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July 15, 2023 19:31
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September 24,2021Russia regards Iran’s accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a very “useful” decision, Moscow’s special presidential envoy for SCO affairs, Bakhtiyor Khakimov, told an online... -
September 19,2021France's foreign minister has accused Australia and the US of lying over a new security pact that prompted Paris to recall its ambassadors. Jean-Yves Le Drian accused the countries of "duplicity...
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September 18,2021The former president of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has died after a long illness at the age of 84.
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September 17,2021EU Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis on Thursday pleaded for urgent reform of the World Trade Organization, saying it was high time for change at the global trade body. Dombrovskis said...
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September 13,2021After years of shock and awe Bank of Japan is quietly rolling back radical policies introduced by its bold chief Haruhiko Kuroda Pioneering and pioneering controversial new measures that blur the...
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September 13,2021Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi described his talks with Iranian nuclear officials in Tehran as “positive”, saying they can pave the way for future peaceful...
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September 11,2021Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi will meet Iran’s president on Sunday in Tehran to discuss issues including energy and Iran-Saudi relations, an Iraqi government source said. The visit will...
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September 10,2021Moscow expects that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s leaders will decide on the start of Tehran’s admission to the organization at the Dushanbe summit on September 16-17, Special Envoy of...
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September 04,2021China and Iran should strengthen communication and coordination and play a constructive role in achieving a smooth transition of the situation in Afghanistan, a neighbor to both countries, Chinese...
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August 29,2021Chief scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO) Soumya Swaminathan has called for an evidence-based global scientific effort to understand Covid-19 origins, a Singaporean media outlet...
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August 24,2021The International Monetary Fund said its new allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) equivalent to $650 billion, the largest in the IMF's history, comes into effect, in an effort to help...
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August 21,2021German Chancellor Angela Merkel has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for support in rescuing local Afghan forces after the Taliban takeover. The remarks came during Merkel's trip to Moscow...
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August 14,2021Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said Saturday that the state seeks to restructure the process of providing subsidies for Egyptians not eliminate the subsidies for various commodities, which...
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July 09,2021United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will press Group of 20 (G20) counterparts this week for a global minimum corporate tax rate above the 15 percent floor to which 130 countries agreed...
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June 30,2021The World Bank raised its forecast of China’s economic growth this year to 8.5% from 8.1% and said Tuesday that a full recovery requires progress in vaccinations against the coronavirus.
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May 29,2021Jamie Dimon, the CEO of the largest US bank, said Thursday that he has personal concerns with cryptocurrency, but will not steer JPMorgan Chase (JPM) away from offering crypto-related financial...
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May 25,2021French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Sunday said there was a risk of "long-lasting apartheid" in Israel if the Palestinians were denied their own state.
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May 02,2021Myanmar's deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi completed a third month under military-ordered house arrest on Saturday – a period marked by scatter-gun criminal charges and apparent isolation...
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March 16,2021German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party was in crisis mode on Monday after suffering heavy losses in two regional polls, seen as a rebuke of its pandemic management six months before a...
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February 27,2021China stands a good chance of doubling the size of its economy by 2035 and surpassing the US as the world’s largest economy along the way, said an economist from the Bank of America.
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February 03,2021Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella has asked former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi to form a non-political government to steer Italy through the coronavirus pandemic after last-ditch...
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January 29,2021Silicon Valley tech firms look increasingly likely to face new global tax laws this year, as the change in the White House fuels optimism among European officials that an agreement will soon be...
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January 22,2021EU leaders on Thursday "strongly discouraged" Europeans from non-essential travel and warned tougher restrictions on trips could come within days if efforts to curb the coronavirus fell short.
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January 19,2021Shares of groups related to South Korean-conglomerate Samsung Group plunged on Monday after Samsung heir Jay Y Lee was sentenced to two and a half years in jail by a South Korean court on Monday...
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January 01,2021Britain’s long and sometimes acrimonious divorce from the European Union ended on Thursday with an economic split that leaves the EU smaller and the UK freer but more isolated in a turbulent world.
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