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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 ... #EUGeneralCourt ... #EUGeneralCourt ... .
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Putin says Ukraine is becoming an ‘anti-Russia’, pledges response
Metro USA 14 May 2021
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that neighbouring Ukraine was becoming ‘anti-Russia’ and that Moscow would be ready to react to what he said were threats to its own security ... “For the first time in many years the number of oligarchs has not increased, but decreased ... .
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‘A very real problem’: How resurgent nuclear reactions at Chernobyl might be dealt with to avert disaster
The Independent 14 May 2021
Experts from the Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants (ISPNPP) in Kiev reported a 40 per cent spike in neutron emissions from 2016 levels in a chamber rendered inaccessible by the catastrophe ... .
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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. .
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Hong Kong to freeze Jimmy Lai's assets, citing security law
Straits Times 14 May 2021photo: AP / Khalil Hamra
Ceasefire offer must take account of holy Jerusalem al-Quds as well, Hamas says
Press TV 14 May 2021
Palestinian Arabic-language Al-Quds TV, citing a report by Israel’s Channel 12 television channel, said Israel had rejected Russia's offer of a ceasefire under Egyptian supervision after Hamas insisted on the inclusion of the sacred city in the initiative ... He said Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations were leading the truce efforts ... www.presstv.ir ... .
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Palestinians in Gaza recount ‘ruthless’ horrors of Israeli raids
Al Jazeera 14 May 2021
Hasan al-Attar stood quietly inside the morgue, staring at the bodies of his daughter, Lamya, and three other children belonging to the same family. Wearing his fireman’s vest, he bent over to kiss his daughter, before the refrigeration unit door was closed. “Pray for her,” a colleague said, clasping his hand on Hasan’s shoulder ... #شاهد ... Translation ... .
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Nadal ousts Zverev to advance to Italian Open semi-finals
The Times of India 14 May 2021
ROME. Nine-time champion dispatched his slayer 6-3, 6-4 to reach the Italian Open semi-finals on Friday. Second-seed Nadal had lost to Zverev in the Madrid last-eight last week ... .
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Philippines’ Duterte says won’t withdraw ships from contested waters
Metro USA 14 May 2021
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has rebuffed a call from China to withdraw vessels from disputed areas of the South China Sea and said he would not bow to pressure, even if it jeopardises his friendship with Beijing ... “I do not want a quarrel, I do not want trouble. I respect your position, and you respect mine ... .
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Colonial Pipeline paid hackers nearly $5 million in ransom
The Oregonian 14 May 2021
William Turton and Michael Riley, Bloomberg News (TNS). Colonial Pipeline Co. paid nearly $5 million to Eastern European hackers on Friday, contradicting reports earlier this week that the company had no intention of paying an extortion fee to help restore the country’s largest fuel pipeline, according to two people familiar with the transaction ... .
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China Mars Probe Tianwen-1 to Attempt Landing on Red Planet Over Coming Days
NDTV 14 May 2021
China's Zhurong rover, part of its ambitious space programme to send a probe to Mars, is set to attempt the challenging landing on the Red Planet in the next five days, Beijing's space agency said... .
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US House Republicans install Trump loyalist to replace Liz Cheney as number-three leader
The National 14 May 2021
Republicans in the US Congress on Friday voted 134-46 to install Elise Stefanik of New York, who has lined up behind former president Donald Trump’s baseless election fraud claims, as the number-three leader in the House of Representatives ... Read More. Twitter suspends accounts for breaking Trump ban ... .
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Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan accuses Azerbaijan of 'subversive infiltration'
The New Arab 14 May 2021
Armenia's acting PM accused Azerbaijan of 'encroachment' and convened an emergency meeting of his security council. Armenia's leader on Thursday accused Azerbaijani troops of crossing the southern border and trying to stake claim to territory, in a new escalation of tensions between the arch foes ... "This is an act of subversive infiltration." ... ....
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Ireland shuts down health IT system after ransomware attack
Gulf News 14 May 2021photo: US DoS / Ron Przysucha
