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Netanyahu: Israel ‘rejects’ pressure not to build in Jerusalem
Al Jazeera 09 May 2021
Tensions over the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood have stoked daily confrontations in recent days ... East Jerusalem is among territories that Palestinians seek for a future state ... Jerusalem is Israel’s capital and just as every nation builds in its capital and builds up its capital, we also have the right to build in Jerusalem and to build up Jerusalem ... .
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Japanese Woman Suspected of Poisoning Her Husband Who 'Became Rich to Sleep With Beauties'
Sputnik 09 May 2021
A wealthy real estate mogul from Japan, Kosuke Nozaki, proudly claimed in his 2016 memoire that he “became rich to sleep with attractive women”, cashing out some 3 billion yen to thousands of them before tying the knot in 2018 with a young beauty to have sex three times a day. That's what he claimed, at least ... .
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Cries of the victims of mass rape go unheard in Ethiopia’s mountain war
The Observer 09 May 2021
The use of rape as a weapon of war is as old as warfare itself. In Bosnia in the 1990s, thousands of Muslim women were brutalised by Bosnian Serb forces, who set up “rape camps” as part of a policy of “ethnic cleansing”. In 2001, the UN’s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal redefined mass rape as a crime against humanity ... Photograph. Ben Curtis/AP ... .
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Putin on WWII Victory Day says will 'firmly' defend Russian interests
Straits Times 09 May 2021
MOSCOW (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin on Sunday (May 9) promised that Russia will "firmly" defend national interests and denounced the return of "Russophobia", as the country marked the 76th anniversary of victory in World War II. "Russia consistently defends international law ... More on this topic. � ....
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Kenneth who? How Africans are forgetting their history
BBC News 09 May 2021
I had posted my birthday greeting to the nonagenarian on social media on 28 April with the tag line ... For someone who grew up in the 1960s in Sierra Leone, this was difficult to fathom ... This is when he became known for his guitar playing, composing liberation songs and travelling the country to drum up support for the campaign against colonial rule ... .
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Afghans begin burying dead from bloody school blasts that kills 50
The Jakarta Post 09 May 2021
Sunni Muslims make up the majority of the Afghan population ... "If America again fails to live up to its commitments then the world must bear witness and hold America accountable for all the consequences," Akhundzada warned in Sunday's message.
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German churches plan to bless same-sex couples
The Times of India 09 May 2021
BERLIN. Churches across Germany are planning services to bless same-sex couples this week, in defiance of a Vatican decree clarifying that such blessings are banned in the . The Church of St Benedict in Munich is holding one of just four planned blessing in the majority-Catholic state of Bavaria on Sunday, reports dpa news agency ... .
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UN Says Priti Patel’s Asylum Plans ‘Risk Breaching International Law’
Huffington Post 10 May 2021
Priti Patel has been warned by the UN that her plans to overhaul the immigration laws to crack down on the rights of some asylum seekers "risk breaching international law" ... The UNHCR warned this would create a "discriminatory two-tier asylum system" and "risk breaching international legal commitments" ... “This feels like a recipe for social problems.”.
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Democrats renew effort to get Donald Trump’s financial records
The Guardian 09 May 2021
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photo: AP / An injured Palestinian demonstrator is helped during a protest against the planned evictions of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of east Jerusalem, Saturday, May 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Scores injured in second night of Jerusalem clashes
The Observer 09 May 2021
At least 80 people were injured, including a one-year-old, and 14 were taken to hospital, the Palestine Red Crescent said. Israeli police said at least one officer was hurt ... Read more ... Dozens of Arab Israeli protesters also gathered across Israel in solidarity with Sheikh Jarrah residents, holding up signs that read “the occupation is terrorism” ... .
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More than 45,000 volunteer to kill bison in national park
MENA FN 09 May 2021
If their numbers grow too high, buffalo can damage park ecosystems such as vegetation and soil, NPS spokeswoman Kaitlyn Thomas told AFP ... To protect the land, officials at the Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP) in Arizona came up with the idea of opening up the process – known as ''lethal removal” – to volunteers from the public ... .
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Hamilton hunts down ‘sitting duck’ Verstappen in Spanish Grand Prix
Business Day 09 May 2021
London — Seven time world champion Lewis Hamilton hunted down “sitting duck” Max Verstappen to win the Spanish Grand Prix for a record-equalling fifth year in a row on Sunday and go 14 points clear at the top ... The Briton pitted for fresh tyres and was set the task of closing a 22 sec gap to Verstappen in 23 laps at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya.
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Has Honduras become a 'narco-state'?
BBC News 09 May 2021
Inside a New York courtroom, the president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, was known simply as "Co-conspirator 4" ... US prosecutors also allege that President Hernández accepted bribes in exchange for the protection of his security forces and planned to "shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos", referring to potential foreign users ... .
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Nicola Sturgeon issues warning to Boris Johnson over block on referendum
Irish Independent 09 May 2021photo: AP / Scott Heppell
Referendum in Scotland ‘matter of when, not if’, says Nicola Sturgeon
Irish Independent 10 May 2021
Nicola Sturgeon has told the British Prime Minister that a second vote on Scottish independence should be a “matter of when – not if”. The SNP leader, who has just led her party to a fourth successive Holyrood election victory, made her position clear in a telephone call with Boris Johnson ... Enter email address This field is required Sign Up. .
