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Senior health official: Iran concerned UN, WHO biased in favor of inadequately-tested US technology
Jan 11, 2021 10:13A senior Iranian health official says the Islamic Republic is concerned that world bodies such as the United Nations and the World Health Organization are biased in favor of inadequately-tested US technology and this is why they are trying to pressure countries into using US vaccines whose effects and side effects have not been established in a scientific way yet.
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UNHCR concerned about over 30,000 Central Africans fleeing election violence
Jan 08, 2021 15:52More than 30,000 people have been forced to flee the Central African Republic due to violence surrounding its elections, the UN said Friday, and tens of thousands more have been internally displaced.
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CO2 levels in 2021 to reach levels 50% higher than in 18th c.: UK Met Office
Jan 08, 2021 15:47Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will this year reach levels 50 percent higher than before the industrial revolution because of manmade emissions, Britain's Met Office predicted on Friday.
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WHO calls for intensified measures over 'alarming' virus variant
Jan 07, 2021 10:30The World Health Organization's European branch on Thursday said more needed to be done to deal with the alarming situation brought on by a recently discovered variant of the novel coronavirus.
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Iran: IAEA’s ‘preferential treatment’ of Zionist regime gives regime ‘audacity to ridicule’ nuclear agency
Jan 06, 2021 16:35Iran has reaffirmed its call on the UN nuclear agency to stop a “preferential treatment” of the illegal Zionist entity, which has given the regime the “audacity to ridicule” the watchdog and press ahead with advancing its nuclear weapons program in defiance of international calls.
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China calls on US to stop spreading ‘fake info’ about Beijing
Jan 05, 2021 08:47China has dismissed US accusations of undermining international rule of law, calling on Washington to stop manufacturing fake information about Beijing and return to rationality and reason.
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Syria: UN expert’s remarks necessitate removal of cruel US sanctions
Jan 03, 2021 13:59Syria has slammed the United States for imposing unilateral sanctions on Damascus, after a UN special rapporteur called on Washington to remove restrictive measures against the war-torn country.
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Iran warns of ‘US military adventurism’ in Persian Gulf in letter to UN Security Council
Jan 01, 2021 06:46Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN) in New York has warned against the United States’ “military adventurism” and recent provocative moves in the Persian Gulf region, at a time that the administration of lame duck US President Donald Trump nears its final days.
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Syria urges UNSC to take firm action against Israeli acts of aggression
Dec 31, 2020 05:33In the wake of a new Israeli aerial assault, Syria has called on the United Nations Security Council to assume its responsibility and take “firm and immediate” action to end such acts of aggression by the Tel Aviv regime.
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Beijing tightens coronavirus restrictions as new cases detected
Dec 27, 2020 12:51China has tightened restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, urging residents not to leave cities and villages during the holiday period.