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US mass unemployment amid the pandemic is an indictment of capitalism
May 11, 2020 14:30Unemployment always stood as a mocking indictment of capitalism. Unemployment also threatens capitalism. This system rewards employers with profits from the waged labor of employees. Yet it fails to keep them working and thereby undermines its profits. Worse, that failure recurs quite regularly — a phenomenon known as the business cycle.
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Iranian scientist will return home soon if tested negative for COVID-19: FM Zarif
May 11, 2020 12:04Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says an Iranian scientist, who was detained in the US on groundless charges, has been freed and will return to the country if tested negative for coronavirus.
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Iran pledges unwavering support for Iraq’s new government
May 11, 2020 10:14President Hassan Rouhani reaffirmed the country’s commitment to supporting Iraq, saying Tehran will fully back the new Iraqi government to help it serve the interests of the Iraqi nation.
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Iran records lowest daily COVID-19 deaths in over 2 months
May 11, 2020 10:02Iran has recorded its lowest daily death toll from the novel coronavirus in more than two months, the Health Ministry spokesman announced Monday.
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Saudi Arabia to impose austerity measures amid coronavirus crisis, oil collapse
May 11, 2020 08:06Saudi Arabia is set to suspend a cost-of-living allowance for state employees and increase value added tax (VAT), amid a slump in oil prices and the coronavirus crisis.
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Damascus Catholics return to church with social distancing measures
May 11, 2020 07:52Holy masses resumed after two months in Damascus on Sunday, with dozens of worshipers joining the religious services at the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
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US holds world record in lying: Iran Health Ministry
May 11, 2020 07:45Iran’s Ministry of Health has roundly rejected US claims that it has enabled the establishment of a sanctions-free channel for the transfer of medicine to the Islamic Republic.
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Iran’s Chabahar sees 15-fold rise in basic commodity arrivals
May 11, 2020 07:12Iran’s import of basic commodities in the current Iranian year –a period of around 7 weeks- via the southeastern Port City of Chabahar has risen by more than 15 times compared to the corresponding period a year earlier, an official said.
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Iran: IRGC, Basij volunteers prepare Ramadhan meals for needy
May 11, 2020 05:07Members of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and Basij volunteers prepare boxes of food and disinfecting equipment to be distributed to the needy during the blessed month of Ramadhan at the Imam Khomeini mausoleum in Tehran. The COVID-19 respiratory disease has killed nearly 6,600 people and infected 107,603 people in Iran, according to authorities.
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Coronavirus, other diseases grip Yemen amid five-year Saudi imposed war
May 11, 2020 04:54The coronavirus has infected more people in Yemen, which has also been gripped by other diseases, as five years of Saudi imposed war on Yemen has shattered the country’s health system and infrastructure.