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WHO calls for intensified measures over 'alarming' virus variant
Jan 07, 2021 10:30The World Health Organization's European branch on Thursday said more needed to be done to deal with the alarming situation brought on by a recently discovered variant of the novel coronavirus.
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OPCW, its teams serve as tools in hands of states hostile to Syria: UN envoy
Jan 06, 2021 05:42Syria says the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and its investigation teams have become tools in the hands of countries hostile to the Damascus government, and that reports compiled by the organization lack credibility.
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EU will 'redouble efforts' for JCPOA preservation, full implementation: Spokesman
Jan 06, 2021 02:04The European Union has pledged to make more efforts to preserve the 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement with Iran, after Tehran announced the beginning of the process to enrich uranium to a purity level of 20 percent at its Fordow nuclear facility.
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Iran announces formal resumption of 20% uranium enrichment
Jan 04, 2021 08:49The Iranian government’s spokesperson announced on Monday that Tehran has officially started to enrich uranium to a purity level of 20 percent.
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US, European allies refuse to unfreeze Venezuela funds for vaccine purchase
Jan 04, 2021 05:54The United States, Britain and some European Union states have rejected Venezuela’s appeal to unfreeze its sanctioned assets in order to purchase the much-needed coronavirus vaccine, the nation’s President Nicolas Maduro has unveiled.
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Brexit becomes reality as UK quits EU single market
Jan 03, 2021 06:55Britain finally on Thursday Dec. 31 severed its turbulent half-century partnership with Europe, quitting the EU single market and customs union and going its own way four-and-a-half years after its shock vote to leave the bloc.
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Russia vows retaliatory moves if US deploys missiles in Europe
Dec 28, 2020 11:05Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin has criticized US refusal to extend the New START arms control treaty as well as its plans to deploy missiles in Europe, vowing to take “proportionate retaliatory measures.”
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Beijing tightens coronavirus restrictions as new cases detected
Dec 27, 2020 12:51China has tightened restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, urging residents not to leave cities and villages during the holiday period.
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150 House Democrats urge US president-elect to rejoin Iran nuclear deal
Dec 25, 2020 02:49As many as 150 US House Democrats have called on Democratic President-elect, Joe Biden, to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, in a move completely antithetical to outgoing President Donald Trump’s unilateral exit from the multilateral agreement.
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UK faces Brexit limbo after talks deadline missed
Dec 24, 2020 16:50Negotiators of a Brexit trade deal inched towards a compromise on fishing rights on Sunday (20 Dec) but missed a major deadline, raising the prospect of weeks without arrangements from 1 January even in the event of agreement.