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Top U.S. fuel pipeline operator pushes to recover from cyberattack

Holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline’s Charlotte Tank Farm in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. an undated photograph. Colonial Pipeline/Handout via REUTERS By Reuters Colonial Pipeline, top U.S. fuel pipeline operator, continued work on Sunday to recover from a ransomware cyberattack that forced it to shut down on Friday and sparked worries of a spike

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China says most rocket debris burned up during reentry

File – In this April 29, 2021, file photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, a Long March 5B rocket carrying a module for a Chinese space station lifts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Wenchang in southern China’s Hainan Province. The central rocket segment that launched the 22.5-ton core of China’s newest

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Philippine troops drive away armed rebels from public market

Armored personnel carriers make their way along traffic as they augment security forces in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines on Saturday May 8, 2021. Dozens of Muslim militants occupied a public market overnight in the southern Philippines before fleeing after a tense standoff with government forces, officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Ferdinandh Cabrera) Dozens of

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Turkey warns Germany against headscarf ban after new law

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç speaks at a news conference in Ankara, Turkey. (AA File Photo) Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç said Turkey expects Germany to implement the newly-passed regulations regarding public servants’ dress code without negatively affecting the Muslim people living in the country. Bilgiç was referring to the newly passed law in Germany,

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Rio de Janeiro drug shootout death toll rises to 28

Policemen aim their weapons during an operation against drug dealers in Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File Photo The death toll from a police raid on a drug gang in a poor Rio de Janeiro neighborhood on Thursday has risen to 28, civil police said on Friday, the deadliest

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The Somali-Kenyan maritime case has nothing to do with restoring diplomatic relations

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia has said it has nothing to do with the maritime case with Kenya, restoring its diplomatic relationship. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will decide the Somali-Kenyan maritime boundary. The move comes after hours of reports circulating on social media that the two countries were reaching an out-of-court settlement, led by

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Emir of Qatar issues statement on resumption of Somali-Kenyan relations

File- In this Friday, July21, 2017, file photo, Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani talks in his first televised speech since the dispute between Qatar and three Gulf countries and Egypt, in Doha, Qatar. Qatar’s emir has warned against any military confrontation over the ongoing diplomatic dispute between his country and four

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Maldives leader: Blast that hurt Nasheed attacked democracy

Maldivian police officers secure the area following a blast in Male, Maldives, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Maldives’ first democratically elected president and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed has been injured in a blast Thursday near his home and was being treated in a hospital in the capital, police said. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sharuhaan) The Maldives president

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UK sends Royal Navy to Jersey after French blockade threat

( Royal British Navy / Handout – Anadolu Agency ) France has accused UK of using new rules to restrict French fishing around Jersey Island in breach of Brexit agreement Britain is sending two Royal Navy ships to Jersey following threats of a French blockade of the island’s main port, Downing Street said Wednesday. A

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Prime Minister Roble opens conference with the international community in Somalia

Photo/Somali Times Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and representatives of the international community are meeting in the Afisyoni tent in Mogadishu to discuss the political situation in the country. In particular, the meeting will focus on the political situation in the country, elections and the facilitation of the tasks ahead of the Prime Minister’s

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