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Michelle Obama worries about her daughters experiencing racism
Harpers Bazaar 11 May 2021
Former First Lady Michelle Obama has opened up about her fears over her two daughters facing racism ... Maybe somebody sees the back of their head and makes an assumption,” Obama said. “Like so many parents of Black kids… the innocent act of getting a license puts fear in our hearts,” she added ... SIGN UP ... SIGN UP. From ... .
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Israel vows more strikes as violence escalates and deaths rise
The Los Angeles Times 11 May 2021
GAZA CITY —. Israel unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza early Tuesday, hitting a pair of high-rise buildings believed to be housing militants, as Hamas and other armed groups bombarded southern Israel with hundreds of rockets. The conflict escalated relentlessly throughout the day, and Israel vowed that its strikes would only increase ... Col ... Opinion.
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French soldiers warn of civil war in new letter
Business Ghana 11 May 2021
A new open letter has been published in France warning of the threat of civil war and claiming to have more than 130,000 signatures from the public. The message, published in a right-wing magazine, accuses the French government of granting "concessions" to Islamism ... The French government condemned it, as well as a similar letter last month.
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Ukraine charges Putin ally Medvedchuk with treason
Detroit news 12 May 2021
Kyiv, Ukraine — Ukraine has indicted a top opposition figure who is a close ally of Russia’s president with treason and attempts to steal natural resources from Russia-annexed Crimea. Along with the Tuesday indictment of Viktor Medvedchuk, security service agents also searched his house in the capital Kyiv ... Petersburg, Russia. (Photo ... ....
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Florida governor sends warning to Joe Biden
The Daily Telegraph Australia 12 May 2021
The pipeline transports nearly half of all fuel on the east coast ... ....
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Iran Rejects US Claim That Its Speedboats Sparked Tense Encounter
NBCBayArea 11 May 2021
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard on Tuesday rejected the U.S. Navy's claim that fast-approaching Iranian speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz sparked a tense encounter in the already sensitive region ... A day earlier, the U.S. said the Revolutionary Guard sent 13 armed speedboats too close to U.S. Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday ... ships ... .
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Jerusalem crisis: Pleas for calm as violence escalates
BBC News 11 May 2021
Countries worldwide have appealed for calm after days of unrest spiralled into retaliatory attacks by Israel and Palestinians. The US, the European Union and the UK have urged Israel and the Palestinians to lower tensions as soon as possible. The violence escalated on Monday night after Palestinian militants fired rockets toward Jerusalem ... .
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The One State Reality
WorldNews.com 11 May 2021
“The Israeli delusions are over. The Palestinian problem is Back ... IDF generals have been saying it for years ... As if the news is not bad enough for the Israelis and their future prospects in the region, the last election made it clear that the new Israeli kingmaker is none other than Mansour Abbas, the Leader of the Islamic party Ra’am ... .
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Austria snubs EU plea to accept Lampedusa migrants
Metro USA 11 May 2021
(Reuters) – Austria on Tuesday rejected a plea for other European Union countries to accept migrants from Italy, following a surge in arrivals on Lampedusa that seems likely to expose deep-seated divisions across the bloc over migration ... Austria would not do so. “Austria is steering a very clear course ... .
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UN Investigation: Daesh Committed Genocide Against Shias, Izadis
Kayhan 11 May 2021
NEW YORK (Dispatches) – A United Nations team investigating atrocities in Iraq found "clear and compelling evidence" that the Daesh terrorist group "committed” genocide against Shias and the Izadi minority in 2014, its head has said. ... The region was recaptured in November 2015 ... ....
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Russia school shooting: At least 11 killed in Kazan attack
The Independent 11 May 2021
One of the attackers, a teenager, has been apprehended ... .
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DeFi tokens soaring, Ethereum and Bitcoin trending slightly
OBN 12 May 2021
DeFi tokens Yarn Finance (YFI) and EOS (EOS) have risen by more than 30% on the 11th. Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) rose only modestly. ● Yarn Finance (YFI) is currently trading at around $ 78,849 as of 21.00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) (6 pm Japan time, same hereafter), up 48% in the last 24 hours ... ● Ethereum 24-hour range ... Source. TradingView.
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Australia will spend almost $3.4m for each person in offshore detention, budget shows
The Guardian 12 May 2021
Australia will spend nearly $812m on its offshore immigration processing system next year – just under $3.4m for each of the 239 people now held on Nauru or in Papua New Guinea.On the figures presented in Tuesday’s budget, it costs Australian ...
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Colombian President Warns Indigenous Protesters Amid Mounting Attacks by Vigilantes
Democracy Now 11 May 2021photo: Creative Commons / Sina 0461
