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World health leaders urge green recovery from coronavirus crisis
May 29, 2020 04:18Studies have suggested that air pollution may play a role in worsening COVID-19 symptoms or increasing mortality, though scientists also say it is too early to draw hard conclusions about the full impacts. However, the clearing skies that have accompanied lockdown in many countries are under threat, as industrial activity resumes without new safeguards.
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Syria decries European Union’s hypocrisy after sanctions prolonged for another year
May 29, 2020 03:18Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has censured the European Union (EU) over prolonging its sanctions against the war-ravaged Arab country for another year, stating such measures expose the hypocrisy of the bloc and spurious statements of its officials.
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Iran says US must show respect or keep humiliating itself
May 29, 2020 01:49Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman says the United States must admit defeat and start respecting the Iranian nation instead of further humiliating itself.
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Iran UN envoy: 'Desperate' US move to end sanctions waivers ‘pulls final plug’ on JCPOA
May 29, 2020 00:53Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations says the US has destroyed the last means of retention of the 2015 nuclear agreement between the Islamic Republic and major world powers by ending waivers for sanctions prohibiting nuclear cooperation with Tehran.
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Euro zone economy to shrink between 8% and 12% in 2020: Lagarde
May 27, 2020 11:31The euro zone economy is likely to shrink between 8% and 12% this year as it struggles to overcome the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde says.
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‘Let us put aside old prejudices,’ EU chief says of pandemic fight
May 27, 2020 10:18The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday urged reluctant EU members to ‘put aside their prejudices’ and back her 750-billion-euro post-virus recovery strategy.
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ECB warns virus response could renew fears of euro breakup
May 27, 2020 08:00A vast fiscal fightback to the coronavirus crisis unleashed by eurozone governments could raise questions about capitals' ability to repay debts and revive the threat of countries exiting the single currency, the European Central Bank warns.
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A life of heat 'near unlivable' for more than 3 billion people in just decades, climate report warns
May 27, 2020 06:13In the next five decades, more than three billion people—one third of the world's population—could live in regions with climate conditions considered unlivable, according to a new study.
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EU acknowledged China's rise, ‘end of US-led system before our eyes’
May 26, 2020 02:10The European Union is acknowledging the “end of an American-led system” in favor of China, suggesting that Europe should take an independent stance.
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Euro zone slump eased in May but still sharp
May 21, 2020 10:18As government-imposed lockdown measures across the Europe have been eased the disastrous impact of the coronaviurs on the euro zone economy abated marginally this month, a survey shows.