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Russia doing better than expected despite sanctions: IMF
Jul 27, 2022 03:57Russia’s economy is doing better than expected despite Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the war in Ukraine, the International Monetary Fund says in a new report.
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Brutal heatwave, wildfires engulf Europe, 2000 dead in Spain, Portugal
Jul 22, 2022 03:45More than 2,000 people have died in Spain and Portugal in recent weeks amid record-breaking temperatures, accompanied by massive wildfires that have forced thousands of people to flee their homes.
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Italian PM wins confidence vote but key coalition allies boycott voting
Jul 21, 2022 07:53Italian Premier Mario Draghi has won a confidence vote in the parliament, but the government crumbled when three large parties of his main coalition partners snubbed a confidence by mass abstentions, virtually dooming any prospects for the embattled premier’s unity government’s survival.
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Scorching heat wave sparks wildfires in Europe
Jul 14, 2022 07:12Thousands of firefighters battled more than 20 blazes that raged on Wednesday across Portugal and western Spain, menacing villages and disrupting tourists' holidays amid a heat wave that pushed temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in some parts of Europe.
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Iran demands ‘strong’ economic guarantees in JCPOA revival talks: FM Amir-Abdollahian
Jul 14, 2022 04:12Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says it is a “necessity” for Iran to gain economic benefits from the 2015 agreement and thus wants “strong” guarantees in talks on a potential revival of the deal, which the US abandoned unilaterally three years after its conclusion.
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Airstrikes kill 19 in Ukraine's Odessa as NATO vows war on Russia
Jul 01, 2022 06:27At least 19 people have been killed and dozens wounded in missile strikes in Ukraine’s Odessa region following the withdrawal of Russian forces from the area and the US-led military alliance's threat of full-scale war against Moscow.
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Europe's biggest Russian gas buyers shift back to coal as Moscow turns down gas flows
Jun 20, 2022 11:59Europe's biggest Russian gas buyers race to find alternative fuel supplies and could burn more coal to cope with reduced gas flows from Russia that threaten an energy crisis in winter if stores are not refilled.
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'Europe committing energy suicide by imposing sanctions on Moscow'
Jun 18, 2022 09:55The head of a Russian oil giant says European nations are committing energy suicide by following the United States in imposing sanctions on Moscow over the war in Ukraine.
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Putin: Russia supports expansion of trade cooperation between Iran and Eurasian Economic Union
May 28, 2022 01:24Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country supports the initiative to extend an interim free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Iran despite the “confrontation” by the “collective West.”
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WHO calls for quick action against monkeypox in non-endemic countries
May 27, 2022 12:55The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries around the globe to take quick action to contain the spread of monkeypox in non-endemic countries.