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‘There is nowhere to run… you can’t describe the terror’ – Israel steps up military offensive against Gaza
Irish Independent 13 May 2021
Israel has pressed ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, killing as many as 10 senior Hamas military figures. The country’s defence force also toppled a pair of high-rise towers housing Hamas facilities in air strikes ... Air strikes continued throughout the day, filling the sky with pillars of smoke ... Targets struck..
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Turkey’s Erdogan tells Putin Israel needs to be taught ‘deterrent lesson’
New York Post 13 May 2021
Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants Israel to be taught a “deterrent lesson” as the Jewish State responds to attacks from militant Palestinian groups at its borders. The Turkish strongman told Russian President Vladimir Putin that “the international community to give Israel a strong and deterrent lesson,” adding that the U.N ... With Post wires. .
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Saudi King, Crown Prince register for organ donation
Gulf News 12 May 2021photo: AP / Abdel Kareem Hana
Israel intensifies attacks in Gaza as conflict enters fifth day
BBC News 14 May 2021
The Israeli military has intensified its assault on Gaza, as Palestinian militants continue to fire rockets into Israel on the fifth day of hostilities. Israel's army said air and ground forces were involved in attacks on Friday but had not entered Gaza ... He said Hamas, the Islamist group that rules Gaza, would pay a heavy price ... Related Topics. .
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Amazon tax deal with Luxembourg was legal, rules EU court
Belfast Telegraph 12 May 2021
A European Union court has annulled a ruling by the European Commission that a tax deal between the Luxembourg government and Amazon amounted to illegal state support. The European Commission ordered the US online retailer in 2017 to pay around 250 million euros (£214 million) in back taxes to Luxembourg ... #EUGeneralCourt ... #EUGeneralCourt ... .
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57 Top Scientists and Doctors: Stop All Covid Vaccinations
Principia Scientific 12 May 2021
A group of 57 leading scientists, doctors, and policy experts (including Dr Peter McCullough, seen above) has released a report calling in to question the safety and efficacy of the current Covid-19 vaccines and are now calling for an immediate end to all vaccine programs ... You can read an advanced copy of this manuscript in preprint below ... Abstract.
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What insurrection? Growing number in GOP downplay Jan. 6
Detroit news 14 May 2021
Washington — What insurrection?. Flouting all evidence and their own first-hand experience, a small but growing number of Republican lawmakers are propagating a false portrayal of the Jan ... One Republican at a hearing Wednesday called the rioters a “mob of misfits.” Another compared them to tourists ... FILE - In this Jan ... (Photo. John Minchillo, AP) ... ....
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Blinken says US 'deeply concerned' by violence inside Israel
The Jakarta Post 14 May 2021photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
Israeli air strikes destroy buildings housing more than a dozen media outlets in Gaza
CPJ 13 May 2021
New York, May 13, 2021 – Israeli forces must refrain from bombing media outlets, and should ensure that journalists can work safely and without fear, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today ... “Israeli authorities must ensure that journalists can do their jobs safely without fear of being injured or killed.” ... ....
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Mexico apologises to Mayan people for ‘colonial domination’
NIT 13 May 2021
Mexico’s president has made an historic apology to the Indigenous Mayan people for the abuses they suffered in the five centuries since the Spanish conquest ... The Mexican President said the Maya people have been subjected to “exploitation, plundering, repression, racism, exclusion and massacres” ... Giammattei said the Mayan people were still suffering.
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Tesla stops accepting Bitcoin citing environmental concern
The Daily Telegraph Australia 14 May 2021photo: US DoD / MCS1 Kathryn E. Holm
‘Weak’ US let Saudis jail more dissidents, says rights group
The Guardian 13 May 2021
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Biden says he told Netanyahu Israel violence must end 'sooner than later'
The New Arab 13 May 2021
Joe Biden says he spoke to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who is currently battling corruption charges, about the hemorrhaging of violence against Palestinians ... "I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu not too long ago," Biden told reporters ... Dozens of Israelis have also been wounded ... "I expressed condolences for the loss of life ... 'Harrowing' ... ....
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What it's like to live under the Taliban in 2021
The National 14 May 2021
Many Afghans predict that the Taliban will return to formal power in Afghanistan, either through a peace settlement or a bloody military takeover once foreign troops are gone. But it remains a mystery to what extent the Islamist militant group has moderated its extremist beliefs and is willing to embrace major change ... More on Afghanistan ... Editorial ... .
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