World
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Russia actively working to defuse tensions over Iran’s peaceful nuclear program at IAEA session: Envoy
Mar 02, 2021 14:47A senior Russian diplomat says Moscow is actively working to defuse tensions over Iran’s peaceful nuclear program amid attempts by Britain, France and Germany to press ahead with a US-backed plan for a resolution criticizing Tehran for suspension of some inspections by the UN nuclear agency.
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Russia to respond to planned US, EU sanctions over Navalny case
Mar 02, 2021 11:31Russia says it will respond to planned sanctions by the United States over the case of opposition figure Alexei Navalny, depending on their content and nature.
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Hundreds of kidnapped schoolgirls released in Nigeria
Mar 02, 2021 08:50Almost 280 children who were kidnapped by heavily armed men from their boarding school in Nigeria late last week have been released, officials say.
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‘We need to continue to work’ with Saudi, Psaki keeps responding to questions on Khashoggi
Mar 02, 2021 08:10White House press secretary Jen Psaki continues handling the Biden administration’s refusal to penalize Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the brutal murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, asserting that “we need to continue to work” with Riyadh.
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US warship docks in Sudanese eastern port
Mar 02, 2021 07:54The USS Winston Churchill docked in Sudan on Monday (March 1), marking a new step in the thawing of relations between Sudan and the United States since the removal of former President Omar al-Bashir.
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41% of Americans not willing to get vaccinated for Covid, poll shows
Mar 02, 2021 07:47A new poll shows that over 40 percent of Americans are not willing to get vaccinated for the coronavirus vaccine.
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France’s former president Sarkozy convicted of corruption, handed jail sentence
Mar 02, 2021 06:16Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty by a court in the country’s capital, Paris, on charges of corruption and influence peddling.
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Armenians break into government building, pushing prime minister to resign
Mar 02, 2021 05:48A group of Armenian protesters have barged into a government building to pressure Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign over the outcome of last year’s bloody war between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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HRW urges India to provide refuge to Rohingya Muslims adrift at Indian Ocean
Mar 01, 2021 14:46Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Indian government to provide refuge to dozens of Rohingya Muslim asylum seekers who have been adrift in the Andaman Sea for more than two weeks.
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18-meter whale found dead off China's northeast coast
Mar 01, 2021 14:35An 18-meter whale was found dead in the shallow waters of Bohai Sea in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, state media cited local authorities as saying.