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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 ... see also ... He put a moratorium on deportations his first day in office and ended the Remain in Mexico program as well as all construction on any border barriers ... .
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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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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 ... Tens of thousands of refugees have fled into Sudan, with whom Ethiopia is locked in multiple disputes over a contentious border zone, and the construction of a massive hydroelectric project on the Blue Nile ... AFP has reached out to the Sudanese government, which was not immediately available for comment ... ....
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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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Japan, US, France hold military drill eyeing China presence
Yahoo Daily News 15 May 2021
KIRISHIMA TRAINING AREA, Japan (AP) — Dozens of Japanese, American and French troops landed amid pouring rain from a CH-47 transport helicopter onto a grassy field at a training area in southern Japan, part of Saturday's joint scenario of defending a remote island from an enemy invasion ... Around 200 troops took part in Saturday's exercises ... Col ... U.S ... .
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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
Organisers of New York City’s Pride events say they will ban police and other law enforcement personnel from marching in their annual parade until at least 2025 and will also seek to keep on-duty officers a block away from the celebration of LGBTQ+ people and history ... Pride in London rejects ban on Met police taking part in parade. Read more ... .
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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 ... ....
