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EU covering up Greek rights violations against refugees: Turkey
Jun 25, 2020 11:10Turkey has strongly denounced remarks by top Greek and EU officials critical of Ankara’s handling of the refugee issue along its borders, calling them an attempt to whitewash Athens’ human rights violations.
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European stocks tumble on concerns over recovery
Jun 25, 2020 07:14European shares dropped on Thursday again amid bleak prospects for a recovery in the global economy, but shares in Lufthansa rose after a major shareholder endorsed a massive state bailout.
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Emerging markets are awash in confidence
Jun 25, 2020 05:48Emerging markets head into the final full week of the first half buoyed by confidence the global liquidity rush will keep risk assets supported even as the COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up. Developing-nation stocks are approaching their highest level since March, while dollar-denominated bonds have just clocked up an eighth week of gains.
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What Donald Trump really thinks of European leaders
Jun 25, 2020 05:41Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton in his explosive book writes of the 2018 G7 summit in Canada, saying “Trump didn’t really like either Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or French President Emmanuel Macron, but he tolerated them, mockingly crossing swords with them in meetings, kidding on the straight.”
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UN, European MPs, Arab League call on Israel to ditch West Bank annexation plans
Jun 25, 2020 03:54The United Nations and the Arab League have called on Israel to abandon its plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, with European lawmakers warning of "consequences" in case Tel Aviv moved forward with its project.
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Europe turned into plaything for Trump, Bolton: Iran's security chief
Jun 24, 2020 01:55Iran’s top security official says Europe turned itself into a plaything for US President Donald Trump and his former hawkish National Security Advisor John Bolton by presenting an anti-Iranian resolution that was recently adopted by the UN nuclear watchdog’s Board of Governors.
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Iran condemns Europe’s ‘deafening silence’ on US police violence
Jun 21, 2020 02:43Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said the “deafening silence” of the so-called champions of the human rights in Europe and beyond once again shows their “insincerity” and “hypocrisy”.
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Iran urges IAEA to avoid dangerous precedent
Jun 21, 2020 01:49Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to refrain from a dangerous precedent and not rely on baseless claims after the UN nuclear agency’s Board of Governors adopted a resolution on Iran.
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ECB chief urges quick EU recovery plan to pull economy from ‘dramatic fall’
Jun 19, 2020 12:58European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde has urged European Union (EU) leaders to quickly agree on a recovery package that would pull the economy from a "dramatic fall" or risk a change in sentiment on markets, which were expecting a deal soon.
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Iran ‘categorically’ deplores IAEA resolution, vows ‘appropriate action’
Jun 19, 2020 12:56Iran has deplored the latest resolution passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), saying the Islamic Republic would take “appropriate action” where the sponsors of the move would stand responsible for any "repercussions."