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2021-05-20 15:03:18 More than six thousand migrants arrived in the Spanish city in a day. The authorities had to use the military.

Illegal migrants from Morocco traveled to the Spanish city of Ceuta by boat or swimming. According to various estimates, in one day from six to eight thousand people crossed the border, of which about 1,500 were minors.

The authorities had to send the military. Armored personnel carriers drove to the beach, soldiers and police used tear gas and batons. The authorities said that adult migrants who arrived illegally would be deported - about four thousand of them have already been sent back. Open / Comment

2021-05-20 13:02:21 Kadyrov threatened to "destroy" the subscriber, who called him a shaitan.

During a live broadcast on Instagram, the head of Chechnya, Kadyrov, drew attention to the comment: "You are not a man, you are just a shaitan." He read the comment and, judging by the sound, took a screenshot.

“If you write this to me, I will find you. And we'll see which one of us is the shaitan ... You won't sleep at night, you will now make your will ... Your data came to me here, in direct. Let's see which of us is the shaitan. I have destroyed a lot of shaitans and I will destroy you too, ”Kadyrov said. Open / Comment

2021-05-20 11:02:22 In Reykjavik, the first meeting between Blinken and Lavrov took place, it lasted almost two hours.

At the end of the meeting, Lavrov said that the conversation was constructive and that he felt in Blinken "a desire to clear away the rubble" in relations between Russia and the United States.

Blinken, in turn, noted that despite serious disagreements, Washington is interested in stable and predictable relations with Moscow. Open / Comment

2021-05-20 10:09:11 The situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border remains tense, about 500 Azerbaijani troops remain on the territory of Armenia, Pashinyan said.

Armenia is doing everything to prevent military escalation on the border, Acting said. prime minister. Open / Comment

2021-05-20 08:59:46 Since the start of Operation Wall Guard at 0700 hours on May 20, some 4,070 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, of which approximately 610 have not crossed the border.

At the moment, there has been no new shelling for 7 hours, which is the longest lull since May 10. At the same time, the Israeli Air Force continues to strike at Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. Open / Comment

2021-05-20 00:02:14 USA won the Sino-Australian economic war

US exports to China of wine, cotton, logs and timber have risen over the past year amid Beijing's ban on the same goods from Australia.

US coal exports also rose after Australian supplies were banned last October.

According to some analysts, the trade data suggests that the United States is prioritizing its own economic interests rather than those of an ally, despite a promise from Secretary of State Anthony Blinken that the US will not leave Australia in the face of economic pressure from Beijing.

https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3133952/us-exports-china-grow-expense-australia-after-beijings-trade Open / Comment

2021-05-19 22:02:32 Mexican president apologizes for the massacre of Chinese migrants in 1911

From 13 to 15 May 1911, in the northern city of Torreón, amid the Mexican Revolution, 303 Chinese were killed in a racially motivated massacre.

110 years later, the Mexican state officially apologized for this act of violence.

At the ceremony attended by Chinese Ambassador to Mexico Zhu Qingqiao, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said: "The Mexican state will never again tolerate racism, discrimination and xenophobia."

Obrador also took the opportunity to thank Xi Jinping and the Chinese government for their support in helping Mexico with medicines and vaccines in their fight against COVID-19. “I want to say that we will never forget the brotherhood of China in the bitter and agonizing months of the pandemic, for the caring support we received,” he said.

China has already dispatched 38 planes with medical supplies, including ventilators and diagnostic tests, as well as six million doses of Sinovac vaccines, Obrador said.

https://supchina.com/2021/05/17/mexican-president-apologizes-for-massacre-of-chinese-migrants-in-1911/ Open / Comment

2021-05-19 20:09:32 The New York Times uncovered that Apple is involved in large-scale surveillance and censorship at the behest of China. It is sad, but not surprising: big tech companies often choose profits over freedoms.

Apple is very efficient at pursuing their business model, which is based on selling overpriced, obsolete hardware to customers locked in their ecosystem.

Every time I have to use an iPhone to test our iOS app I feel like I’m thrown back into the Middle Ages. The iPhone’s 60Hz displays can’t compete with the 120Hz displays of modern Android phones that support much smoother animations.

The worst part of Apple’s tech though is not clunkier devices or outdated hardware. Owning an iPhone makes you a digital slave of Apple – you are only allowed to use apps that Apple lets you install via their App Store, and you can only use Apple’s iCloud to natively back up your data.

It’s no wonder that Apple’s totalitarian approach is so appreciated by the Communist Party of China, which – thanks to Apple – now has complete control over the apps and data of all its citizens who rely on iPhones. Open / Comment

2021-05-19 20:02:24 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are taking part by video link in the ceremony of starting the construction of a joint nuclear project.

The Kremlin clarified that they are talking about the construction of new power units of Russian design at the Tianwan nuclear power plant and the Xudapu nuclear power plant.

Moscow and Beijing have been cooperating in the nuclear industry for a long time. With the participation of Russia, four power units of the Tianwan NPP and a demonstration nuclear fast reactor CEFR were built in China. It is also expected to build two more units at the Tianwan NPP and two at the Xudapu. Open / Comment

2021-05-19 18:02:23 Additional units of the Armenian Armed Forces are deployed on the border with Azerbaijan amid the ongoing conflict in the Syunik region.

Despite the agreements reached on the withdrawal of Azerbaijani forces, the presence of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in the region remains Open / Comment