Create your page here
We cannot find results, please try another search request.
photo: AP / Hatem Moussa
‘There is nowhere to run… you can’t describe the terror’ – Israel steps up military offensive against Gaza
Irish Independent 13 May 2021
Israel has pressed ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, killing as many as 10 senior Hamas military figures. The country’s defence force also toppled a pair of high-rise towers housing Hamas facilities in air strikes ... Air strikes continued throughout the day, filling the sky with pillars of smoke ... Targets struck..
photo: Creative Commons / Russian Presidential Executive Office
Turkey’s Erdogan tells Putin Israel needs to be taught ‘deterrent lesson’
New York Post 13 May 2021
Security Council should intervene with “determined and clear messages” to Israel ... The Turkish leader also pressed Putin on the need for a global force to protect the Palestinians. Turkey’s leader told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Palestinians need a global force to protect them.Sergei Ilyin/Sputnik via AP ... With Post wires. .
photo: AP / Susan Walsh
Saudi King, Crown Prince register for organ donation
Gulf News 12 May 2021photo: AP / Michel Spingler
Amazon tax deal with Luxembourg was legal, rules EU court
Belfast Telegraph 12 May 2021
A European Union court has annulled a ruling by the European Commission that a tax deal between the Luxembourg government and Amazon amounted to illegal state support. The European Commission ordered the US online retailer in 2017 to pay around 250 million euros (£214 million) in back taxes to Luxembourg ... #EUGeneralCourt ... #EUGeneralCourt ... .
photo: Creative Commons / ŽupaBA VUCBA
57 Top Scientists and Doctors: Stop All Covid Vaccinations
Principia Scientific 12 May 2021
There are two certainties regarding the global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines ... We appeal to the need for a pluralistic dialogue in the context of health policies, emphasizing critical questions that require urgent answers if we wish to avoid a global erosion of public confidence in science and public health.
photo: AP / Abdel Kareem Hana
Israel intensifies attacks in Gaza as conflict enters fifth day
BBC News 14 May 2021
The Israeli military has intensified its assault on Gaza, as Palestinian militants continue to fire rockets into Israel on the fifth day of hostilities. Israel's army said air and ground forces were involved in attacks on Friday but had not entered Gaza ... He said Hamas, the Islamist group that rules Gaza, would pay a heavy price ... Related Topics. .
photo: Creative Commons / PhilippN
Mexico apologises to Mayan people for ‘colonial domination’
NIT 13 May 2021
Mexico’s president has made an historic apology to the Indigenous Mayan people for the abuses they suffered in the five centuries since the Spanish conquest ... The Mexican President said the Maya people have been subjected to “exploitation, plundering, repression, racism, exclusion and massacres” ... Giammattei said the Mayan people were still suffering.
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
Israeli air strikes destroy buildings housing more than a dozen media outlets in Gaza
CPJ 13 May 2021
New York, May 13, 2021 – Israeli forces must refrain from bombing media outlets, and should ensure that journalists can work safely and without fear, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today ... “Israeli authorities must ensure that journalists can do their jobs safely without fear of being injured or killed.” ... ....
photo: Creative Commons / Freepik/ wirestock
Tesla stops accepting Bitcoin citing environmental concern
The Daily Telegraph Australia 14 May 2021photo: Creative Commons / Tyler Merbler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol_DSC09254-2_(50820534063)_(retouched).jpg
What insurrection? Growing number in GOP downplay Jan. 6
Detroit news 14 May 2021
Washington — What insurrection?. Flouting all evidence and their own first-hand experience, a small but growing number of Republican lawmakers are propagating a false portrayal of the Jan ... One Republican at a hearing Wednesday called the rioters a “mob of misfits.” Another compared them to tourists ... FILE - In this Jan ... (Photo. John Minchillo, AP) ... ....
photo: US DoD / MCS1 Kathryn E. Holm
‘Weak’ US let Saudis jail more dissidents, says rights group
The Guardian 13 May 2021
....
photo: US DoD / Lisa Ferdinando
Biden says he told Netanyahu Israel violence must end 'sooner than later'
The New Arab 13 May 2021
Joe Biden says he spoke to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who is currently battling corruption charges, about the hemorrhaging of violence against Palestinians ... "I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu not too long ago," Biden told reporters ... Dozens of Israelis have also been wounded ... "I expressed condolences for the loss of life ... 'Harrowing' ... ....
photo: NASA / Aubrey Gemignani
Elon Musk Tweets, Dogecoin Leaps And Bitcoin Retreats
NDTV 14 May 2021photo: Public Domain / BrokenSphere
Joe Biden signs cybersecurity executive order after Colonial Pipeline attack
Indian Express 13 May 2021
Mumbai civic body’s global tender for 1 crore shots keeps China outGet vaccines, make them free for all ... The Indian Express website has been rated GREEN for its credibility and trustworthiness by Newsguard, a global service that rates news sources for their journalistic standards.
photo: AP / Khalil Hamra
Israel military set to approve plans for Gaza ground invasion as world leaders urge calm
The Independent 13 May 2021
The Israeli military is set to approve on Thursday plans for a possible ground invasion of Gaza, as overnight it intensified its strikes on the blockaded strip where militants fired back dozens of rockets ... Lt ... .
