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Zarif urges Biden admin to 'make up its mind' about Iran deal
Feb 08, 2021 03:57Iran’s foreign minister has urged the Biden administration to make up its mind about the policy it seeks to adopt vis-à-vis Iran and the 2015 nuclear deal, and stop making “meaningless and ambiguous” remarks.
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Critical moment for new Biden administration to rejoin JCPOA: Russia’s FM
Feb 05, 2021 12:35Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says it is a “critical moment” for the administration of US President Joe Biden to return to the multilateral nuclear deal of 2015 signed between Iran and major world powers.
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EU advises ‘maximum diplomacy’ instead of ‘maximum pressure’ in dealing with Iran
Feb 05, 2021 04:00The European Union says it is high time the former American administration’s “maximum pressure” policy towards Iran was jettisoned in favor of diplomatic engagement and interaction, reminding how Washington undermined a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers through the approach.
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EU claims half of Afghans need humanitarian aid amid rising violence
Feb 04, 2021 09:48A senior European Union (EU) official has claimed that half of the Afghan civilian population is in need of humanitarian aid amid rising violence in Afghanistan.
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UK asks EU for Brexit grace period extension to 2023
Feb 03, 2021 07:58Britain has asked for an extension until 2023 of a grace period on checks that would be conducted on trade moving between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom to soften the Brexit impact on the province.
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Biden admin insists on Iran’s full compliance for return to JCPOA
Feb 03, 2021 03:09The administration of newly-elected US President Joe Biden has expressed contradictory remarks about its return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying Tehran must make the first move and resume full compliance before Washington will be ready to rejoin the pact.
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Biden can fix US reputation by rejoining Iran deal, honoring other pledges: Senior European lawmaker
Feb 03, 2021 02:22A senior member of the European Parliament says President Joe Biden has to live up to his promises, including returning the United States to the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, if he seeks to repair the US reputation that was badly tarnished under predecessor Donald Trump.
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UK applies to join Asia-Pacific trading bloc on Brexit anniversary
Jan 31, 2021 12:46A year after officially leaving the European Union (EU), the UK is set to apply to join a free trade area with Asia and Pacific nations on Monday (February 01), with negotiations expected in the spring.
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EU threatens to block COVID vaccine exports amid AstraZeneca shortfall
Jan 29, 2021 17:36The EU has threatened to block exports of coronavirus vaccines to countries outside the bloc such as Britain, after AstraZeneca was accused of failing to give a satisfactory explanation for a huge shortfall of promised doses to member states.
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Hungary approves Chinese Sinopharm's COVID vaccine, first in EU to do so
Jan 29, 2021 12:57Hungary, which last week became the first European Union member to buy Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, on Friday became the bloc’s first to approve China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine.