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CLEMMONS, N.C. (AP) — The nation's largest fuel pipeline restarted operations Wednesday, days after it was forced to shut down by a gang of hackers. The disruption of Colonial Pipeline caused long lines at gas stations in the Southeast due to distribution problems and panic-buying, draining supplies at thousands of gas stations. Colonial initiated the restart of pipeline operations late Wednesday, saying in a statement that “all lines, including those lateral lines that have been running manually, will return to normal operations.” But it will take several days for deliveries t...

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief is urging Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers to observe their cease-fire, and he says the international community must develop a reconstruction package “that supports the Palestinian people and strengthens their institutions.” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters after Thursday’s announcement of an end to 11 days of deadly clashes that “Israeli and Palestinian leaders have a responsibility beyond the restoration of calm to start a serious dialogue to address the root causes of the conflict.” Guterres says th...

— Ontario resuming use of AstraZeneca, but only as second dose — New England jet gives flight to China’s vaccine efforts in El Salvador ——— ——— HERE'S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING: ROME — American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German company BioNTech have pledged to deliver 2 billion doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to middle- and low-income countries over the next 18 months. The companies, which together developed the first vaccine to be authorized for use in the United States and Europe, made the announcement Friday at a global health summit in...

1 of 22 Syrian citizens who live in Lebanon, queue outside their embassy to cast their ballots for their country's presidential election at the Syrian embassy in Yarze, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, May 20, 2021. The expat ballot started in embassies abroad ahead of Syria's May 26 presidential election. Hussein Malla Members of the Christian rightwing Lebanese Forces group attack a bus carrying Syrian voters heading their embassy to vote in the Syrian presidential elections in the town of Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, May 20, 2021. Mobs of angry...

—- ANKARA, Turkey —Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the international community should "give Israel a strong and deterrent lesson” against its conduct toward the Palestinians. That's according to the Turkish Presidential Communications Directorate, which said the two leaders talked by phone Wednesday about the escalating confrontation sparked by tension over contested Jerusalem. The statement said Erdogan stressed the need for “the international community to give Israel a strong and deterrent lesson” and pressed for...