Month: September 2020

Categories World

Russia Will Find Efficient Ways to Defend Itself if New START Not Extended, Envoy to UN Says

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The day before, Marshall Billingslea, US special presidential envoy for arms control, said that Washington is offering Moscow to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) for less than five years in order to hammer out a new multilateral document as soon as possible. … Read More >Russia Will Find Efficient Ways to Defend Itself if New START Not Extended, Envoy to UN Says

Categories Russia

More than 60,000 volunteer for final trial of pioneering ‘Sputnik V’ Covid-19 vaccine, 100s get jab and ‘feel well’ – Moscow mayor

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Tens of thousands of people have volunteered to take part in trials of Russia’s pioneering Covid-19 vaccine, known as ‘Sputnik V,’ the mayor of Moscow has revealed. Hundreds have already been immunized with the formula. … Read More >More than 60,000 volunteer for final trial of pioneering ‘Sputnik V’ Covid-19 vaccine, 100s get jab and ‘feel well’ – Moscow mayor

Categories World

Is Iran into CHOPPING OFF ‘teen thieves’ fingers? Not quite, say local officials as MSM runs shocking headlines

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Iranian officials have rebuked reports in Western media that three teens were set to have their fingers amputated. They explained that the convicts were over 20 years of age and that their sentences are yet to be confirmed. … Read More >Is Iran into CHOPPING OFF ‘teen thieves’ fingers? Not quite, say local officials as MSM runs shocking headlines

Categories Asia & Pacific

No, don’t go back! Defector trying to cross back into North Korea blocked by South’s police

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Seoul police arrested a man who braved the heavily fortified border to return to North Korea after spending two years in the capitalist South. A similar but successful crossing recently triggered a Covid-19 alert in the North. … Read More >No, don’t go back! Defector trying to cross back into North Korea blocked by South’s police

Categories Middle East

Rouhani says US ‘faces defeat’ as its attempt to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran met with international opposition

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has expressed confidence that Washington’s bid to unilaterally reimpose UN sanctions on his country will fail, noting that even US allies oppose the decision. … Read More >Rouhani says US ‘faces defeat’ as its attempt to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran met with international opposition

Categories UK

Second AstraZeneca volunteer reportedly suffers rare neurological condition, but UK company says it’s not related to vaccine

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Two people have fallen ill during the trials of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine in the UK, the company’s internal papers revealed, and a source said they had both suffered from the same serious neurological disorder. … Read More >Second AstraZeneca volunteer reportedly suffers rare neurological condition, but UK company says it’s not related to vaccine

Categories World

United Nations will not support Washington’s unilateral move to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran, says organization’s chief

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The UN will not support a US push to restore sanctions against Tehran without the approval of its Security Council, where an overwhelming majority of member states oppose Washington’s efforts in spite of threats. … Read More >United Nations will not support Washington’s unilateral move to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran, says organization’s chief

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US envoy says Russia must agree to arms control deal with no NATO scaleback, or else it’s ‘happy to modernize nukes without START’

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The US has made Russia an offer it hopes she won’t refuse: accept a new arms control deal including no limits on NATO weapons in Europe, or deal with a modernized American nuclear arsenal on its doorstep. … Read More >US envoy says Russia must agree to arms control deal with no NATO scaleback, or else it’s ‘happy to modernize nukes without START’