WHO puts glob­al COVID-19 death toll at near­ly 15 mil­lion
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New re­port by UN health agency says coro­n­avirus pan­dem­ic killed near­ly three times more peo­ple than of­fi­cial­ly re­port­ed.
Published On 5 May 2022

Death toll ris­es to 26 in cen­tral Chi­na build­ing col­lapse
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State me­dia re­ports a tenth sur­vivor has been pulled from the rub­ble near­ly a week af­ter in­ci­dent in Chang­sha.
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Kur­dish refugee nom­i­nat­ed for top Aus­tralian art prize
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Mostafa Azim­itabar paint­ed us­ing a tooth­brush while he was held for eight years in Aus­tralia’s im­mi­gra­tion sys­tem.
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US: Wal­greens reach­es $683m opi­oid set­tle­ment with Flori­da
Phar­ma­cy chains have in­creas­ing­ly been tar­get­ed for al­leged­ly lax over­sight states say spurred high rates of ad­dic­tion.
Published On 5 May 2022

Taiwan ditches plan to buy US-made anti-sub helicopters
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Taipei said it can’t afford excessively pricey military equipment

Taiwan’s Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng has said that Taipei will abandon its plan to purchase new US anti-submarine warfare helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin Corp, saying they were excessively pricey. 

“The price is too high, beyond the scope of our country's ability,” the island’s defense chief said at a parliamentary hearing on Thursday.

Local media, however, have reported that Washington rejected the sale, in the belief that it was not in line with the island nation’s needs.

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Australia to build unmanned subs amid tensions with China
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Three prototype vessels will be built over the next three years, the country’s defense minister has said

Australia is seeking to build “a new autonomous robotic undersea warfare capability,” Minister for Defence Peter Dutton said on Thursday, announcing a new program to develop underwater drones for the navy. The same day, Dutton warned that Australia must “prepare for war.”

The project will be co-funded by the Defence Ministry and Australian subsidiary of Anduril, a US-headquartered company working in the autonomous warfare field.

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Putin speaks with Israeli PM Bennett - Kremlin

Main takeaways from Thursday's phone call:

▪️Leaders stressed special significance of May 9 for citizens of Russia and Israel, who honor the memory of all the fallen, including the victims of the Holocaust

▪️Discussed situation in Ukraine, including evacuation of civilians from the territory of Azovstal

▪️Putin said Russian military is ready to ensure the safe exit of civilians from Azovstal, Kiev must order the militants to lay down their arms

▪️Expressed interest in further development of friendly Russian-Israeli relations

▪️Bennett noted decisive contribution of the Red Army to Victory over Nazism.

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Shell Fuel Windfall Tax Calls After Posting RECORD $9.13bn Quarterly Profits

Shell reported a record Q1 profit of $9.13bn Thursday as soaring energy prices boost their bottom line despite writing down $3.9bn following their partial withdrawal from Russia.

The company will maintain two contracts with a “small, independent Russian producer”, still has long-term contracts to import Russian LNG, and maintains $1bn of Russia assets according to CFO Sinead Gorman.

The company also reported $5.4bn in dividend and share purchase payments. Britain’s Labour Party, meanwhile, is calling for a windfall tax to ease the burden of the energy price surge.

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EU watchdog warns pandemic is 'far from over', will continue to impact our lives
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The European Medicine Agency (EMA) has warned that the pandemic is "far from over".

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Parag Agrawal to go? Elon Musk may become new Twitter CEO: Reports
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Billionaire Elon Musk is expected to serve as Twitter Inc.'s temporary chief executive officer (CEO) for a few months after he completes his $44 bi

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Thou­sands sick­ened, one dead as lat­est se­vere sand­storm hits Iraq
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Res­i­dents of six of Iraq’s 18 provinces, in­clud­ing Bagh­dad and Al-An­bar, hit by thick clouds of chok­ing dust.
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Al Jazeera wins two Amnesty Me­dia awards
I-Unit wins for in­ves­ti­ga­tion into Bangladesh state cor­rup­tion; AJ Eng­lish wins for re­port on rape as weapon of war.
Published On 5 May 2022

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Brits living in EU ‘embarrassed to be British’ – study
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Dismayed by Brexit and London’s handling of Covid-19 pandemic, UK expats say they feel ‘deep, deep shame’ about their home country

UK expats living in EU nations – frustrated by Brexit – have grown so disenchanted with their native country that some are even “embarrassed to be British,” a new academic study has shown.

The survey, which was released on Wednesday and conducted by Lancaster and Birmingham universities, revealed that Brits living throughout the continent...

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Australia reacts to Solomon Islands ‘invasion’ threat claim
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Canberra is concerned about a ‘secret’ security deal between the Solomon Islands and China, PM says

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged Solomon Islands leader Manasseh Sogavare to remain “calm” after he said his country was being “threatened with invasion” over a security pact it signed with China.

“We need to be calm and composed when we deal with these issues,” Morrison said on Thursday, insisting the relationship between Australia and the Solomon Islands remained friendly even while acknowledging he was concerned over “security” in...

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Cops Clash With Palestinians In Al-Aqsa Mosque Violence (TRT World video)

More violence flared up outside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque on Israeli Independece Day on Thursday as police began clearing out Palestinian protesters to allow Jewish worshippers to resume visits to the holy site.

A senior Palestinian liason with Israel warned that campaigns for the Israeli flag to be raised at the site would show an “outrageous disregard” for Palestinians, while Hamas warned Israel was “playing with fire and dragging the region into an escalation”.

Eye-witness reports contradicted police claims that aggression was started by rock-throwing Palestinians, but Israel has maintained it is in fact Hamas inciting the recent spate of violence.

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Overtime? Paid leaves? Indian start-up goes above and beyond, gives its employees 'right to nap' at work
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We've all had those days when we force ourselves to work just a little bit longer, even if our eyelids strain to stay open and thoughts seem to fal

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Capital flight: Russian oligarchs, billionaires take refuge in Dubai to avoid Western sanctions
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Dubai seems to be emerging as a haven for Russian oligarchs and billionaires who are fleeing their country to avoid the West's sanctions in the wak

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