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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.
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57 Top Scientists and Doctors: Stop All Covid Vaccinations
Principia Scientific 12 May 2021
... the costs of medical treatment? If claims were to be settled with public money, has the public been made aware that the vaccine manufacturers have been granted immunity, and their responsibility to compensate those harmed by the vaccine has been transferred to the tax-payers?.
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Michelle Obama worries about her daughters experiencing racism
Harpers Bazaar 11 May 2021
Former First Lady Michelle Obama has opened up about her fears over her two daughters facing racism ... Maybe somebody sees the back of their head and makes an assumption,” Obama said. “Like so many parents of Black kids… the innocent act of getting a license puts fear in our hearts,” she added ... SIGN UP ... SIGN UP. From ... .
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Saudi King, Crown Prince register for organ donation
Gulf News 12 May 2021photo: Public Domain
Why Are Gates and Pentagon Releasing “Gene Edited” (GMO) Mosquitoes in Florida Keys?
GlobalResearch 12 May 2021
Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Despite strong resident protests, the US Environmental Protection Agency and Florida agencies have approved controversial release of millions of genetically-modified or “gene edited” killer mosquitoes into the Florida Keys ... Traditional mosquito control techniques have worked well until now ... etc.
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At least 35 killed in Gaza and five in Israel as violence escalates
The Irish Times 12 May 2021
Hostilities between Israel and Hamas escalated on Wednesday, with at least 35 killed in Gaza and five in Israel in the most intensive aerial exchanges for years. Israel carried out hundreds of air strikes in Gaza into Wednesday morning, as the Islamist group and other Palestinian militants fired multiple rocket barrages at Tel Aviv and Beersheba ... .
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Xi Jinping: From princeling to president
BBC News 12 May 2021
Xi Jinping became president of China in 2012, ushering in an era of increased assertiveness and authoritarianism. He has been front and centre of China's push to cement its position as a superpower, while also launching crackdowns on corruption and dissent ... Princeling, peasant, president ... China Dream ... 'Most authoritarian leader since Mao' ... .
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Israeli President Warns Of Civil War As Jews, Arabs Clash Over Gaza
NDTV 13 May 2021photo: AP / Mark Schiefelbein
U.S., UK, Germany clash with China at U.N. over Xinjiang
Metro USA 12 May 2021
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The United States, Germany and Britain clashed with China at the United Nations on Wednesday over the treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, angering Beijing by hosting a virtual event that China had lobbied U.N. member states to stay away from ... Ambassador to the U.N ... “In Xinjiang, people are being tortured ... British U.N ... .
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Potential Consequences Of American Forces Leaving Afghanistan
OWP 12 May 2021
The American withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan has left essential questions of peace in Afghanistan in the air. Without human rights as the primary priority when exiting, there is a risk of violence against the most vulnerable members of society and a potential collapse of the government ... The U.S ... and NATO during the conflict ... ....
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Joe Biden signs cybersecurity executive order after Colonial Pipeline attack
Indian Express 13 May 2021
US President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday that advances federal cybersecurity capabilities and encourages improvements in digital security standards across the private sector which has been hit by a spate of cyber attacks ... ET.” ... The requirement was first reported by Reuters in March ... Top News Right Now ... Tags ... Advertisement ... x ... .
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Monstrous deep ocean fish washes up on a California beach
NewstalkZB 12 May 2021
An unusual fish with teeth as sharp as glass and a body shaped like a football washed ashore on a California beach last week. The black colored creature with it's gaping mouth laid on the sand on the shore of Crystal Cove State Park's Marine Protected Area in Laguna Beach last Friday ... ". ... text by Amanda Jackson, CNN. .
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Ugandan president sworn in for new term
People Daily 13 May 2021
KAMPALA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's incumbent President Yoweri Museveni was sworn in on Wednesday to serve for the sixth five-year term in office. Chief Justice, Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo swore in Museveni as the president of the East African country at Kololo Independence Grounds in the capital Kampala ... 【1】【2】【3】【4】【5】. (Web editor ... .
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UN watchdog: Iran has enriched uranium to highest purity yet
The Siasat Daily 12 May 2021
Berlin. Iran has enriched uranium to slightly higher purity than previously thought due to “fluctuations” in the process, the United Nations’ atomic watchdog said Wednesday ... President Joe Biden ... Iran has been steadily violating the restrictions of the landmark 2015 deal after then-President Donald Trump pulled the U.S ... The U.S ... .
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Sea level rise threatens low lying islands like the Maldives – it isn’t enough to simply adapt to the change
The Independent 12 May 2021
Our first sighting of land after three weeks aboard Greenpeace’s ship Arctic Sunrise was a welcome change from the unbroken horizon of the Indian Ocean ... Over 80 per cent of the Maldives’ 1,000 plus islands are less than 1 metre above sea level ... There are two approaches to addressing the impacts of the climate crisis that go hand-in-hand.
