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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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Perimenopause: 'Little by little we're breaking down taboos'
BBC News 16 May 2021
Realising that so little was known and understood about perimenopause, she wanted to help others and the Perimenopause Hub was born - an online support service where women all over the world can find out more about symptoms and get support ... "Women's health is being taken seriously and people want to talk about it," she said.
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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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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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Warning against dragging Lebanon into ‘total chaos’ amid hopes for economic recovery
Arab News 16 May 2021
BEIRUT. Political and economic figures have expressed their opposition to dragging Lebanon into a regional conflict amid the Palestine-Israel crisis and violent clashes. The Vice President of the General Labor Confederation Hassan Fakih warned against “taking the country into total chaos that will wipe out what is left of Lebanon.” ... Ezz El-Din added.
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Ethiopia says ‘destroyed’ force coming from Sudan
Arab News 16 May 2021
ADDIS ABABA ... Brig. Gen ... “Some of them perished by thirst on the road, a portion was captured, and those who refused to surrender were destroyed by the army,” he said ... “We are deeply concerned about increasing political and ethnic polarization throughout the country,” the State Department said Friday ... But questions about the vote have been growing ... ....
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Israel PM Netanyahu vows to continue Gaza attacks for ‘as long as necessary’
The Observer 16 May 2021
Israel has reported 10 dead, including two children ... About 10 people were injured while running for shelters, medics said ... Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other militant groups have fired about 2,300 rockets from Gaza since Monday, the Israeli military said on Saturday. It said about 1,000 were intercepted by missile defences and 380 fell into Gaza ... .
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Japan, US, France hold military drill eyeing China presence
Yahoo Daily News 15 May 2021
Japanese soldiers and their counterparts from the French army and the U.S ... Around 200 troops took part in Saturday's exercises ... Japan is increasingly concerned about Chinese activity in and around Japanese-claimed waters surrounding the Japanese-controlled Senkaku islands, which Beijing also claims and calls Diaoyu ... Col ... U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col ... ___ ... .
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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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Ethiopia electoral board postpones sixth general elections to an undetermined date
People Daily 16 May 2021photo: AP / Esteban Felix
Chile votes for body to rewrite dictatorship-era constitution
France24 16 May 2021photo: Creative Commons / Elvert Barnes from Baltimore, Maryland, USA https://www.flickr.com/people/95413346@N00
New York City Pride organisers to ban police from marching until 2025
The Observer 16 May 2021
In a statement released on Saturday, NYC Pride urged members of law enforcement to “acknowledge their harm and to correct course moving forward” ... Pride in London rejects ban on Met police taking part in parade ... The group called the ban an “abrupt about-face” and said the decision “to placate some of the activists in our community is shameful” ... .
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Africa's lost languages: How English can fuel an identity crisis
BBC News 16 May 2021photo: White House / Adam Schultz
President Joe Biden has ‘short fuse’ and is ‘obsessed with detail’, aides reveal in new portrait
The Independent 16 May 2021
In an extensive new portrait by The New York Times the former and contemporary staffers paint a picture of a president who will “often snap”, occasionally hanging up the phone mid-conversation ... .
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Survey shows Saudi entrepreneurs ‘most optimistic in the world’
Arab News 16 May 2021
RIYADH. Saudi entrepreneurs are among the most optimistic in the world, a new survey shows, with an overwhelming majority believing the Kingdom offers good opportunities to start a business despite the economic impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic ... While the total figure rose 8.3 percent in 2019, it surged 52.4 percent in 2020 ... ....
