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Iran: E3 unconstructive draft resolution at IAEA meeting mockery of intl. rules
Jun 16, 2020 07:47Iran has condemned as “unconstructive” a resolution reportedly drafted by the three European signatories to a 2015 nuclear deal for a vote at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s governing board meeting, saying such a resolution makes a mockery of international rules.
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Tourism deals lingering blow to global economy
Jun 15, 2020 10:49Economists warn the blow that coronavirus has dealt to the global travel and tourism industry is set to do lingering damage to the world’s growth, as areas that are dependent on visitors for their income struggle to reposition their local economies.
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Black Lives Matter everywhere: it’s time to defund the US military
Jun 15, 2020 09:58“The case for Black Lives Matter should be applied globally and the push to defund police should be extended to the US military,” said Medea Benjamin, American political activist who co-founded Code Pink.
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EU recognition of Palestine inevitable if Israel 'steals' West Bank: Luxembourg
Jun 15, 2020 02:38Luxembourg has decried Israel’s controversial plan to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank as “stealing”, stressing that such a move would make the EU's recognition of the state of Palestine "inevitable".
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Spain says will reopen EU borders, barring Portugal, on June 21
Jun 14, 2020 09:11Spain, one of the world's leading tourist destinations, will next Sunday re-establish free travel with fellow EU countries, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced.
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EU diplomacy chief voices "serious concern" at US ICC sanctions
Jun 12, 2020 04:05The EU's foreign policy chief has expressed "serious concern" over US President Donald Trump's order to impose sanctions on any International Criminal Court (ICC) officials investigating US troops, as it conducts a probe into wartime atrocities into Afghanistan.
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EU human rights court rebukes France over fines for BDS activists
Jun 12, 2020 02:33The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that French judges were wrong to take penal action against members of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, who staged demonstrations against Israeli-made products, stating the protests did not amount to incitement to discrimination.
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Barnier accuses UK of 'cherry picking' at talks
Jun 11, 2020 03:27In the latest blow to post-Brexit trade talks, the European Union’s chief negotiator has accused the UK of making excessive demands on the bloc.
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EU concerned over Israel’s annexation plan in West Bank, German FM says
Jun 11, 2020 00:32German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, where he is going to express the European Union’s “concern” over the Tel Aviv regime’s controversial plan to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank.
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American police shoot, kill, imprison more people than other developed countries
Jun 10, 2020 11:13US Police officers are more likely to use force on black Americans – and, according to a 2016 study published in the American Journal of Health, black men are nearly three times more likely than white men to be killed by police intervention. Comparable figures for other countries are not readily available. In general, more Americans are subjected to the cogs of the criminal justice system than in many other countries; and more end up in prison, too.