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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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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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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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Joe Biden calls for US to confront its past on 100th anniversary of Tulsa massacre
The Guardian 02 Jun 2021
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French heir renounces title to Nazi-looted Pissarro painting found in Oklahoma
The Art Newspaper 02 Jun 2021
The heir to a French Jewish family that owned a Pissarro painting looted by the Nazis has abandoned her effort to keep the work in France, instead transferring ownership to the University of Oklahoma, where it previously hung ... A fallback plan would be to show the picture in France through the US State Department’s Art in Embassies programme ... .
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Xi Jinping Calls For Greater Global Media Reach To Present "True China"
NDTV 02 Jun 2021
China President Xi Jinping said the country must improve the way it tells its "stories" to a global audience as it seeks to develop an international voice that reflects its status on the world stage,... .
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Lebanon crisis could rank among world’s three worst in 150 years
Al Jazeera 01 Jun 2021
Lebanon’s financial and economic crisis could rank as one of the world’s three most severe since the mid-19th century, concludes the latest Lebanon Economic Monitor released by the World Bank on Tuesday. Lebanon’s descent into what could end up being one of the top three worst crises in 150 years has been stunningly swift ... .
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Eden Hazard insists he did not celebrate Chelsea’s Champions League win and wants Real Madrid to lift trophy next season
Metro UK 01 Jun 2021
Chelsea hero Eden Hazard wants Real Madrid to win the Champions League next season (Pictures. Getty). Eden Hazard insists he did not celebrate Chelsea’s Champions League win and is keen to see Real Madrid reclaim the trophy from his former club next season ... After helping the Blues win the competition, Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount said ... We made it ... .
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Six new museums to see in Ireland
Irish Independent 02 Jun 2021
What can we do? The question is as common as the chirping of birds during school holidays. While it may have nagged in the past, I think the sweet taste of freedom this year will see us out exploring Ireland again with a vengeance ... Here are just six ideas for day trips — remember to book ahead as time slots and capacity limits may apply. 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... .
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US to hand over Bagram Air Base to Afghan forces in 20 days
Yahoo Daily News 02 Jun 2021
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 2 (ANI). As Washington speed-up to complete the withdrawal of its troops ahead of September 11, the US military will be handing over its main Bagram Air Base to Afghan forces in about 20 days, an official said on Tuesday ... The US withdrawal comes despite bloody clashes across the country between the Taliban and Afghan forces.
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Netanyahu's opponents face unity government deadline
The Independent 02 Jun 2021
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s opponents on Wednesday were racing to finalize a coalition government to end his 12-year rule — the longest by any Israeli premier — ahead of a midnight deadline ... .
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Iran ends UN nuclear monitoring after failing to account for trace uranium
The National 01 Jun 2021
Iran on Monday said it would not renew its inspection agreement with the UN nuclear watchdog but would continue to record data for one more month. The decision was made public after an accusation earlier in the day by the International Atomic Energy Agency that Tehran had failed to account for uranium traces ... Read More ... Opinion ... .
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Gunmen kill Uganda minister's daughter, driver in failed assassination bid -army
Yahoo Daily News 01 Jun 2021
KAMPALA (Reuters) -Gunmen attacked and wounded Uganda's former army commander on Tuesday, killing his daughter and driver in an assassination attempt on the general, the current minister of works and transport, an army spokeswoman and local media reports said ... Social media images also showed bullet holes in a car window and casings on the ground ... .
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Western Sahara independence leader to leave Spain soon amid diplomatic row
Metro USA 02 Jun 2021
MADRID (Reuters) -Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali, who has been treated for COVID-19 in Spain for more than a month, was to leave the country within hours, a Spanish diplomatic source and a source close to Ghali said late on Tuesday. The Western Sahara independence movement leader was planning to fly to Algeria from Pamplona at 1.40 a.m ... .
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Bangladesh’s ‘most prolific’ tiger poacher arrested after 20 years on the run
The Independent 01 Jun 2021
After evading arrest for nearly 20 years, a “prolific” tiger poacher, charged with killing 70 animals, was taken into custody by the Bangladesh authorities on Saturday ... .
