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Belarus sees walkouts, calls for weekend protests over vote crackdown
The main challenger in Belarus’s disputed presidential election called for mass weekend rallies and factory workers walked off the job on Friday ...Hard-hit countries step up virus measures as cases mount
Countries among the hardest hit by the coronavirus unveiled further control measures Friday to battle rising cases, hitting summer tourism and aspects ...Turkey threatens to cut diplomatic ties with UAE over Israel peace deal
Turkey is considering suspending diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates and withdrawing its ambassador over the Gulf state’s accord to normalise ...US confirms seizure of Iranian fuel on Venezuela-bound ships
The US Justice Department on Friday confirmed it had seized the fuel cargo aboard four tankers sent by Iran to crisis-wracked Venezuela, ...EU to enter contract talks with J&J over 200 million doses of potential COVID-19 vaccine
The European Commission has concluded exploratory talks with Johnson & Johnson <JNJ.N> to buy 200 million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine, ...Lebanon parliament approves sweeping powers for the army
Lebanon’s parliament on Thursday approved a two-week state of emergency in Beirut, declared after last week’s gigantic portside explosion, giving the army ...Israel, UAE to normalize relations in shift in Mideast politics, West Bank annexation on hold
Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday that they will normalise diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship, a ...Argentina, Mexico to produce AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Argentina and Mexico will produce the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for most of Latin America, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said on Wednesday after ...Brazil state signs deal to make Russian vaccine
The Brazilian state of Parana signed a deal to test and produce Russia’s new coronavirus vaccine, though officials stressed they would have ...75 years later, 1 million Japanese war dead still missing
Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, more than 1 million Japanese war dead are scattered throughout Asia, where the ...