Day: September 29, 2020

Categories Middle East

Israel’s Covid-19 mortality rate per capita surpasses US for 1st time since start of pandemic – army intelligence report

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The Covid-19 per-capita death rate in Israel is higher than that of the United States for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic, that country’s military intelligence reported on Tuesday. … Read More >Israel’s Covid-19 mortality rate per capita surpasses US for 1st time since start of pandemic – army intelligence report

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Bibi at it again? Israeli PM presents new PowerPoint at UNGA, this time detailing alleged Hezbollah arms depot in Beirut

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Lebanese group Hezbollah has a “secret arms depot” in residential Beirut, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu claimed in an address to the UN General Assembly, during which he again turned to a PowerPoint, maps, and other visual aids. … Read More >Bibi at it again? Israeli PM presents new PowerPoint at UNGA, this time detailing alleged Hezbollah arms depot in Beirut

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Covering up ’their own failed efforts’: Tehran debunks Saudi claims of busting Iranian-trained terrorist cell

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Saudi Arabia claims to have uncovered an Iranian-trained terrorist cell, arresting 10 people and seizing a stash of weapons and explosives in a farmhouse. However, Tehran has dismissed the report as “complete fabrication.” … Read More >Covering up ’their own failed efforts’: Tehran debunks Saudi claims of busting Iranian-trained terrorist cell

Categories EU

Pardon my French! EU ‘screwed’ if Covid-weary European Parliament only meets in Brussels, Macron warns

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French President Emmanuel Macron has used colorful language to describe what would happen if EU lawmakers remained in Brussels indefinitely, arguing that concerns about Covid-19 should not stop them from meeting in Strasbourg. … Read More >Pardon my French! EU ‘screwed’ if Covid-weary European Parliament only meets in Brussels, Macron warns

Categories Business

Coronavirus crisis not as bad for Russian economy as 2008 financial crash – Alexei Kudrin to RT

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The Russian economy is coping better with the Covid-19 pandemic than it did after the global financial crisis, the head of Russia’s Accounts Chamber and ex-finance minister, Alexei Kudrin, said in an exclusive interview with RT. … Read More >Coronavirus crisis not as bad for Russian economy as 2008 financial crash – Alexei Kudrin to RT