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Leader: Hostile rivalries among global powers, wars compound challenges facing world
May 25, 2022 09:49Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the hostile rivalries among world powers and the increasing military belligerence of nuclear powers have compounded the challenges for other countries.
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Fauci warns US society in ‘decline’ due to spread of disinformation
May 22, 2022 10:36The US' top medical adviser has issued a stern warning that society is in “decline” due to the spread of disinformation and propaganda.
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Biden signs $40 bn Ukraine aid package, putting COVID funds on backburner
May 21, 2022 09:25US President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a bill that provides nearly $40 billion of additional humanitarian and military aid for Ukraine, in a move that prioritizes assistance for Kiev over fight against the coronavirus in the world's worst-hit country.
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Iran supports UN efforts to address global food insecurity: Takht-Ravanchi
May 20, 2022 06:31Iran's envoy to the United Nations (UN) says the Islamic Republic supports the world body's efforts to address global food insecurity amid the acute hunger crisis gripping the world.
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North Korea hails 'good results' in COVID-19 fight as caseload passes 2 million
May 20, 2022 06:28North Korea on Friday claimed “good results” in the fight against the country’s first confirmed coronavirus outbreak even as the number of people with fever symptoms crossed two million.
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UK police finish probe into Johnson's partygate scandal with 126 fines
May 19, 2022 09:47British police have finished their investigation into COVID-19 lockdown parties held at Downing Street office, issuing a total of 126 fines, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson receiving no further fines.
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One million COVID-19 death toll in US grim reminder of Trump’s lies and denial
May 18, 2022 09:53The United States has earned the dubious distinction of being the first country in the world to surpass one million COVID-19 deaths, more than two years after the country confirmed its first cases of viral infection.
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Beijing locks down more people in China's 'zero-COVID' fight
May 17, 2022 07:24Authorities in Beijing restricted more residents to their homes on Tuesday in a now 3-week-long effort to control a small but persistent COVID-19 outbreak in the Chinese capital.
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Kim slams North Korea's COVID response, orders army to 'stabilize' drugs supply
May 16, 2022 08:46North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un has blasted the country’s crisis management in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, ordering the deployment of the army to help distribute medicine, state media said on Monday.
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Number of COVID patients hospitalized in Iran down to 55
May 15, 2022 07:02The number of coronavirus patients admitted to the hospital across Iran over the past 24 hours dropped to 55, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.