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About 5,000 Moroccans storm illegally into Spain's Ceuta enclave
Middle East Online 18 May 2021
MADRID - An unusually large group of about 5,000 Moroccans, many of them minors or families, illegally swam into Spain's northern African enclave of Ceuta on Monday, a spokesman for the Spanish government's delegation there said. One person died in the attempt, the spokesman said ... "Spain has been very clear and detailed about the case ... .
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Israeli military fires shells at southern Lebanon
Press TV 18 May 2021
Israel has fired artillery shells at Lebanon, after rockets were fired from the country toward the occupied Palestinian territories. The Israeli military said it had launched artillery at what it said were “the sources of” six shells that were fired from Lebanon toward the northern part of the occupied territories on Monday ... www.presstv.ir ... .
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Hong Kong closes Taiwan office amid rise in diplomatic tensions
Al Jazeera 18 May 2021
Hong Kong’s government has suspended operations at its representative office in Taiwan in a sign of escalating diplomatic tension between China’s self-governing territory and the democratically-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own ... Taiwan’s government said that while it respected the decision, it also regretted it ... .
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Elon Musk Loses 2nd-Richest Ranking To Louis Vuitton's Bernard Arnault
NDTV 18 May 2021
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Tesla on ‘Autopilot' Crashes Into Deputy's Vehicle in Washington State
NBCBayArea 18 May 2021photo: AP / Rick Rycroft, File
Surfer dies after shark attack in Australia
The Manila Times 18 May 2021
SYDNEY. A surfer has died after being bitten by a shark at a beach north of Sydney, Australian authorities said on Tuesday ... Police said he was surfing when the attack occurred ... .
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Galapagos Islands: Erosion fells Darwin's Arch
BBC News 18 May 2021
A famous rock formation off the Galapagos Islands known as Darwin's Arch has collapsed. The Ecuadoran Ministry of Environment said it was due to "natural erosion" ... .
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The woman trailblazer set to take the reins in Samoa
BBC News 18 May 2021
Samoa is set to get its first female prime minister, marking the end of unprecedented political drama in the small Pacific island nation of 200,000 people. On Monday, the Supreme Court finally validated Fiame Naomi Mata'afa's shock April election win, ending weeks of political stalemate and calling off a re-run ... And it worked ... .
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Biden expresses support for Israel-Gaza ceasefire as pressure on US rises
The Guardian 18 May 2021
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China divorces drop 70% after controversial ‘cooling off’ law
The Guardian 18 May 2021photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
Arab states split for first time on refusal to condemn Israel over Gaza
The Observer 17 May 2021
As Israel and Gaza have pressed closer to all-out war, a new battle for the narrative is being fought among Arab states. For the first time in the many clashes between the Israeli state and the occupied territory, regional unity over who is to blame and what should be done to stop the fighting has splintered ... Read more ... And they haven’t done that.” ... .
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Belgian ambassador's wife claims diplomatic immunity after slapping a Seoul store assistant
CNN 18 May 2021
Seoul, South Korea (CNN)The wife of Belgium's ambassador to South Korea is exercising her diplomatic immunity to avoid charges for allegedly slapping a store assistant in April, police said Tuesday ... View this post on Instagram. A post shared by Embassy of Belgium in Seoul (@belgiuminkorea) ... Read More ... .
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Israel-Gaza violence: Calls to protect civilians as conflict endures
BBC News 17 May 2021
The UN, US and UK have called for more protection for the civilians caught in intense violence between Israel and Palestinian militants. Footage of children being pulled from the rubble in Gaza and people running for shelter in Israel have sparked international alarm. The conflict is now in its second week, with little sign of a ceasefire ... .
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Myanmar activists say more than 800 killed by security forces since coup
Straits Times 18 May 2021
YANGON (REUTERS) - More than 800 people have been killed by Myanmar's security forces since a wave of protests broke out across the country after the military seized power in a coup in February, an activist group said ... "This is the number verified by AAPP, the actual number of fatalities is likely much higher," the group said in its daily briefing.
