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Germany COVID infections hit highest as France sees record hospitalizations
Nov 09, 2021 08:16Germany’s new coronavirus infections have soared alarmingly, touching the highest level since the start of the pandemic, public health figures showed on Monday.
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Hamas hails approval of UN resolution on Palestinians' right to self-determination
Nov 08, 2021 03:19The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has welcomed an overwhelming vote in favor of a recent UN resolution supporting the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.
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West throws Palestinian rights groups to the wolves
Nov 04, 2021 16:49The eagerness of the EU and UN bodies to defer to the Israeli regime is further indication that Palestinian human rights workers will be thrown to the wolves.
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Europe 'once again at epicenter' of coronavirus pandemic: WHO
Nov 04, 2021 11:49The World Health Organization says Europe is 'once again at the epicentre' of the coronavirus pandemic, as cases surge amid 'insufficient vaccination coverage and the relaxation of public health and social measures'.
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Algeria accuses Morocco of deadly airstrike in disputed region
Nov 04, 2021 09:12Algeria says Morocco has carried out an airstrike in the border area between Mauritania and the disputed territory of Western Sahara, killing three Algerians.
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Climate optimism is an illusion, UN chief tells Cop26
Nov 03, 2021 06:12The UN Secretary General António Guterres said humanity stood on the brink of disaster and had been driven there by an addiction to fossil fuels and its “brutal” treatment of the natural world. Further global heating – with temperature rises already at 1.1C – would risk pushing the world past the point of no return.
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China, Russia submit reworked proposal to lift UN sanctions on North Korea
Nov 02, 2021 08:12China and Russia have reworked a draft resolution urging the UN Security Council to ease sanctions on North Korean exports with the intent of “enhancing the livelihood of the civilian population" in the east Asian country.
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UN rapporteur not independent, ignores violation of Iranian patients' rights: Official
Nov 01, 2021 02:27Iran’s top human rights official has taken the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran to task for ignoring the suffering of Iranian patients under unlawful US sanctions and also for sidelining a recent report by a group of UN experts, which has lambasted some European countries for “over-compliance with US sanctions” against Tehran.
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Global nuclear disarmament possible, if necessary political will existed: Envoy
Oct 31, 2021 15:03Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations says global nuclear disarmament could be materialized on a global scale if the necessary political determination existed for its realization.
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WHO’s chief, Lavrov agree on need to strengthen global health system
Oct 31, 2021 10:33World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday that he had met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the G20 summit in Rome and agreed with him on the need to strengthen the global healthcare system and the WHO’s key role.