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Racist attacks and border militarization intensify in US, Europe as coronavirus spreads
Mar 16, 2020 12:58The Western regimes, including the US and some European states as usual have tried to attack refugees as the coronavirus spreads all around the world. In the U.S., the media has reported extensively on anti-Asian responses, especially on social media, to the outbreak. Physical assaults have been reported against Asian American riders on the New York City subways and elsewhere.
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ECB rebuts attacks as Visco signals it can buy Italian debt
Mar 16, 2020 12:39The European Central Bank signaled it’s ready to buy more debt of nations such as Italy to calm mounting financial panic, and pushed back against political criticism of President Christine Lagarde’s handling of the coronavirus crisis.
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Australian minister who met with Ivanka Trump has coronavirus
Mar 13, 2020 09:53A senior Australian politician tested positive for the new coronavirus and entered hospital quarantine Friday, days after returning from Washington where he met Ivanka Trump and US Attorney General William Barr.
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Iran calls on JCPOA parties to save accord by restoring balance between rights and duties
Mar 11, 2020 16:23A senior Iranian diplomat has underlined the need for the remaining parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal to save the historic agreement by restoring balance between their rights and duties and keeping their side of the bargain.
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Turkey’s Erdogan says Greek authorities ‘acting like Nazis’ in treating refugees
Mar 11, 2020 10:31Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Greek authorities are acting like the Nazis as they resort to violence in preventing thousands of refugees from crossing the Turkish border into Greece.
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Turkey’s Erdogan continues to withstand EU pressure to close border
Mar 11, 2020 05:25Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to resist pressure from the European Union (EU) states to stop the flow of refugees through his country’s borders with Greece, but has announced plans for the convention of a summit with European leaders next week to seek a solution to the crisis.
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Washington’s new moves in Europe unnecessary
Mar 09, 2020 11:58The new US-led ‘Defender-Europe 20’ exercise, which is months long and lasts from February until July, involves 20,000 US troops - more than those of all its NATO allies put together, and more than at any time in the past quarter-century. Although US officials do not say it is designed to counter an alleged Russian threat, the demonstration of US force capability comes after years of piecemeal reinforcements of NATO's eastern flank following Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014.
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ECB joins central banks pledging coronavirus action if needed
Mar 06, 2020 16:40Finance ministers from the Group of Seven were expected to lead a global teleconference in the coming days to discuss their response to the economic threat posed by the coronavirus. The ministers were expected to be joined by their central bank governors. That could be the prelude to concerted action that might include a global series of interest rate cuts.
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Iran’s Zarif discusses COVID-19 outbreak with foreign officials
Mar 05, 2020 04:59Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held telephone conversations with a number of his foreign counterparts and with the EU foreign policy chief about a range of issues, most notably the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the world.
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Speaking against settlement expansion is just a chore for the EU
Mar 03, 2020 16:31Colonization is illegal under international law, and yet the European Union persists in supporting the Zionist regime of Israel by advocating the two-state paradigm and offering preferential trade and other deals. The extent to which settlement expansion has been dissociated from Israeli regime's illegal colonization has made it possible for the EU to condemn parts of colonization while obliterating the process.