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EU threatens to slap sanctions on firms cutting trade with Iran under US pressure
Aug 08, 2018 08:12The European Union has threatened to impose sanctions on companies that stop doing business with Iran in compliance with the US sanctions snapback mechanism.
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UK to run out of food months after no-deal Brexit: Farmers’ group
Aug 07, 2018 13:09The main farmers union in the United Kingdom has warned that the country will quickly run out of food if it leaves the European Union next year without a Brexit deal.
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Trump warns EU over decision to protect Iran trade
Aug 07, 2018 13:07US President Donald Trump has warned other countries against doing business with Tehran, saying he had imposed "the most biting" sanctions on the country.
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Europe: World must uphold end of bargain with Iran
Aug 07, 2018 07:28The European Union (EU) says the international community has an obligation to maintain economic relations with Iran, despite the United States’ unilateral withdrawal from a multilateral deal with the Islamic Republic that could hamper such relations.
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Britain reports dramatic surge in opioid deaths
Aug 07, 2018 03:04Health authorities in the United Kingdom have reported a dramatic surge in the number of deaths caused by opioids across the country.
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Europe defies US, vows to protect firms against Iran sanctions
Aug 06, 2018 10:39As the United States is preparing to restore sanctions against Iran, Europe says it would act to protect its companies that do business with Iran against Washington’s potential punitive measures.
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Bank of England's Carney sees very high risk of no-deal Brexit
Aug 04, 2018 02:39Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has warned that Britain faces a “high” risk of leaving the European Union with no deal.
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Zarif, Mogherini meet in Singapore
Aug 03, 2018 14:07Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini met in Singapore for talks on the future of the 2015 nuclear deal.
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Rifts emerge in US-EU trade deal
Aug 03, 2018 04:13Less than a week after being made, the US-European Union handshake trade deal, which was described as a truce or at least a ceasefire in the trans-Atlantic trade war, is starting to come apart.
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EU says it is ready to make compromise on Irish border
Aug 02, 2018 10:01The European Union's chief negotiator for the United Kingdom's departure from the bloc has announced that Brussels is ready to compromise on the thorny issue of the Irish border to help the two sides avoid a so-called no-deal Brexit.