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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 12

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Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Andrew McCabe Thursday said ongoing investigation into alledged links between White House staff and Russia will continue.

"We consider it to be a highly significant investigation," McCabe told the Senate Intelligence Committee in a hearing. (US-FBI-Russia)

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MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday the peaceful coexistence of Palestine and Israel is an "indispensable condition" for ensuring genuine security and stability in the Middle East.

Putin made the remarks at a joint press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after their meeting in the Russian resort city of Sochi. (Russia-Palestine-Israel)

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MOSUL, Iraq -- Iraqi forces battling Islamic State (IS) militants on Thursday push further to besiege Mosul's old city center a week after launching a new push that initiated a new front in the northwestern edge of IS stronghold in the western side of Mosul, the Iraqi military said.

The elite forces of the federal police, known as Rapid Response, backed by armored vehicles initiated a new progress in Iqtisadiyn neighborhood amid fierce clashes with IS militants, leaving many extremist militants killed and destroying 17 of their vehicles, including five booby-trapped vehicles, Lt. Gen. Raid Shakir Jawdat, the commander of the federal police forces, said in a statement. (Iraq-IS-Mosul)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at strengthening cybersecurity of federal networks and critical infrastructure.

"We've seen increasing attacks from allies, adversaries, primarily nation-states, but also non-nation-state actors, and sitting by and doing nothing is no longer an option," Trump's homeland security adviser Tom Bossert said at a daily briefing. (US-Cybersecurity-Trump)

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KHARTOUM -- Sudan's Prime Minister Hassan Saleh on Thursday announced a new government, with economic ministers being replaced.

Mohamed Othman Rukabi, a former army lieutenant general, was appointed as finance minister, Saleh said. Mubarak Fadel al-Mahdi was appointed as minister of investment, while Abdulrahman Othman Abdulrahman was appointed as oil minister. (Sudan-Government)

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ROME -- Inclusive growth will be on top of the agenda of finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) members, who gathered on Thursday in the southern city of Bari for a three-day meeting.

Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met behind closed doors in the afternoon, while an official ceremony to welcome the other participants was scheduled at the Petruzzelli theatre in the evening. (Italy-G7-Finance) Endi