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Germany faces 'national emergency'; Austria to reimpose full lockdown amid COVID surge
Nov 19, 2021 08:35The German Health Ministry has announced that a new wave of coronavirus infections has plunged the country into a national emergency.
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Is the EU really shocked about the killing of a Palestinian boy?
Nov 18, 2021 15:25The European Union’s representatives in the West Bank city of Ramallah issued a statement expressing “shock” over the killing of Dadas, describing it as the “disproportionate use of lethal force.” The EU did not say what level of lethal force it would consider “proportionate.”
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Poland detains 100 migrants at border, says Belarus helped intruders
Nov 18, 2021 10:47The Polish army says it has detained some 100 migrants who had illegally crossed into Poland from Belarus overnight, accusing the Belarusian army of helping them make the intrusion.
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Over 680,000 Iranians receive third dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Nov 18, 2021 09:42The Iranian Health Ministry reported 128,634 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, saying that 103 more people have succumbed to the deadly disease in the country, and that 683,188 Iranians have received the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine booster.
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Hospitals in EU struggling to cope with rising numbers of COVID-19 patients
Nov 18, 2021 09:28The European Commission says COVID-19 cases are on the rise in almost all of the EU's 27 member states. High hospital admission numbers are putting health systems under pressure.
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Poland-Belarus border crisis: Minsk ‘temporarily’ closes oil pipeline to EU
Nov 18, 2021 03:25Belarus has temporally closed a pipeline carrying oil supplies from Russia to a number of European Union member states, citing maintenance work.
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Austria becomes first EU member to order nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated
Nov 16, 2021 09:26Austria is set to tighten its coronavirus restrictions, becoming the first country in the European Union (EU) to impose a compulsory lockdown on the unvaccinated people.
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Air pollution still killing over 300,000 in Europe each year: Report
Nov 15, 2021 11:00More than 300,000 people died prematurely in the European Union (EU) countries in 2019 due to chronic exposure to fine particulate matter pollution, a new report has revealed.
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Russia shares stance with Iran on good agreement possibility in Vienna talks: Chief negotiator
Nov 14, 2021 04:02A senior Russian diplomat says his country shares stance with Iran on the possibility of reaching a good agreement in a short time during the upcoming talks between Iran and the P4+1 group of countries, which are scheduled to start in the Austrian capital of Vienna later this month.
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Iranian deputy FM says he had ‘constructive’ talks in European visit
Nov 14, 2021 03:07Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Baqeri Kani, who is also the country’s top negotiator in the Vienna talks on the revival of the JCPOA, said he had constructive talks with European officials during his visits to France, Germany, Britain and Spain.