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  Last update: 05:59 GMT 14.04.2021

  05:59 GMT 14.04.2021

  Europe

  Denmark Becomes First in Europe to Strip Syrian Refugees of Residence

  Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod suggested that while the civil war is still going on in many places in Syria, there are parts of the country where the situation is “different”. The Danish authorities believe that the Syrian capital Damascus is a safe area to return to, despite opposition from the UN and Amnesty International.

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  Last update: 05:51 GMT 14.04.2021

  05:51 GMT 14.04.2021

  World

  Beijing Urges US Not to Send False Signals to Supporters of Taiwan's Independence

  BEIJING (Sputnik) - China calls on the United States to respect its commitments on Taiwan and not to send false signals to supporters of its independence by dispatching an unofficial delegation to the island, Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Chinese State Council, said on Wednesday.

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  Last update: 06:01 GMT 14.04.2021

  06:01 GMT 14.04.2021

  US

  Patrol Trooper Fatally Shoots Teenager in US' Maryland, Investigation Underway, Police Say

  MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A patrol trooper has shot dead an armed 16-year-old teenager in the US state of Maryland on Tuesday, Maryland State Police said, adding that the investigation was underway.

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  Last update: 01:02 GMT 14.04.2021

  01:02 GMT 14.04.2021

  Middle East

  ‘Unknown Resistance Forces’ Attack Iraq Office of Israel’s Mossad Spy Agency - Reports

  Israel’s Mossad has long operated in nearby Iraq, including in a 1966 operation to steal a Soviet-built MiG-21 fighter jet for the United States and a plot in the 1970s to assassinate Iraqi nationalist leader Saddam Hussein with a bomb hidden inside a book.

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  Last update: 06:13 GMT 14.04.2021

  06:13 GMT 14.04.2021

  Middle East

  Gaza Strip's Merchants Still Waiting for Vaccination as Economy Withers

  Recently it was announced that 7,000 Gaza workers will be inoculated and thus will be allowed to resume their work in Israel, which closed its crossing with the exclave as a result of the pandemic.

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  Last update: 06:17 GMT 14.04.2021

  06:17 GMT 14.04.2021

  Sport

  Jurgen Klopp Reveals What Liverpool Must do to Beat Real Madrid

  The Champions League quarterfinal match between Real Madrid and Liverpool will take place on 14 April.

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  Last update: 04:39 GMT 14.04.2021

  04:39 GMT 14.04.2021

  World

  Live Updates: India Registers 184,372 New COVID-19 Cases

  The global death toll from the coronavirus infection throughout the world has topped 2.96 million; over 137 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: 06:33 GMT 14.04.2021

  06:33 GMT 14.04.2021

  World

  Russia Wants to Develop Mutually Beneficial Relations With US, Foreign Ministry Says

  MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia wants to develop relations with the United States on a mutually beneficial basis, the foreign ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova assured on Wednesday.