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UK, Germany and France use INSTEX to circumvent US sanctions on Iran
Apr 01, 2020 01:47The UK, Germany and France have circumvented US-led sanctions imposed on Iran to send it medical equipment. The trio used a special purpose vehicle called INSTEX to achieve this.
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Paris hospitals will be swamped within 48 hours after coronavirus spike: Official
Mar 27, 2020 12:10A spike in coronavirus patients means hospitals in and around Paris will reach saturation point within 48 hours, the head of the French Hospital Federation said on Friday, with the peak not expected until April.
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G7 countries oppose fellow-member US’s attempt to label coronavirus as Chinese
Mar 26, 2020 02:58The latest meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) countries has ended in disarray because of attempts by the United States to include language in a draft final statement that linked the new coronavirus to China.
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Iran does not rule out MSF offer on coronavirus fight: Minister
Mar 26, 2020 01:04Iran’s Health Minister Saeid Namaki says the Islamic Republic has not totally ruled out using staff and equipment offered by Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym as MSF.
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France releases jailed Iranian engineer accused of violating US sanctions: Press TV
Mar 21, 2020 01:32Iran’s judiciary sources have informed Press TV that France has released an Iranian engineer who was set to be extradited to the United States over accusations of violating sanctions.
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Defying US, France to allow some Huawei gear in its 5G network
Mar 14, 2020 04:25France will authorize the use of some of Huawei’s equipment in the rollout of its 5G network, two sources close to the matter told Reuters, despite US calls to exclude the Chinese telecoms giant from the West’s next-generation communications.
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20 people hurt after high-speed TGV train derails in eastern France
Mar 05, 2020 07:54A high-speed TGV train running between Strasbourg in eastern France and Paris derailed on Thursday, injuring 20 people, including one seriously, local officials said.
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Former French PM Fillon’s trial to begin over fake jobs scandal
Feb 23, 2020 14:40Former French prime minister Francois Fillon and his wife Penelope go on trial on Monday over a fake jobs scandal that wrecked his 2017 run for president and opened the Elysee Palace door for Emmanuel Macron.
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Erdogan announces 4-way summit on Syria’s Idlib
Feb 23, 2020 06:35Turkey’s president says his country is to join a quadrilateral meeting with Russia, Germany, and France to address the situation in the northwestern Syrian Province of Idlib, where Damascus’ anti-terror advances have posed a threat to the Turkish military presence.
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No Reason for Iran to fear FATF blacklisting: Official
Feb 23, 2020 04:33Head of the Iran World Trade Center Mohammad Reza Sabzalipour shrugged off a decision by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to blacklist Tehran, saying there is no reason for the country to fear the move because it has already been targeted by the most severe sanctions.