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US giving priority to nuke arsenal instead of health system: Analyst An American political analyst says the fact that the US is placing a high priority on boosting its nuclear arsenal rather than its ailing health system amid the coronavirus pandemic shows "the United States has become a culture of death."
Daniel Kovalik, author and international Human Rights lawyer... |
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US House passes $3 trillion coronavirus aid bill opposed by Trump and Republicans The US House of Representatives has approved a $3 trillion bill introduced by Democrats to provide more aid for battling the coronavirus crisis and bolstering a shattered US economy.
However, the measure faces uncertainty in the White House and Senate where Republicans have vowed to block it due its... |
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US to send oil to Belarus in latest inroad into Russias orbit Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko gives a speech during a military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Unions victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, Minsk, May 9, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The United States says it will dispatch its first oil shipment to Belarus in what seems to... |
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Trump, Pompeo, Hook represent US dangerous ruling class: Irans Shamkhani IMAGE1This file photo shows US special representative for Iran Brian Hook (background) listening as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters before departing from al-Bateen Air Base in Abu Dhabi on September 19, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
The Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council... |
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China calls on US to pay its debts to United Nations China has called on the United States to pay its debts to the United Nations, stressing that Washington owes the international body more than $2 billion.
In a statement on Friday, China called on all UN member states to "actively fulfill their financial obligations to the United Nations."
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US adds new sanction on Chinese tech giant Huawei, escalating tensions with Beijing A photograph shows the logo of Chinese company Huawei at their main UK offices in Reading, west of London, on January 28, 2020. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce a strategic decision on January 28, on the participation of the controversial Chinese company Huawei in the UK
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EU again shies away from applying pressure on Israel In recent weeks it has been widely reported that the European Union had finally worked up the courage to announce it will place sanctions on Tel Aviv if the Israeli regime goes ahead with plans to annex parts of the West Bank, approved as part of Donald Trumps much-criticized Middle East peace initiative.... |
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Trump: US will beat out Russia and China with super duper missile US President Donald Trump speaks during the presentation of the US Space Force Flag and signing of the Armed Forces Day Proclamation on May 15, 2020, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP photo)
While unveiling the flag for his new Space Force in the Oval Office in the White... |
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Bundesliga: Dortmund train to host Schalke Borussia Dortmund have finalized their preparations to open the Bundesliga restart against their arch-rivals Schalke at an emptied Signal Iduna Park on Saturday.
The match would normally have over 80,000 pairs of eyes inside Signal Iduna Park as the rivalry between the two clubs goes back a long way... |
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Latest round of post-Brexit talks with Britain disappointing: EUs Brexit negotiator European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier speaks during a media conference, following the third round of Brexit talks between the EU and Britain, at EU headquarters in Brussels, on May 15, 2020. (Photo by AP)
Britain and the European Union both demanded that the other side give ground in... |
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US industrial output plunges 11.2% in April amid pandemic American industrial production dropped a record 11.2 percent in April, the first full month of widespread business lockdowns, with massive declines across sectors, particularly in autos and oil, the Federal Reserve said Friday.
It was the "largest monthly drop in the 101-year history of the index, as... |
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Contrary to US claim, Afghanistan says Taliban carried out Kabul hospital raid A newborn baby receives treatment for the gun wound in her right leg as she has been rescued and brought to the French Medical Institute for Children after losing her mother during a gunmen attack on a maternity hospital, in Kabul on May 15, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Afghan officials have dismissed US assertion... |
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Khalilzad Briefs Reporters on Afghan Situation The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Friday briefed the US State Department on the situation in Afghanistan, particularly the situation which has emerged in the country following Tuesdays deadly attacks on a maternity hospital in capital Kabul.
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COVID-19 in Afghanistan: 6,402 Positive Cases The Ministry of Health on Saturday said that it has registered 349 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total positive cases to 6,402.
According to the Health Ministry, 15 people lost their lives over the past 24 hours and 32 more recovered. The known death toll from coronavirus... |
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Details of Ghani-Abdullah Political Agreement TOLOnews has obtained a copy of the political agreement between President Ashraf Ghani and his political opponent Abdullah Abdullah that outlines the structure of a future government in which each side will have a 50 percent share.
