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US hits record daily coronavirus case rise three days running; Europe deaths exceed 301,000
Nov 08, 2020 10:49According to Johns Hopkins University, the US reported a third straight daily record for new coronavirus cases on Saturday, while Europe’s death toll surpassed 301,000. More than 127,000 infections were reported in 24 hours, as well as about 1,160 deaths.
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For US, EU is worse than China, only smaller in transatlantic trade disputes
Nov 05, 2020 19:38In the book “The Room Where It Happened,” former US National Security Adviser John Bolton reiterates President Donald Trump's quote three times that for the United States, “the EU is worse than China, only smaller.” The building of the modern global trade system was a project led by the United States and Europe over several decades following World War II.
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Europe, US again ‘epicenter’ of coronavirus pandemic, it pushing UK to brink of double-dip recession
Nov 02, 2020 10:55The 53-country region that makes up Europe under the umbrella of the World Health Organization (WHO) said it reached a record of confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1.5 million new infections last week. The organization’s European director said recently there have been more than 10 million confirmed cases since the pandemic began this year.
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European hypocrisy: Empty words for Palestine, deadly weapons for Israeli regime
Oct 27, 2020 22:52European governments have made it clear that they will not take a single action to dissuade – let alone punish – the Israeli regime for its repeated violations of international law. Not only did the EU fail to hold the Israeli regime accountable for its ongoing occupation and human rights violations, it is practically financing the Zionist regime, as well. Lip service is all that Palestinians have obtained from Europe.
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Hospitals brace for Europe’s second COVID-19 wave
Oct 25, 2020 09:08Europe’s second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is reviving the pressure on hospitals in the worst-hit cities, and forcing health care systems around the continent to devise contingency plans that draw on the lessons of this spring’s deadly first wave.
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Time to toss US sanctions in the nearest dustbin
Oct 11, 2020 21:41Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, has made a joint statement at the General Debate of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly, on behalf of 26 countries, criticizing the United States and Western countries for violating human rights, calling for the complete and immediate lifting of unilateral sanctions, and expressing grave concern on systematic racial discrimination.
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Iran calls US attempt to ‘snapback’ sanctions ‘null and void’, urges UN to block it
Sep 20, 2020 09:40Iran says the US’ claim about the return of the UN Security Council’s sanctions against Tehran as per the so-called “snapback” mechanism is “null and void”, calling on the UN and its Security Council to block any attempt to reinstate the bans.
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The EU is rewarding Zionist regime for merely postponing violations of International Law
Sep 11, 2020 17:36Normalizing the Zionist regime's suspension of annexation is equivalent to normalizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to annex Palestinian territory at a later, as yet undisclosed, date. The EU should stop exploiting the Palestinian people for their diplomatic gains.
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Pompeo’s ‘ticking clock’ on Iran is broken
Sep 02, 2020 18:11US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s “ticking clock” on Iran is broken. His “maximum pressure” campaign failed. Undeterred, he vowed that the Trump regime will go it alone by imposing snapback sanctions on the country unilaterally — defying the world community, the rule of law be damned with him at State and Trump in the White House, the same thing true if Biden wins in November.
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Why do we develop lifelong immunity to some diseases, but not others?
Aug 16, 2020 10:01Some diseases, like the measles, infect us once and usually grant us immunity for life. For others, like the flu, we have to get vaccinated year after year. So why do we develop lifelong immunity to some diseases but not others? And where does the novel coronavirus fit into all this? Whether or not we develop immunity to a disease often depends on our antibodies, which are proteins we produce in response to infection.