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  Last update: 10:46 GMT 11.05.2021

  10:46 GMT 11.05.2021

  Middle East

  Live Updates: Over 1,050 Rockets and Mortar Shells Fired From Gaza Since Monday Evening, IDF Says

  Tensions between Israel and Gaza reached a boiling point on Monday after a barrage of rockets was fired from the Palestinian territory into the country's south and Jerusalem. In response, Israel launched retaliatory fire, striking Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets.

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  Last update: 05:07 GMT 12.05.2021

  05:07 GMT 12.05.2021

  Military & Intelligence

  Norwegian Defence Minister Claims Russia Attempting to 'Isolate' His Country From Allies

  Despite port calls by NATO's nuclear-powered submarines to the civilian harbour of Tromsø triggering broad internal criticism, ranging from locals to opposition politicians, who believe it drags Norway deeper into the superpower struggle, the country's defence minister chose to focus on a similar comment by a Russian expert.

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  Last update: 01:48 GMT 12.05.2021

  01:48 GMT 12.05.2021

  Asia & Pacific

  5.7-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Philippines

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

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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: 01:06 GMT 12.05.2021

  01:06 GMT 12.05.2021

  Europe

  Dracula’s Castle Becomes New Hot Spot for COVID-19 Jabs

  Bran Castle, located on the Transylvanian side of Romania, is said to fit the description of Dracula’s Castle in Bram Stoker’s classic gothic horror novel. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Romania has recorded more than one million infections and has recently approved the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine.

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  Last update: 04:34 GMT 12.05.2021

  04:34 GMT 12.05.2021

  World

  COVID-19 Live Updates: India Confirms 4,205 New Fatalities in Record-High Daily Death Toll

  So far, over 159 million coronavirus infections have been confirmed worldwide, with the global death toll from the pandemic surpassing 3.3 million, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

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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: 00:18 GMT 12.05.2021

  00:18 GMT 12.05.2021

  Middle East

  Syrian Gov't Troops, With Russian Support, Kill 338 Terrorists Since April 23, Spokesman Says

  MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Syrian government troops, with the support of Russia's Aerospace Forces, have eliminated 338 terrorists in Syria since April 23, a spokesman for the Russian group of forces in Syria told reporters.