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Netanyahu Has Said Israel Now Controls 60% Of Gaza Despite The “Ceasefire”
Medics in Gaza said at least seven people, including three women and a child, were killed in the strikes and at least 50 others were injured.
Cherry Mohamed
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Israel And Lebanon Have Agreed To Extend Their Ceasefire By 45 Days But Israel Is Still Bombing Lebanon
Hours after the extension was announced on May 15, Israeli strikes hit southern Lebanon again.
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England and Wales Will Stop Punishing Women For Ending Their Pregnancies And Pardoned All Women Previously Convicted
This amendment wipe out convictions, cautions, and even police records linked to abortion cases in England and Wales that date back to the 19th century.
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Pro-Palestine Protesters Disrupted Israel’s Eurovision Contestant Performance By Booing And Chanting “Stop The Genocide”
Throughout Bettan's opening verse, multiple people were heard chanting, "stop, stop the genocide," and "free, free Palestine."
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China Has Vowed To “Crush” Taiwan’s Independence After Taiwan’s President Said It Is An Independent Country
Spokeswoman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said Taiwan has never been a country and "absolutely will not be one in the future".
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The EU Has Announced It Will Impose Sanctions On Violent Illegal Israeli Settlers In The West Bank And Leading Hamas Figures
The sanctions target three Israeli settlers and four settler organizations, though their identities have not yet been publicly disclosed.
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Spain Has Awarded This UN Expert One Of Its Highest Honors For Denouncing Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
“Spain will not forget the Palestinian people and those who defend them."
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Putin Has Said Russia’s War On Ukraine Might Be “Coming To An End”
Putin is also willing to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a third country, but only once a lasting peace deal had been agreed.
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Zambia Canceled The World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Last Minute After China Pressured It To Exclude Taiwan
This is the first time in Rightscon’s history that the event has been canceled.
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In A Shocking Move, The UAE Has Announced It Is Leaving OPEC After Nearly 60 Years Over “National Interest”
The decision reflects “the UAE’s long-term strategic and economic vision and evolving energy profile.”
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Israel Is Refusing To Release These Two Global Sumud Flotilla Activists It Abducted In International Waters
On Tuesday, May 5, an Israeli court extended Abu Keshek and Ávila’s detention again till May 10.
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The UK Has Passed A Law Banning Smoking For All Future Generations
The new law bans anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2009, from legally buying tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars and rolling tobacco.