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Russia to boost military in face of heightened NATO activities
Nov 24, 2021 13:34Russia says it needs to further develop the country’s armed forces in the face of "increased NATO activity," amid weeks of escalating tensions between Moscow and Ukraine.
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Brexit: British cabinet minister ‘confident’ article 16 will not be triggered
Nov 23, 2021 14:24The French president, Emmanuel Macron, criticized the European Commission for failing to defend the interests of its fishers operating in UK coastal waters, while his maritime minister said Paris would “fight” for their rights.
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WHO fears 700,000 more COVID-19 deaths in Europe
Nov 23, 2021 14:17Europe remains "in the firm grip" of COVID and the death toll on the continent could top 2.2 million this winter if current trends continue, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
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Iran gets sanctions instead of financial support for hosting Afghan refugees, MEP laments
Nov 23, 2021 10:59Iran gets sanctions instead of receiving financial support for hosting millions of Afghan migrants and refugees, amidst a new wave of Afghan civilians fleeing from the crisis-wracked country, a member of the European Parliament laments.
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Europe’s COVID death toll could rise by hundreds of thousands
Nov 22, 2021 12:44The COVID-19 pandemic could cost an extra 300,000 lives in Europe, according to a study of the number of people in 19 countries who have been neither infected nor vaccinated.
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Why Iran has the right to be strict in Vienna talks?
Nov 22, 2021 12:22Iran’s President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the Islamic Republic is “absolutely serious” in its pursuit of the removal of all US’s illegal and cruel sanctions in the talks slated to be held later this month in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on the fate of the troubled 2015 multilateral nuclear deal.
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Iran’s exports to EU rose 14% in Jan-Sep to €632 mln despite US sanctions
Nov 21, 2021 03:25Iran’s exports to the European Union countries rose significantly in the three quarters to September this year, according to a new report, despite sanctions imposed by the US which keep hampering trade between the two.
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Massive COVID surge rattles Europe, putting US at risk
Nov 20, 2021 04:15COVID-19 is once again tearing a swath through Europe, with both infection and death rates rising rapidly. Over the last seven days in the U.S., infection rates have increased 14 percent to just above 86,000 cases. In that time, more than a thousand people died.
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US and its allies are fueling worldwide erosion of democracy, analysis shows
Nov 20, 2021 04:06Recent internal attacks on democracy and human rights by the United States and many of its allies—which often portray themselves as exporters of such ideals—are driving an overall erosion of democracy worldwide, according to a new analysis.
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EU warns UK over NI protocol suspension
Nov 19, 2021 13:00The European Union (EU) has warned the UK government that its Brexit trade deal is “intrinsically linked” to the Northern Ireland (NI) protocol and “one cannot exist without the other.”