rep ... While several Democrats have also called for impeachment, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has repeatedly sidestepped the issue, instead calling for more investigations . Amash sits at a unique nexus in the Republican party ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4....
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Jimmy Carter Finds Renaissance in 2020 Democratic Scramble
Voa News 19 May 2019
Former President Jimmy Carter carved an unlikely path to the White House in 1976 and endured humbling defeat after one term. Now, six administrations later, the longest-living chief executive in American history is re-emerging from political obscurity at age 94 to win over his fellow Democrats once again ... Amy Klobuchar said in an interview ... ....
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Dalai Lama says China leader wanted to meet him in 2014: report
The Telegraph India 19 May 2019
The Chinese president had agreed to meet the Dalai Lama during a state visit to India in 2014, The Observer has reported. It added that the plan was quashed by Delhi, according to the Tibetan spiritual leader ... ....
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Swiss voters approve tighter gun laws, lining up with the EU
Atlanta Journal 19 May 2019
GENEVA — . Swiss voters on Sunday approved a measure to tighten the Alpine nation's gun laws, bringing the country in line with many of its European partners despite the objections of local gun owners, Swiss media reported, citing official results ... Switzerland is not an EU member, but it is in the Schengen zone ... See offers ... ....
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Modi thanks EC for shrine visit, Rahul terms it 'drama in Kedarnath'
Yahoo Daily News 19 May 2019
Kedarnath/New Delhi. Amidst a controversy over his visit to Kedarnath and Badrinath shrines during 'silent period' for the last leg of polling, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday thanked the Election Commission for the permission, even as opposition parties cried foul over the much-publicised trip and alleged poll code violation ... ....
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Marquez extends championship lead with French GP win
RTE 19 May 2019
Honda's world champion Marc Marquez won the French Grand Prix at Le Mans for his third victory in the last four races to extend his lead at the top of the MotoGP standings ... Dovizioso battled hard to finish second behind the Spaniard in his works Ducati, while team mate Danilo Petrucci joined him on the podium in third....
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Elizabeth Warren has a plan for everything. But running for president wasn't always on the ...
The Independent 19 May 2019
Elizabeth Warren seems to have a plan for everything, and she wants everyone to know it. ... “I have a plan for that, in fact I have several,” she claimed to knowing nods on her first trip to the state of Pennsylvania on the 2020 trail. We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... Subscribe now ... “Never thought I would do this.” ... Getty ... EPA ... ....
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Revealed: 5G rollout is being stalled by rows over lampposts
The Observer 19 May 2019
The rollout of 5G telecommunications networks is being stalled by at least two years over legal wrangling about the control of millions of lampposts, the Guardian can reveal. Lampposts have suddenly become hot property because 5G requires the installation of transmitters on a dense network of masts taller than a double decker bus ... What is 5G? ... ....
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Saudi Arabia deposits $250m in Sudan central bank as transition talks resume
The National 19 May 2019
Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had deposited $250 million in Sudan's central bank as part of a support package for the country following the overthrow of longtime leader Omar Al Bashir. "The ministry of finance has deposited 937.5 million Saudi riyals into the central bank of Sudan," it said in a statement ... Updated. May 19, 2019 07.33 PM ... ....
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'Women will die': how new abortion bans will harm the most vulnerable
The Observer 19 May 2019photo: AP / Mahesh Kumar A.
India gender-row sprinter Chand says she is gay
Independent online (SA) 19 May 2019
NEW DEHLI – Top Indian sprinter Dutee Chand revealed on Sunday that she is gay, becoming the first athlete from the socially conservative country to do so, and adding she feared being ostracised by her family after the admission ... "I am in a same-sex relationship and I don't think there is anything wrong in it," the 23-year-old said ... AFP ....
