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EU won’t snap back to former ties with US even if Biden wins election: French FM
Nov 07, 2020 12:51The European Union (EU) and the United States would not return to the previous close relationship they enjoyed prior to Donald Trump’s presidency even with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in the White House, says a top French diplomat.
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EU imposes sanctions on eight more Syria government ministers
Nov 07, 2020 06:37The European Union has imposed sanctions on eight more ministers recently appointed to the Syrian government, in what is the latest round of economic bans that the bloc has slapped against 280 businesses, individuals, and other entities affiliated with President Bashar al-Assad’s administration.
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EU calls on Israel to stop demolishing Palestinian homes, buildings in West Bank
Nov 06, 2020 03:29The EU has called on Israel to stop demolishing Palestinian homes and buildings in the occupied West Bank and withdraw its threat to demolish Palestinian schools, slamming the move as “an impediment toward the two-state solution.”
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For US, EU is worse than China, only smaller in transatlantic trade disputes
Nov 05, 2020 16:08In the book “The Room Where It Happened,” former US National Security Adviser John Bolton reiterates President Donald Trump's quote three times that for the United States, “the EU is worse than China, only smaller.” The building of the modern global trade system was a project led by the United States and Europe over several decades following World War II.
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Europol arrests nearly 400 in child trafficking raids
Nov 05, 2020 14:30The European Union (EU)’s police agency, Europol, has arrested nearly 400 people during raids targeting child trafficking suspects in a number of European countries.
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EU imposing sanctions on Belarus’ Lukashenko: Sources
Nov 05, 2020 10:20The European Union (EU) has reportedly launched a procedure to impose sanctions on Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko, his son, and more than a dozen other individuals over allegations that they were involved in a crackdown on opposition rallies.
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Europe, US again ‘epicenter’ of coronavirus pandemic, it pushing UK to brink of double-dip recession
Nov 02, 2020 07:25The 53-country region that makes up Europe under the umbrella of the World Health Organization (WHO) said it reached a record of confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1.5 million new infections last week. The organization’s European director said recently there have been more than 10 million confirmed cases since the pandemic began this year.
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European groups urge Macron to stop stirring up hatred
Nov 02, 2020 05:37More than 20 organizations that bring young Europeans together have decried French President Emmanuel Macron’s response to the murder of a teacher, saying it lacked wisdom and urged him to “reject hatred” and “divisive rhetoric”.
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EU expresses concern over health of Palestinian on hunger strike, Israel's administrative detention
Oct 31, 2020 13:28The European Union has expressed serious concern over the deteriorating health condition of a Palestinian man on a hunger strike for 96 days since his arrest by Israeli military forces in late July.
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Erdogan says Western countries attacking Islam seek to ‘relaunch the Crusades’
Oct 29, 2020 05:18Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the Western countries attacking Islam want to "relaunch the Crusades", amid worldwide outrage against the publication of blasphemous cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (Blessings of God upon him and his progeny).