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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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New York state begins criminal probe into Trump company
The Irish Times 19 May 2021
The New York attorney general’s office said on Tuesday it has now opened a criminal investigation into former United States president Donald Trump’s company, increasing the legal risk for Mr Trump and his family ... The Trump Organization, the former president’s family-owned business, could not immediately be reached for comment ... Tax break ... – Reuters. .
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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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Bill Gates will never be the same
Vox 18 May 2021
Bill Gates is mired in deep scandal, after decades of bolstering his philanthropic image. Indraneel Chowdhury/NurPhoto via Getty Images. The aura that Gates built over the past two decades may be permanently shattered ... It would only take two weeks for Gates to reinvent himself yet again — and not in the way that his past reinventions have gone ... .
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 ... .
photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America
Nancy Pelosi calls for US and world leaders to boycott China’s 2022 Olympics
Indian Express 19 May 2021
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday called for a US diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, criticizing China for human rights abuses and saying global leaders who attend would lose their moral authority ... Top News Right Now. TMC leaders listed Narada case in poll papers, Suvendu, Mukul didn’tCyclone Tauktae.
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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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Ceuta: Spain sends troops as 8,000 migrants enter enclave
BBC News 18 May 2021
Spain has deployed troops after record numbers of migrants entered its north African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco. Some 8,000 people have reached Ceuta in two days, Spanish officials say ... Spain's Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez has vowed to restore order.
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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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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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Lebanon’s FM asks to quit after ISIL comments anger Gulf states
Al Jazeera 19 May 2021
Lebanon’s foreign minister has asked the president to be relieved of his duties, the presidency said, after his televised comments appearing to blame Gulf states for the rise of ISIL (ISIS) caused a diplomatic firestorm ... Wehbe apologised on Tuesday, saying he did not mean to offend “brotherly Arab countries” ... GCC seeks formal apology ... .
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US approves release of oldest prisoner at Guantanamo: Lawyer
Al Jazeera 18 May 2021
A 73-year-old from Pakistan who is the oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre has been notified that he has been approved for release after more than 16 years in custody at the US base in Cuba, his lawyer said ... It does not mean his release his imminent ... A Pentagon spokesman had no immediate comment ... .
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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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Surfer Killed in Shark Attack on Australia’s East Coast
The Epoch Times 19 May 2021photo: Creative Commons / MgHla (aka) Htin Linn Aye https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protest_in_Myanmar_against_Military_Coup_14-Feb-2021_20.jpg
Months before the coup, Myanmar army ordered intercept spyware
Al Jazeera 19 May 2021
In the months before the Myanmar military’s February 1 coup, the country’s telecom and internet service providers were ordered to install intercept spyware that would allow the army to eavesdrop on the communications of citizens, sources with direct knowledge of the plan told Reuters ... ‘Lawful intercept’ ... That has become total control since the coup ... .
