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Iran’s top negotiator: Vienna talks participants agree that negotiations should focus on sanctions removal
Nov 29, 2021 14:37Iran’s top negotiator to Vienna talks on the removal of anti-Iran sanctions says all participants in the first meeting of the seventh round of talks have agreed that removing sanctions must be the main focus of negotiations.
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Iran’s foreign minister: Removal of sanctions main goal of Vienna talks, no requests beyond JCPOA accepted
Nov 29, 2021 13:08Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the main goal pursued in the new round of talks between Iran and the remaining members of the 2015 nuclear deal is removal of all sanctions imposed on Tehran, adding that the Islamic Republic will not accept any requests beyond the scope of the deal.
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Maduro brands EU vote observers as 'spies'; rejects claim of vote irregularities
Nov 29, 2021 05:23Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has lashed out at the European Union (EU) election observers as “spies,” dismissing their claim that the last week’s vote was marred by irregularities.
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‘The attitude is positive’, says Russia’s top negotiator ahead of Vienna talks
Nov 29, 2021 02:10Opportunities still exist for the parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal to come to an agreement in Vienna, says Russia’s lead negotiator, a day before the resumption of the high-profile negotiations in the Austrian capital, whose main goal, as asserted by the Iranian side, is to remove Washington’s anti-Iran sanctions.
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Envoy: Russian fear of NATO a ‘very dangerous delusion’
Nov 28, 2021 09:05Russia’s ambassador to the US has criticized the West’s shipment of arms to Ukraine, saying the assumption that Moscow would not respond to Kiev’s military moves in fear of NATO is a “very dangerous delusion”.
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Heavily mutated coronavirus variant puts scientists on alert
Nov 28, 2021 07:23Researchers in South Africa are racing to track the concerning rise of a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The variant harbours a large number of the mutations found in other variants, including Delta, and it seems to be spreading quickly across South Africa.
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‘Wake up’: Markets warn central banks to get a grip on inflation
Nov 28, 2021 07:18From the US Federal Reserve to the European Central Bank, policymakers are grappling with a surge in prices not seen for decades while trying to keep wobbly economies on course to recovery from the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Iran: US must guarantee it will not abandon nuclear deal again
Nov 26, 2021 14:32Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the United States must provide "serious and adequate" guarantees that it will never again unilaterally leave the landmark nuclear deal of 2015.
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Belarus urges Germany to welcome migrants stranded at Polish border
Nov 26, 2021 12:08Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has called on Germany to take in the migrants stranded on the Belarusian border with Poland.
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Euro falls to July 2020 lows as Germany's business morale deteriorates
Nov 25, 2021 05:50The euro dropped on Wednesday after a poll showed German business morale worsened in November, according to the Ifo institute.