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  Last update: 23:38 GMT 11.05.2021

  23:38 GMT 11.05.2021

  Middle East

  'Civil War Has Erupted': Netanyahu Declares State of Emergency in City of Lod Amid Violent Riots

  The use of emergency powers by Israel, caused by the ethnic violence over a new surge in Israel-Palestinian tensions, is the first time such measures have been used on the country's Arab community since the military administration over Israel's Arabs ended in 1966.

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  Last update: 19:39 GMT 11.05.2021

  19:39 GMT 11.05.2021

  US

  Hackers Reportedly Apologise for Disrupting Colonial Pipeline Operations, Vow to Be More Selective

  The actions of the hacker group are expected to cause gasoline supply disruptions in a dozen US states after their ransomware knocked out the networks of a pipeline that delivers nearly half of all fuel to these regions.

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  Last update: 01:48 GMT 12.05.2021

  01:48 GMT 12.05.2021

  Asia & Pacific

  Magnitude 5.7 Earthquake Strikes Near Philippines

  The focus was detected at a depth of about 135 kilometers, according to preliminary data. The epicenter is in the sea not far from the coast, at a distance of approximately 27 kilometers from the city of Batangas.

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  Last update: 20:56 GMT 11.05.2021

  20:56 GMT 11.05.2021

  US

  US Judge Dismisses NRA Bankruptcy Case Over Attempt to Avoid Civil Lawsuit

  WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - A US judge issued an order on Tuesday dismissing the National Rifle Association's (NRA) attempt to file for bankruptcy and move the organization to Texas because it finds the organization is trying to dodge a civil lawsuit from the New York Attorney General.

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  Last update: 00:43 GMT 12.05.2021

  00:43 GMT 12.05.2021

  Society

  Shrunken Head From John Huston's 1979 'Wise Blood' Movie Confirmed as Human

  Tsantsas are usually referred to as shrunken heads, and often represented ceremonial and cultural value to certain Indigenous groups of Ecuador and Peru. In 1942, Mercer University biologist Jim Harrison acquired a tsantsa while serving in the US Air Force, and it later found its way on the set of John Houston’s 1979 movie “Wise Blood.”

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  Last update: 17:30 GMT 11.05.2021

  17:30 GMT 11.05.2021

  Europe

  Italy's Duke of Savoy Causes Furore After Naming Granddaughter 'Heir to the Throne' on Her Birthday

  The House of Savoy was exiled from Italy in 1946 after the country voted for the abolition of monarchy because of the failure of King Umberto II to oppose the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini. Members of the family were allowed to return to Italy only in 2006.

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  Last update: 12:15 GMT 11.05.2021

  12:15 GMT 11.05.2021

  Tech

  New Study Reveals Lost Continent is Behind Formation of World's Youngest Subduction Zone

  Scientists have been conducting research since 2018, often battling strong winds and currents and high waves. "Our boat was rolling side to side by like 20 degrees at one point", said lead author of the study Brandon Shuck, a doctoral candidate at the University of Texas at Austin.

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  Last update: 04:35 GMT 11.05.2021

  04:35 GMT 11.05.2021

  World

  Live Updates: Brazil Confirms 889 New Deaths From COVID-19

  So far, over 158 million coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the world, while the global death toll from the pandemic is now around 3.3 million, according to Johns Hopkins University, based in Baltimore, Maryland.