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China logs first virus death in 8 months as WHO huddles on new strains
Jan 14, 2021 10:28China recorded its first COVID-19 death in eight months on Thursday, as experts huddled to discuss worrying new strains of the coronavirus that are spreading rapidly around the globe.
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Four UN peacekeepers killed, five injured in Mali attack
Jan 14, 2021 08:43Four United Nations (UN) peacekeepers have lost their lives and five others sustained injuries after their convoy struck an explosive device and came under fire in central Mali.
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Iran: US blacklisting of Yemen’s Ansarullah will kill political process, talks
Jan 13, 2021 14:28Iran has hit out at a US decision to designate Yemen’s Ansarullah movement as a terrorist organization, warning that the move will impede a political solution to the conflict in the impoverished West Asian country.
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Senior health official: Iran concerned UN, WHO biased in favor of inadequately-tested US technology
Jan 11, 2021 10:13A senior Iranian health official says the Islamic Republic is concerned that world bodies such as the United Nations and the World Health Organization are biased in favor of inadequately-tested US technology and this is why they are trying to pressure countries into using US vaccines whose effects and side effects have not been established in a scientific way yet.
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UNHCR concerned about over 30,000 Central Africans fleeing election violence
Jan 08, 2021 15:52More than 30,000 people have been forced to flee the Central African Republic due to violence surrounding its elections, the UN said Friday, and tens of thousands more have been internally displaced.
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CO2 levels in 2021 to reach levels 50% higher than in 18th c.: UK Met Office
Jan 08, 2021 15:47Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will this year reach levels 50 percent higher than before the industrial revolution because of manmade emissions, Britain's Met Office predicted on Friday.
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WHO calls for intensified measures over 'alarming' virus variant
Jan 07, 2021 10:30The World Health Organization's European branch on Thursday said more needed to be done to deal with the alarming situation brought on by a recently discovered variant of the novel coronavirus.
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Iran: IAEA’s ‘preferential treatment’ of Zionist regime gives regime ‘audacity to ridicule’ nuclear agency
Jan 06, 2021 16:35Iran has reaffirmed its call on the UN nuclear agency to stop a “preferential treatment” of the illegal Zionist entity, which has given the regime the “audacity to ridicule” the watchdog and press ahead with advancing its nuclear weapons program in defiance of international calls.
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China calls on US to stop spreading ‘fake info’ about Beijing
Jan 05, 2021 08:47China has dismissed US accusations of undermining international rule of law, calling on Washington to stop manufacturing fake information about Beijing and return to rationality and reason.
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Syria: UN expert’s remarks necessitate removal of cruel US sanctions
Jan 03, 2021 13:59Syria has slammed the United States for imposing unilateral sanctions on Damascus, after a UN special rapporteur called on Washington to remove restrictive measures against the war-torn country.