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Iran's largest warship catches fire and sinks in Gulf of Oman
ITV 02 Jun 2021
Iran's largest warship has caught fire and sunk in the Gulf of Oman, according to reports from semi-official news agencies in the country. The blaze on board the navy ship began around 2.25am and firefighters were unable to save the vessel ... The ship pictured in March 2021. Credit. Tasnim News Agency ... The Kharg was Iran’s largest warship. Credit ... AP ... .
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Disaster Feared as Chemical Cargo Ship Sinks Off Sri Lanka
Hamodia 02 Jun 2021photo: AP / Iranian Presidency Office via AP
Iran says main issues with U.S. in Vienna nuke talks settled
Xinhua 02 Jun 2021
TEHRAN, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the main issues between Tehran and Washington in the ongoing nuclear talks in Vienna have been settled, official IRNA news agency reported ... President Donald Trump have failed, the Iranian president noted ... Enditem. .
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Pfizer vaccine linked to heart inflammation in Israel
The Irish Times 02 Jun 2021
Israeli health officials have found a probable link between Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine and dozens of cases of heart inflammation in young men following the second dose of the vaccine, its health ministry said ... Of these, 27 cases occurred after the first dose and 121 following the second dose ... Young men ... .
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Labor veteran Isaac Herzog elected as Israel's president
Hindustan Times 02 Jun 2021photo: USAF / Master Sgt. Matt Summers
Malaysia scrambles fighter jets after 16 Chinese military aircraft fly toward Borneo
CNN 02 Jun 2021
Kuala LumpurThe Foreign Ministry of Malaysia on Tuesday said it would summon China's envoy to explain an "intrusion" by 16 People's Liberation Army Air Force planes into its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), after Malaysia's military detected "suspicious" activity over the South China Sea ... JUST WATCHED. Why it matters who owns the seas. Replay ... Read More.
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Pandemic plunges 100 million more workers into poverty - UN
RTE 02 Jun 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed over 100 million more workers into poverty, the UN said today, after working hours plummeted and access to good quality jobs evaporated. In a report, the UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) cautioned that the labour market crisis created by the pandemic was far from over ... .
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Why China Is Cracking Down on Bitcoin Mining and What It Could Mean for Other Countries
Time 02 Jun 2021
The annual spring rains bring many changes to southwestern China’s Sichuan province. Downpours transform the mottled landscape into lush emerald, while azaleas bloom and migrating cranes and storks begin the long journey back north ... Ltd, told TIME from his penthouse office in Sichuan province capital Chengdu last month ... coal ... .
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Biden administration halts oil drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge
RTE 02 Jun 2021
US President Joe Biden's administration has announced it was halting petroleum development activity in the Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a move by former president Donald Trump to allow drilling. The Interior Department said it was notifying firms of the freeze, pending a comprehensive environmental review ... .
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Belarus activist stabs himself in neck in court: rights group
Arab News 02 Jun 2021
MOSCOW. A Belarusian political activist stabbed himself in the neck on the first day of his trial Tuesday and was rushed to hospital, a rights group said. Viasna, an independent rights group monitoring the trial of Stepan Latypov, said it believed the activist had tried to commit suicide following pressure in detention ... ....
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AU suspends Mali after second coup in nine months
Independent online (SA) 02 Jun 2021
Nairobi, Kenya - The African Union announced it was suspending Mali with immediate effect and threatened the impoverished country with sanctions, after a second military coup in nine months. The putsch has sparked deep concerns over stability in the volatile Sahel region and warnings of economic penalties from across the international community ... .
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Pelosi rules out having Biden create Jan 6 commission
The Times of India 02 Jun 2021
WASHINGTON. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is ruling out a presidential commission to study the Jan 6 insurrection at the Capitol, telling House Democrats on Tuesday that having President Joe Biden appoint a panel is unworkable even after the Senate blocked an independent probe last week ... Start a Conversation. .
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Secret Service ‘spending US$34,140’ to rent portable toilets near Donald Trump’s Bedminster golf club
South China Morning Post 02 Jun 2021
The Secret Service is spending US$34,140 to rent portable toilets in Bedminster, New Jersey, where ...
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LeBron James and LA Lakers on brink of NBA play-offs exit
Gulf News 02 Jun 2021
Devin Booker scored 30 points as the Phoenix Suns left LeBron James and the depleted Los Angeles Lakers facing elimination from the NBA playoffs on Tuesday with a crushing 115-85 victory ... “I feel like every game in this series, the next game is the biggest game,” Booker said afterwards. “I think this was a real pivotal game for us ... Nets advance ... .
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Huawei to roll out its own operating system to smartphones
Wtop 02 Jun 2021
HONG KONG (AP) — Huawei is launching its own HarmonyOS mobile operating system on its handsets as it adapts to losing access to Google mobile services two years ago after the U.S. put the Chinese telecommunications company on a trade blacklist ... The blacklist has been a critical blow for Huawei, which has relied on essential technologies from the U.S.
