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EU slams US blacklisting of Yemen’s Ansarullah, warns of aid delivery disruption
Jan 13, 2021 05:03The European Union has censured a US decision to blacklist Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement, warning that the move could hinder aid deliveries to the war-torn country.
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Astronomers find oldest, most distant galaxy to date
Jan 11, 2021 12:35Thanks to new research by an international team of astronomers, the oldest and most distant galaxy observed in our Universe to date (GN-z11) has been identified. The team, whose research was recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy, was led by Linhua Jiang of the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics and Prof. Nobunari Kashikawa of the University of Tokyo.
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Top EU diplomat: US Capitol siege ‘wake-up call’ for democracies
Jan 11, 2021 10:49The European Union’s top diplomat has described last week’s deadly siege of the US Congress as a “wake-up call” for democracies, saying it exposed the perils of tolerating unchecked degradation of democratic values and the spread of disinformation on social media.
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Official warns EU advocating Trump 'legacy to blackmail Iran'
Jan 11, 2021 09:49Iran has warned that with US President Donald Trump "almost gone", the European Union is "advocating to use his legacy to blackmail Iran".
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Two-faced US trade policy erodes Atlantic alliance
Jan 08, 2021 06:49European distrust of American motives was behind the EU leaders’ recent signing of a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment with China over the urgent objections of the Donald Trump administration and Joe Biden’s transition team.
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Turkey indicts senior Kurdish leader, rebuffs EU demands
Jan 08, 2021 05:03A Turkish court has accepted an indictment against the co-head of the country’s pro-Kurdish opposition party, rejecting demands by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for his release.
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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.