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New York Mayor Blasio joins the 2020 presidential race
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Thursday that he would run for office the Democratic nomination to the presidency of 2020, despite a scandal in the US media and polls suggesting that he faces a tough battle.
De Blasio becomes the 23rd Democratic candidate for President Donald Trump.
"We must stop Donald Trump. I am Bill de Blasio and I am running for the presidency because it is time to give priority to the workers, "he said in a video announcing his candidacy.
Blasio, 58, who had debuted as a leftist leftist in 2013, said that the country's money was "in the wrong hands" and added that he knew how to challenge Mr. Trump on climate change, an issue on which the President has shown skepticism. .
As the Democratic mayor of the country's largest city for the past five years, he was re-elected in 2013.
5 pm
Saudi Arabian aircraft strike rebel Yemeni targets
Saudi-led coalition planes have bombed Yemeni rebel targets, including in the capital, following insurgent drones strikes on a key oil pipeline, according to Riyadh, commanded by rival Tehran. The new bombing came after the UN envoy, who spearheads efforts to end more than four years of conflict in the poorest country in the Arab world, warned that "the bombing has come to an end. he was still in danger of sinking into total war.
The Saudi Defense Minister warned that the May 14 attack by Yemeni rebels against a major pipeline in the kingdom "was tightening the knot" around peace efforts.
The Saudi-led coalition, which since March 2015 has been fighting Huthi rebels, has confirmed warplanes carrying out numerous strikes on rebel-held territory.
At 4 pm
Five people died in the collapse of a building in Shanghai
Five people were killed on May 16 when the roof of the building was destroyed. a commercial building in Shanghai collapsed on construction workers undergoing renovation the city government said. The accident occurred around 11:30 am, in a suburb of Shanghai, in a central suburb of Shanghai, imprisoning about twenty people, according to the emergency services. Official sources provided different figures on the number of people removed from the rubble throughout the day, but the city government and the National Ministry of Emergency now cite five people.
Members of a rescue team carry a victim of a collapse of a building in Shanghai on May 16, 2019.
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A verified social media account managed by the Chinese Ministry of Emergency Affairs showed images of rescuers digging up bloody, dust-covered workers from piles of rubble, pillars concrete and broken wooden beams.
15:00
Naomi Osaka plays Dominika Cibulkova at the Italian Open
The world number one, Naomi Osaka, faces the Slovak Dominika Cibulkova in Rome, Italy. Osaka have already beaten Slovakia in the first round in Madrid last week.
Naomi Osaka of Japan reacts against Slovak Dominika Cibulkova in their round of 16, played at the fifth day of the International BNL of Italia at Foro Italico on May 16, 2019 in Rome, Italy. .
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13:00
A Hong Kong court said that deterrence was the only motive for dismissing a leader of the protest movement in prison
On May 16, 2019, the activist for democracy, Joshua Wong, addresses the media in front of a court in Hong Kong.
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The Hong Kong Court of Appeal sent Thursday to prison a young leader of the "democratic protest" of the city led by the city led by the Chinese to suppress the motive of Contempt of court.
Joshua Wong, 22, was sentenced to three months in prison last January for disobeying a court order and not leaving a protest zone during rallies blocking the main roads of the city under domination Chinese. for almost three months.
11:00
Indian actor Hina Khan debuts on the red carpet in Cannes
Hina Khan poses on the red carpet at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival
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The actress Hina Khan, known for her appearances in a television series Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai and reality TV Bigg Boss .
"The picture This is simply not" an "image," wrote Ms. Khan on her Instagram account with a picture of her during the event.
10:00
Happy 130th Anniversary of the Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is illuminated during a light show celebrating its 130th anniversary in Paris, France.
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Reuters
Paris wished a happy birthday to the Eiffel Tower on Wednesday with a complete night laser show tracing the 130-year history of the monument.
After dark, a 12-minute laser display started flashing on the facade. in shows that will run until Friday night. Professional mountaineers climbed the monument to mount the lights of an unprecedented spectacle.
The Eiffel Tower was opened to the public for the first time on May 15, 1889, several days after its inauguration at the Universal Exhibition.
– AP
9:00 am
World leaders pledge to fight online violence
French President Emmanuel Macron, on the right, greets British Prime Minister Theresa May at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
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AP
World leaders led by French President Emmanuel Macron and technical leaders gathered in Paris to compile a set of guidelines christened "The Call of Christchurch", named after the New Zealand city where 51 people were killed in March attack on the mosques.
The call was adopted by American technology companies, including Amazon, Microsoft and YouTube, as well as by Qwant and DailyMotion, in France, and by the Wikimedia Foundation. The countries supporting France and New Zealand were Great Britain, Canada, Ireland, Jordan, Norway, Senegal, Indonesia and the executive body of the European Union.
– AP
