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February 05, 2020 21:03
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May 08,2020UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday the coronavirus pandemic keeps unleashing “a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scare-mongering” and appealed for “an all-out effort... -
May 02,2020Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced an immediate ban on military-grade assault weapons in response to the country's deadliest-ever mass shooting, a rampage that left 22...
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May 01,2020The EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said the United States can no longer be considered a participating member of the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran.
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April 28,2020Chinese President Xi Jinping censured the United States' insistence on proceeding with its maximum economic pressure on Iran during the coronavirus pandemic.
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April 27,2020The shuttering of the US economy due to the coronavirus pandemic is a shock of historic proportions, which will likely push the national unemployment rate to 16% or higher this month and require...
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April 26,2020Catching COVID-19 once may not protect you from getting it again, according to the World Health Organization, a finding that could jeopardize efforts to allow people to return to work after...
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April 25,2020European markets are hoping ECB, again facing the task of rescuing the eurozone, will soon add junk-rated company debt to its stimulus programs, but some investors say such a bold move might prove...
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April 21,2020The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that rushing to ease coronavirus restrictions will likely lead to a resurgence of the illness, a warning that comes as governments start rolling out...
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April 14,2020The French economy is expected to contract 8% this year, the finance minister said on Monday, revising the government’s outlook for the second time in a week.
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April 13,2020Germany's president said the coronavirus pandemic was a "test of our humanity" in a rare television address.
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April 13,2020India and other South Asian countries are likely to record their worst growth performance in four decades this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, the World Bank said on Sunday.
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February 29,2020The United States signed a landmark deal with the Taliban on Saturday, laying out a timetable for a full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan within 14 months as it seeks an exit from its longest-ever...
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February 25,2020Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has died at the age of 91 after several weeks of hospitalization, Egypt’s state television reported Tuesday.
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February 22,2020An EU summit called to set the bloc's next seven-year budget ended in impasse late Friday, riven by competing groups among the 27 member states and pressure to fill a funding gap left by Brexit.
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February 18,2020Afghanistan’s election body declared Ashraf Ghani the winner of the 2019 presidential poll on Tuesday, almost five months after voting took place.
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February 17,2020Moscow believes that only dialogue can help Washington overcome any disagreement with Iran, a stance that is reflected in Russia’s concept of collective security in the Persian Gulf, Russian...
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February 14,2020Samsung Electronics’ board chairman, Lee Sang-hoon, who was convicted and jailed for sabotaging union activities, has resigned from the South Korean company, it said on Friday.
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February 11,2020Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that the government would prevent large-scale layoffs resulting from the coronavirus outbreak, Chinese state television reported, as Xi appeared among...
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February 08,2020Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said the proposed Israel-Palestine peace deal that was announced by US President Donald Trump is “utterly unacceptable” and “grossly unjust.”
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February 07,2020Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam says he is resigning after nearly five years on the job, acknowledging that a spying scandal caused “anxiety and hurt” and tarnished the reputation of the top-drawer...
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February 05,2020A plane has skidded off an airport runway in Istanbul, causing the jet to split into three pieces
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February 04,2020Prices of copper, a barometer for the health of the global economy, have dived more than 12% since mid-January, as the coronavirus outbreak pushed China to extend a shutdown in its manufacturing...
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January 27,2020The Taliban said it had shot down a US military plane in the central Afghan province of Ghazni on Monday, killing all personnel on board.
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January 24,2020Hundreds of thousands of supporters of populist Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr gathered in Baghdad on Friday for a rally to demand the ouster of US troops, putting the protest-hit capital on edge.
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January 24,2020China is struggling to contain rising public anger over its response to a spreading coronavirus even as it took unprecedented steps to slow the outbreak, restricting travel for 30 million people on...
