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  Last update: 18:54 GMT 10.05.2021

  18:54 GMT 10.05.2021

  US

  Fair Elections: GOP Adopts ID Laws, Creates New Alliances to Turn Tables on Dems in 2022 & 2024

  The Republicans are preparing for a new election cycle and reviewing voting laws following controversy over last-minute loosening of election rules in 2020. Meanwhile, Donald Trump allies are forming new advocacy groups seeking to counterbalance the "liberal 'dark money' machine."

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  Last update: 17:43 GMT 10.05.2021

  17:43 GMT 10.05.2021

  Middle East

  Jerusalem Protests Explained: Roots of the Ongoing Violence

  Hundreds of Palestinians and 17 Israeli policemen were injured in the latest round of violence in Jerusalem on 7 May. The Friday clashes are the biggest so far in the string of violence that was sparked by recent events and the lasting legal woes between Palestinians and Israelis.

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  Last update: 17:16 GMT 10.05.2021

  17:16 GMT 10.05.2021

  World

  Google Selling Personal Data of Users Despite Promise Not to Do So, Lawsuit Claims

  This is not the first time that the tech giant has been accused of illegally profiting from users' data. In 2019, the US Federal Trade Commission fined Google and its subsidiary YouTube $170 million after it became known that the latter had "illegally collected personal information from children without their parents’ consent".

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  Last update: 17:24 GMT 10.05.2021

  17:24 GMT 10.05.2021

  Europe

  How One of Europe's Smallest States, San Marino, is Winning the COVID War Thanks to Russia's Vaccine

  San Marino, a tiny landlocked state, surprised many of its European neighbours when it began easing anti-COVID restrictions in mid-April, several months after it stocked up on Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine.

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  Last update: 13:27 GMT 10.05.2021

  13:27 GMT 10.05.2021

  Middle East

  How White Helmet's Cashbox Mayday Profited Off Syrian Regime Change Op at Expense of EU Taxpayers

  Being aware of fraud allegations against the White Helmets' international cashbox, the Mayday Rescue Foundation, the Dutch government opted to keep it on the hush-hush, the newspaper de Volkskrant reported on 7 May. What's behind the supposed cover-up attempt and what else are European governments hiding?

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  Last update: 14:16 GMT 10.05.2021

  14:16 GMT 10.05.2021

  Sport

  F1 Racer Lance Stroll Gives Middle Finger to Opponent During Spanish Grand Prix – Video

  Perhaps Stroll should have focused more on racing and less on giving rude gestures given he finished 11th out of 19 in the race.

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  Last update: 10:16 GMT 10.05.2021

  10:16 GMT 10.05.2021

  Society

  Jeff Bezos' 500 Million Dollar Yacht Will Be One of the Largest in the World, Report Says

  Sam Tucker, head of superyacht research at London-based VesselsValue, said the yacht market is booming with more than 50 boats longer than 100 metres currently being constructed by various companies. "It's impossible to get a slot in a new-build yard", Tucker said.

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  Last update: 05:00 GMT 10.05.2021

  05:00 GMT 10.05.2021

  World

  Live Updates: India Confirms Over 366,000 New Coronavirus Cases

  According to Johns Hopkins University in the US, around 157 million coronavirus infections have been confirmed in the world, while the global death toll from the pandemic has reached 3.28 million.