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Joe Biden is proving even more of a ‘master of disaster’ than Jimmy Carter
New York Post 16 May 2021
President Joe Biden entered office poised to oversee a record recovery and a return to the booming economy and all-round stability of pre-pandemic life ... see also. Retail spending unchanged in April even as more businesses reopened. Retail sales, which include purchases at stores, restaurants and online,... see also ... .
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There are many victims and precious few heroes in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Independent 16 May 2021
Not every actor in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict now roiling the Middle East is a villain or victim – the latter including the 52 children and entire families wiped out by bombing in the Gaza Strip ... “We are on the edge of the abyss,” he said. “We knew it was coming ... .
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First-hand stories shed new light on Nazi death marches
The Observer 16 May 2021
First-hand accounts from survivors of Nazi death marches, which formed a last ruthless chapter of the genocide, are to go on display with testimonies translated into English for the first time ... Evidence and Memory. The accounts will also be available for free online. Clandestine image of a forced march. Photograph. US Holocaust Memorial Museum ... .
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Perimenopause: 'Little by little we're breaking down taboos'
BBC News 16 May 2021
A woman who set up a perimenopause support group after her own struggle to get a diagnosis said taboos around the issue are finally breaking down. Emily Barclay set up Perimenopause Hub after it took her four years to get to the bottom of her irregular periods, crushing fatigue and mood swings ... Miss Barclay, from Earsham in Norfolk, said ... Source ... .
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Iga Swiatek crushes Karolina Pliskova 6-0, 6-0 to win Italian Open
The Times of India 16 May 2021
ROME. Polish teenager crushed Czech ninth seed 6-0, 6-0 to win the on Sunday. The 19-year-old reigning French Open champion took just 45 minutes to dispatch the 2019 Rome winner two weeks before she opens her title defence in ... .
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Fighting resumes in southern Afghanistan as ceasefire ends
Straits Times 16 May 2021
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (AFP) - Fighting between the Taleban and Afghan government forces resumed on Sunday (May 16) in the restive southern province of Helmand, officials said, ending a three-day ceasefire agreed by the warring sides to mark the Eid al-Fitr holiday ... ....
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Space Force commander sacked after claiming US military is under assault from ‘neo-Marxist’ critical race theory
Russia Today 16 May 2021
The commander of a US Space Force unit has been removed from his leadership role following a podcast appearance in which he claimed that ‘Marxist’ ideologies like critical race theory were undermining the military. Lt. Col ... Todd Wood ... Marxism's Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military’ ... Also on rt.com ‘Dire situation’ ... .
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Xiplomacy: Xi's civilization view offers insight into today's world
China.dot.org 16 May 2021
BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed the unique and important role of the world civilizations in his address at the 2019 Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations ... PROMOTING PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT ... "The meaning of the speech goes far beyond the cultural scope ... FACILITATING DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION ... Enditem.
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More deaths in Gaza as Israel launches ‘most intense raids yet’
Al Jazeera 16 May 2021
Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip has entered its seventh consecutive day, with air raids in the early hours of Sunday killing at least seven Palestinians, wounding dozens more and flattening at least two residential buildings. The home of Gaza’s Hamas chief, Yehya al-Sinwar, was also targeted ... Some 950 others have been wounded ... .
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Israel PM Netanyahu vows to continue Gaza attacks for ‘as long as necessary’
The Observer 16 May 2021
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said attacks in Gaza will continue “as long necessary”, amid continuing hostilities that have so far killed 148. At least three Palestinians were killed in airstrikes early on Sunday, health officials said, and many were injured as the sounds of heavy bombardment took place through the night ... .
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Chile votes for body to rewrite dictatorship-era constitution
France24 16 May 2021photo: WN / RTayco
At least seven dead in Indonesia overloaded boat selfie accident
Manila Standard Today 16 May 2021
Seven Indonesians drowned after an overloaded boat capsized because of tourists attempting a selfie in a reservoir on Java island, police said Sunday ... “The cause of the accident was overcapacity,” Lutfi told reporters ... Rescuers were searching for two people still missing ... .
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US Scholar Who Consulted Reagan on Russia Asks Putin for Russian Citizenship
Urdu Point 16 May 2021
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 16th May, 2021) Former US President Ronald Reagan's adviser on Russia, Suzanne Massie, has traveled to Moscow to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin for a Russian passport ... "I devoted many years of my life to bringing the peoples of the United States and Russia closer to one another ... ....
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Ethiopia says ‘destroyed’ force coming from Sudan
Arab News 16 May 2021
ADDIS ABABA. Ethiopia’s army said that a large group of fighters, allegedly members of the former ruling party of the conflict-torn Tigray region, had been “destroyed” attempting to enter the country from neighboring Sudan. Brig. Gen ... AFP has reached out to the Sudanese government, which was not immediately available for comment ... ....
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Real Madrid identify three main candidates to replace Zinedine Zidane as manager
Caughtoffside 16 May 2021
Real Madrid are reportedly eyeing up three potential candidates to replace Zinedine Zidane as manager, including another club legend. It’s been a difficult season for Los Blancos and it seems Zidane’s future is increasingly in doubt, with Raul currently looking the favourite to take his place in the Madrid dugout, according to Marca ... .
