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Climate crisis threatens a third of plant species, endangering food supply
Dec 26, 2019 05:01"Botanists have made a new census of terrestrial plants — only to find that with nearly 40% of them rare, or extremely rare, this may put food at risk", says Tim Radford, environmental activist in an article published in the Truthout website under the heading: “Climate crisis threatens a third of plant species, endangering food supply.”
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5G won’t give you cancer, but it is messing up weather reports
Dec 26, 2019 04:54Both 5G and weather monitoring rely on the electromagnetic spectrum to work. If 5G encroaches into the space the weather satellites need to work then it creates an interference that blinds weather monitoring systems.
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Iran warns against Europe's procrastination in saving JCPOA
Dec 23, 2019 10:12The Iranian government’s spokesman says the European parties to a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran can prevent the country from further reducing its nuclear commitments only by remaining fully committed to their obligations.
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European Parliament’s anti-Iran resolution based on twisted facts: Foreign Ministry
Dec 23, 2019 10:02Iran's Foreign Ministry has denounced a resolution passed by the European Parliament, which accuses Tehran of mishandling the recent fuel price protests, arguing that the legislature's account has been based on a set of twisted facts and unfounded documentation.
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Russia’s Nord Stream 2, TurkStream will be launched despite US sanctions: FM Lavrov
Dec 23, 2019 07:51Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow is determined to complete the Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream, two nearly-finished major projects for exporting natural gas to Germany and Turkey, respectively, despite the US sanctions.
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Iran to take 5th JCPOA step if Europe fails to fulfill commitments: Shamkhani
Dec 22, 2019 14:04A senior Iranian official has warned that the Islamic Republic would take the fifth step of scaling back its commitments under a landmark nuclear deal it clinched with major world powers in 2015 if the European signatories to the accord do not take practical measures to salvage it.
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Forget about water at your peril
Dec 21, 2019 12:34Even by climate change's destructive standards, water is in an increasingly grim bind. Droughts and monster floods are having devastating effects on the human civilisation, as the situations in much of Africa, Australia, and China attest.
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EU, Russia, Germany lash out at US over imposing sanctions on gas pipeline
Dec 21, 2019 12:00The European Union and Russia have lashed out at the United States over its recent move to impose sanction on any firm working on a gas pipeline from Russia into Germany.
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US illegal sanctions on Iran aimed at collectively punishing ordinary people: UN ambassador
Dec 20, 2019 07:52Iran's ambassador to the United Nations has severely censured the United States’ illegal sanctions against ordinary people as well as different sectors of the Iranian economy, including oil and banking, arguing that the measures are negatively affecting the daily lives of millions of Iranians.
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Jailed Catalan leader 'entitled to immunity' as member of European Parliament
Dec 19, 2019 09:57A Catalan leader jailed for his role in an independence referendum deemed illegal by Spain has been entitled to immunity as a member of the European Parliament despite not having being able to take up his seat, the EU's highest court ruled on Thursday.