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Support for new malaria vaccine may be lacking in rich world
May 13, 2021 10:47The first efforts to eradicate malaria began in the 1950s under the World Health Organization’s Global Malaria Eradication Program (one that decided to leave sub-Saharan Africa out of the “global” campaign), making use of the anti-malarial drug chloroquine and spraying large areas with the insecticide DDT.
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Over a quarter of EU adults would refuse COVID-19 shot, survey says
May 13, 2021 10:02More than a quarter of adults in the European Union would be unlikely to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it was offered to them, a new survey shows.
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'Virus' of Islamophobia turning Europe into ‘open-air prison’ for Muslims: Erdogan
May 13, 2021 09:22Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has raised the alarm about the spread of Islamophobia across Europe, saying the “virus” of anti-Muslim sentiments is turning the continent into an “open-air prison” for the millions of Muslims living there.
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EU court scorns German firm over Iran contract
May 13, 2021 00:18An opinion provided by the European Union’s top court to German judges says that termination of a contract involving Bank Melli Iran by a major German company over fears of the illegal US sanctions was legally invalid.
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Iran, EU3 hold talks on JCPOA in Vienna
May 11, 2021 02:54Heads of delegations from Iran and the European troika held a 4-party meeting in Vienna for talks about the latest round of negotiations on the revival of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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Technical talks with Iran ongoing in parallel to Vienna negotiations to revive JCPOA: IAEA chief
May 10, 2021 15:08The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says talks on the technical aspects of Iran’s peaceful nuclear program are going on in the Austrian capital, Vienna, in parallel to political talks on the revival of a landmark nuclear deal clinched by Tehran and world powers in 2015.
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$152 trillion. That's how much wealthy countries 'drained' from the Global South since 1960
May 09, 2021 14:47Capitalist powers have drained $152 trillion from the Global South since 1960, according to new peer-reviewed research quantifying the reproduction of inequality on the world scale.
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In wake of Israel’s brutal raid, EU calls for de-escalating perilous situation in al-Quds
May 09, 2021 01:04The European Union (EU) has called for de-escalating the alarming situation in East al-Quds and the al-Aqsa Mosque after Israeli forces brutally raided Palestinian worshipers at the holy mosque compound.
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Is Israel worth it?
May 08, 2021 11:30According to “If Americans Knew,” the US supports Israel with 10.5 million dollars in military aid, every day! That is despite the growing economic despair in the United States and having a dilapidated infrastructure.
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World’s most tyrannical regime can’t stop babbling about 'human rights'
May 08, 2021 11:28Like all US secretaries of state, Antony Blinken’s public statements overwhelmingly focus on the claim that other nations abuse human rights, and that it is America’s duty to defend those rights. Which is very silly, considering the fact that the US government is the single worst human rights abuser on planet Earth.