The five-page agreement-- originally in Dari-- describes the government... |
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Pandemic pushes Germany into recession Members of travel agencies and the tourism industry participate in a demonstration demanding financial help from the government, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Berlin, Germany, on May 13, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
The coronavirus pandemic has tipped Germany into a recession,... |
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Iraqi parliament urges shutdown of Saudi TV channels office after insult to late PMU cmdr. This file photo shows members of the Iraqi honour guard walking past a huge portrait of Irans late top general Qassem Soleimani (L) and Iraqi anti-terror commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, February 11, 2020 (Photo by AFP)
The Iraqi parliament has called for the closure of the office of Saudi-funded TV... |
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Infighting flares up among Turkish-backed militants over stolen objects in northern Syria: Report Infighting has erupted among Turkish-backed Takfiri militants in Syrias northeastern Hasakah province following dispute over distribution of stolen objects, a report says.
The clashes broke out among the Turkish-backed al-Rahman Corps, the Sultan Murad Division, and Mutasim Division in several villages... |
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Brazils Lula warns virus could cause genocide under Bolsonaro Former Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has called for the impeachment of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, warning that his fierce opposition toward coronavirus restrictions could cause "genocide" in the country.
Lula told AFP by video conference from his home near Sao Paulo that Bolsonaro... |
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Britains parliament fast tracks into modern videoconferencing hub After 600 years of painstakingly slow evolution, Britains parliament took a leap into the future when the coronavirus pandemic struck, transforming its deeply traditional debating chamber into a modern videoconferencing hub.
Where lawmakers once forced their way into rowdy debate by "bobbing" up and... |
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COVID-19: Tension mounts in global race for coronavirus vaccine A researcher works on the development of a vaccine against the new coronavirus COVID-19, in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on March 26, 2020. Australia has commenced the first stage of testing potential vaccines for COVID-19. (Photo by AFP)
Global tensions simmered over the race for... |
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More Americans disapprove Trumps handling of coronavirus: Poll Hospital personnel move deceased individuals to the overflow morgue trailer outside the Brooklyn Hospital Center on May 7, 2020. (Getty Images)
More Americans say they think President Donald Trump is doing a "bad job" handling the coronavirus pandemic and dont trust him to provide accurate data about... |
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Fears of disaster as first virus case emerges at Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh This file photo taken on March 24, 2020 shows Rohingya refugees waiting in a relief distribution point at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia in Coxs bazar district. (By AFP)
According to a senior Bangladeshi official and a UN spokesperson, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 has been reported in the... |
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Russia, China slam US plan to extend UN arms embargo on Iran China and Russia have rejected US plans to extend a UN arms embargo on Iran along with a probable push to trigger a return of all sanctions on Tehran at the UN Security Council.
"It has no right to extend an arms embargo on Iran, let alone to trigger snapback," Chinas UN mission wrote in a tweet on... |
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Amnesty International urges King Salman to free detained Saudi womens activists Jailed Saudi human rights activists (L-R): Loujain al-Hathloul, Aziza al-Yousef and Samar Mohammad Badawi (File photo)
Amnesty International has called on King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia to order the freedom of a group of womens rights activists, who were detained two years ago in... |
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Venezuela captures 39 army deserters over botched plot Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a televised address on May 9, 2020 to announce new arrests related to a botched plot to kidnap him. (Photo by AFP)
Venezuelan troops have arrested 39 army forces on the Colombian border, over a recent botched plot to kidnap President Nicolas Maduro.
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Without wearing a mask, Trump tours Pennsylvania mask distribution center US President Donald Trump speaks as he tours an Owens & Minor medical supplies distribution center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on May 14, 2020. (AFP photo)
Without wearing a face mask himself, President Donald Trump toured a mask distribution center in Pennsylvania on Thursday and announced plans... |
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Captured Daesh terrorists confess to cooperation with US forces in Syrias al-Tanf Three members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group make confessions on Syrias state-run television network on May 14, 2020. (Photo by SANA)
A number of captured members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group have confessed to close cooperation with US military forces stationed at al-Tanf base in the... |
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Virus could infect over 200 million in Africa: WHO People queue while waiting their turn to be tested for COVID-19 by Kenyas Ministry of Health in the Kawangware slums of Nairobi. 15, May, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The new coronavirus could kill 150,000 people in Africa in a year unless urgent action is taken, according to a WHO modelling study that says... |
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Medical experts fear rich nations may get privileged access to potential COVID-19 vaccine In this picture taken on April 29, 2020, an engineer looks at monkey kidney cells as he make a test on an experimental vaccine for the COVID-19 inside the Cells Culture Room laboratory at the Sinovac Biotech facilities in Beijing.
COVID-19 has killed hundreds of thousands across the globe and forced... |
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