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Israel Must Prepare For More Violence, Netanyahu Adviser Says

7:23am May 13, 2021

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Mark Regev, senior adviser to Israel's president about why tensions with Palestinians have again boiled over into deadly confrontations, and how to break the cycle.

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In Gaza City on Wednesday, Palestinians inspect a vehicle destroyed by an Israeli airstrike after the bodies of its passengers and driver were retrieved.

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'It's Against All Of Us': Israel-Hamas Violence, As Seen From The Ground

8:47pm May 12, 2021

A father and his teenage daughter who were Palestinian citizens of Israel were killed early Wednesday in a rocket attack launched by militants in Gaza.

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Amit Sonawane, 35, an engineer at a district health office, gets his first vaccine dose in Palghar, India.

Will COVID-19 Vaccines Still Work Against The Variant From India?

7:40pm May 12, 2021

by Michaeleen Doucleff

A coronavirus variant is spreading quickly in India, causing a massive surge in cases. Scientists are rushing to see if vaccines will be effective against this variant. So far, the news is hopeful.

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A man walks by a mobile health clinic displaying a picture of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (right) and his wife and vice president, Rosario Murillo, in Managua on April 14, 2020. The government claims to be successfully combating the pandemic but he

Citizens Work To Expose COVID's Real Toll In Nicaragua As Leaders Claim Success

5:53pm May 12, 2021

by Carrie Kahn

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government insists the country has low numbers of cases and deaths from the pandemic. A grassroots group is working to reveal the true impact is far worse.

Calling COVID-19 "a terrible wake-up call," an independent review panel says national and international leaders failed to respond adequately to the pandemic. Here, members of the Bavarian state Parliament sit among clear panels in Munich in October.

COVID-19 Was 'A Preventable Disaster,' WHO-Ordered Report Says

5:51pm May 12, 2021

by Bill Chappell

The coronavirus found a world vulnerable to the worst effects of a pandemic despite warnings from experts and a string of recent global health threats. The system, the report said, remains "unfit."

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Civilian Death Toll Continues To Rise Amid Israeli-Palestinian Crisis

4:51pm May 12, 2021

by Daniel Estrin

The toll on civilians is increasing in the rapidly developing air war of Hamas rockets aimed at Israel and Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip.

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'Everything Happened So Quick': Couple In India Both Lose Fathers To COVID-19

4:51pm May 12, 2021

by Lauren Frayer

After seven years in the U.S., a husband and wife returned to their native India to be close to their parents. But they had less time than they hoped, losing both their fathers to COVID-19 last month.

A view of Amazon's headquarters in Luxembourg. The online retail giant on Tuesday prevailed at the European Union's second-highest court in a major tax case.

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Amazon Wins Case Against EU Regulators Over Luxembourg Taxes

10:27am May 12, 2021

by Scott Neuman

The European Commission has said the online giant got a sweetheart deal from Luxembourg that amounted to "illegal state aid" worth $303 million.

Maji Hailemariam Debena in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Opinion: Africans Shouldn't Have To Pull Strings To Get COVID Treatment

9:15am May 12, 2021

by Maji Hailemariam

When Maji Hailemariam and her dad got sick with COVID in Ethiopia, she was frustrated by how difficult it was to get tested and treated. She urges governments that it doesn't have to be that way.

Biden Administration Urges Israelis And Palestinians To De-Escalate Violence

8:37pm May 11, 2021

by Michele Kelemen

The White House has urged Israelis and Palestinians to de-escalate their conflict but it has started out with a tentative Mideast policy and not even an ambassador to Israel yet.

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