0922 GMT April 17, 2021
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The decision by more than a dozen European countries to suspend AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot faced deepening scrutiny on Wednesday, amid concerns the step could undermine public confidence and delay efforts to beat the coronavirus pandemic.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said political divisiveness contributed significantly to the “stunning” US COVID-19 death toll, which on Monday surpassed 500,000 lives lost.
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Italy is facing more political turmoil after Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigned Tuesday, at a time when the country faces a severe health and economic crisis.
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Oman enjoys a high status in Iran’s foreign policy, deputy foreign minister for political affairs said.
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Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations called on Western states to abandon politicization of action against chemical weapons.
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Turkey says Khalifa Haftar, the commander of rebel militia in Libya, must submit to international calls for a political solution to the persisting armed conflict in the North African country.
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The latest terror attack to hit London has raised fears that the Conservative party may try to exploit the attack for political ends.
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The speaker of the Iranian Parliament called for the political settlement of regional issues, stressing that military action has gone nowhere in Syria, Yemen and other places.
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The leader of Spain’s center-right Ciudadanos, Albert Rivera, on Monday unexpectedly made a proposal to get Spain out of political deadlock and avoid elections, saying he could facilitate Pedro Sanchez’s investiture as premier under a number of conditions.
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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei described the Muslim Hajj pilgrimage as “an exceptional and privileged collection of Islamic values” and said the religious ritual is closely related to the political developments in the world.
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For all the evidence that the benefits of reducing greenhouse gases outweigh the costs of regulation, disturbingly few domestic climate change policies have been enacted around the world so far.
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Theresa May’s decision to step down as Britain’s prime minister just made the bruised pound’s outlook even murkier.
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Iran and Kazakhstan held 16th round of political consultations between the two countries in Tehran on Wednesday.
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Chinese investors have continued pouring their money into Thailand's property sector even as the kingdom barrels toward an uncertain national election.
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Yellow Vest demonstrators have marched through the streets of the French capital, Paris, and other cities on the 13th weekend of rallies against political elite and the economic policies of President Emmanuel Macron.
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