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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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57 Top Scientists and Doctors: Stop All Covid Vaccinations
Principia Scientific 12 May 2021
A group of 57 leading scientists, doctors, and policy experts (including Dr Peter McCullough, seen above) has released a report calling in to question the safety and efficacy of the current Covid-19 vaccines and are now calling for an immediate end to all vaccine programs ... You can read an advanced copy of this manuscript in preprint below ... Abstract.
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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: AP / Heidi Levine
Israeli President Warns Of Civil War As Jews, Arabs Clash Over Gaza
NDTV 13 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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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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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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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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Times Square shooting suspect arrested in Florida
Business Line 13 May 2021
New York, May 12. A man suspected of shooting three people in New York’s Times Square, including a four-year-old girl, was arrested on Wednesday in Florida, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the matter ... Wednesday ... on Saturday ... ....
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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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How Europe helps authoritarian regimes to export repression
Open Democracy 13 May 2021
Extraterritorial coercion against exiles and diasporas from authoritarian states is now a global phenomenon ... The toolkit these rulers employ ranges from murder and forced renditions to Interpol listings and passport cancellations, as well as digital surveillance and online harassment ... An Austrian court has since invalidated his extradition ... Sign up ... .
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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.
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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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‘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..
