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Europeans should pay compensation for downed Ukrainian plane: Iran Central Insurance
Aug 10, 2020 09:48The president of the Central Insurance of Iran says a Ukrainian passenger plane that was accidentally downed near Tehran in early January was insured by European firms and they should pay compensation for it.
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As pandemic rages on, world economic recovery looks ever shakier
Aug 05, 2020 09:12The world economic outlook has dimmed again, with still-rising coronavirus infections and the risk of renewed lockdowns increasing the chances that any rebound will reverse course. Over 17 million people have been infected worldwide by the coronavirus and more than two-thirds of a million people have died. That has forced governments to impose strict lockdown measures to curb the spread of the virus, keeping citizens at home and businesses closed and spurring recessions that aren’t over yet.
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The way the coronavirus messes with smell hints at how it affects the brain
Aug 05, 2020 09:00The virus responsible for COVID-19 can steal a person’s sense of smell, leaving them noseblind to fresh-cut grass, a pungent meal or even their own stale clothes. But so far, details remain elusive about how SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, can infiltrate and shut down the body’s smelling machinery.
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Russia says to continue cooperation with Iran despite US sanctions
Aug 03, 2020 06:10Russian First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Vladimir Jabbarov stressed that Moscow will continue its cooperation with Iran in defiance of Washington.
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Terrorists organizing murder from their safe havens in US, EU: Iran’s Zarif
Aug 02, 2020 01:57Iran has lashed out at Western countries for financing and harboring terrorists, saying the safe havens provided for these groups in the US and Europe have given them a platform for organizing the murder of innocent civilians.
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Russia vows ‘reciprocal’ response to EU’s political sanctions
Jul 31, 2020 10:39Russia’s Foreign Ministry says it will respond in kind to travel and financial sanctions imposed by the European Union on a department of its military intelligence service over alleged cyber-attacks.
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Record 12.1% collapse in second quarter eurozone GDP
Jul 31, 2020 10:29The European economy was hit by its sharpest recorded contraction in the second quarter, with GDP down 12.1 percent in the eurozone and 11.9 percent across the EU.
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European MPs: Israel’s illegal land garb bid impedes Palestinian self-determination
Jul 30, 2020 03:00A group of European parliamentarians have decried Israel’s plan to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank as “illegal”, saying the scheme, which will deprive the Palestinians of their right to self-determination, should not “pass unchallenged.”
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EU’s Hong Kong proposal prompts Beijing’s censure
Jul 29, 2020 12:06China has denounced a decision by the European Union to restrict the export of ‘sensitive’ technology to Hong Kong in response to a new security law in the semi-autonomous city.
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'This is not frugal. This is stupid': EU's $2.1 trillion coronavirus deal falls short on demand for just, green recovery
Jul 29, 2020 09:15European governments said they would deliver a green recovery plan from the Covid-19 pandemic, but they have cut funding for health, research, and climate, and failed to guarantee that public money won't go to polluting industries.