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  Last update: 23:06 GMT 15.04.2021

  23:06 GMT 15.04.2021

  Europe

  UK Remarks on Russian Malign Activity in Cyberspace Attempt to Play Into US Hands, Diplomats Say

  LONDON (Sputnik) – The UK Foreign Office's statement on Russia's alleged malign activities in cyberspace is an attempt to play into the US hands, the Russian Embassy in the UK said.

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  Last update: 22:35 GMT 15.04.2021

  22:35 GMT 15.04.2021

  Middle East

  Video: Israeli Air Force Strikes Gaza in Retaliation for Earlier Rocket Launch

  Israeli aircraft were reported performing airstrikes in the Gaza Strip early Friday morning, hours after a rocket was fired from the territory toward Israel.

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  Last update: 21:31 GMT 15.04.2021

  21:31 GMT 15.04.2021

  Military & Intelligence

  US Lawmakers Seek Limits on Sales to Chinese Firms of Software Used to Design Weapons

  WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US lawmakers want tighter restrictions on sales to Chinese companies of design software used to create computer chips for military hardware such as hypersonic weapons, a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Thursday.

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  Last update: 00:38 GMT 16.04.2021

  00:38 GMT 16.04.2021

  Opinion

  US Rationale Behind New Russia Sanctions 'Shockingly Shallow', Think Tank Says

  WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The latest round of sanctions against Russia casts doubt on both the competence and judgment of US President Joe Biden with the rationale behind the measures being so astonishingly shallow, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity Director Daniel McAdams told Sputnik.

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  Last update: 23:44 GMT 15.04.2021

  23:44 GMT 15.04.2021

  US

  'Establish Aerial Dominance': Army Report Finds Pilots ‘Modified’ Orders to Fly Low Over DC Protests

  As the Black Lives Matter protests swelled last summer into the largest conflagration seen in the US in half a century, US President Donald Trump fought with Pentagon leaders about declaring martial law. While they have claimed to have ordered the National Guard to be harsher, tracing who gave them orders to do what has remained a challenge.

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  Last update: 19:17 GMT 15.04.2021

  19:17 GMT 15.04.2021

  Military & Intelligence

  Satellite Photos Show China’s Forthcoming Type 003 Carrier Comparable in Size to USS Ford

  With its flight deck and command island yet to be installed, it seems increasingly unlikely China’s Type 003 aircraft carrier will be launched this year. However, the supporting technologies, including a new generation of carrier-based aircraft, are all well underway in their development.

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  Last update: 22:30 GMT 15.04.2021

  22:30 GMT 15.04.2021

  Society

  Curb Your Appetite: There May Be a Way to ‘Turn off’ Hunger, Israeli Researchers Say

  For years, pharmaceutical companies have been trying to patent a drug for weight loss. For some weight-loss enthusiasts, shedding a few pounds can be as simple as starting a diet or joining the gym, but others struggle with their bodies’ constant cry for more pizza.

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  Last update: 04:44 GMT 15.04.2021

  04:44 GMT 15.04.2021

  World

  Live Updates: Germany Reports 29,426 New COVID-19 Cases

  The global death toll from the coronavirus infection has topped 2.97 million; over 138 million cases of 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.