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  Last update: 06:32 GMT 09.05.2021

  06:32 GMT 09.05.2021

  Middle East

  Fire Erupts in Syrian City of Homs' Main Refinery, Reports Say

  The fire had erupted main Homs refinery’s distillation unit due to a leak in a pumping station, according to Syrian state media.

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  Last update: 22:05 GMT 08.05.2021

  22:05 GMT 08.05.2021

  UK

  Sadiq Khan Re-Elected as London Mayor

  Labour's Sadiq Khan was elected for his first term as the mayor of London in 2016, succeeding the Conservative Party's Boris Johnson.

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  Last update: 03:48 GMT 09.05.2021

  03:48 GMT 09.05.2021

  US

  Investigation Against Cuomo Widens as His Adviser Allegedly Linked Vaccination to Political Support

  Embattled New York Governor Andrew Cuomo received harsh criticism for his response to the COVID-19 pandemic after reports appeared that his office undercounted deaths at nursing homes in the state. Cuomo is also faces allegations of sexual misconduct from multiple women.

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  Last update: 05:51 GMT 09.05.2021

  05:51 GMT 09.05.2021

  Russia

  Russia to Mark WWII Victory Anniversary With Nationwide Military Parades on Sunday

  MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia commemorates the 76th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II as military parades and other celebrations begin across the country.

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  Last update: 05:39 GMT 09.05.2021

  05:39 GMT 09.05.2021

  World

  Cuba Ready to Join WHO-Led COVAX Facility, Ambassador to China Says

  NINGDE, China (Sputnik) - Cuba is ready to join the COVAX vaccine-sharing mechanism led by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Latin American country's ambassador to China, Carlos Miguel Pereira Hernandez, told Sputnik.

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  Last update: 04:52 GMT 09.05.2021

  04:52 GMT 09.05.2021

  World

  Robinhood Trading App Partially Down as Elon Musk Plugs Dogecoin on SNL

  Tesla CEO Elon Musk during the Saturday Night Live (SNL) show said that Cryptocurrency prices have been growing, particularly Dogecoin, which is "unstoppable" and will "take over the world,".

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  Last update: 04:34 GMT 09.05.2021

  04:34 GMT 09.05.2021

  World

  Live Updates: India Registers 403,700 New COVID-19 Cases

  The global death toll from the coronavirus infection has topped 3.278 million; over 157.2 million cases of the infection have been detected, according to Baltimore, Maryland's Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from national and local authorities, the media and other sources.

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  Last update: 07:06 GMT 09.05.2021

  07:06 GMT 09.05.2021

  Asia & Pacific

  'Don Juan of Kishu': Japanese Woman Suspected of Poisoning Her Husband Who 'Became Rich to Sleep With Beauties'

  A wealthy real estate mogul from Japan, Kosuke Nozaki, proudly claimed in his 2016 memoire that he “became rich to sleep with attractive women”, cashing out some 3 billion yen to thousands of them before tying the knot in 2018 with a young beauty to have sex three times a day. That's what he claimed, at least.