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Ecuador’s President Lasso willing to engage in talks to end protests

Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso said in televised remarks on Friday that he is willing to engage in talks on ending the protests that have paralyzed Quito and other

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Ecuador’s President Lasso willing to engage in talks to end protests

Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso said in televised remarks on Friday that he is willing to engage in talks on ending the protests that have paralyzed Quito and other

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Iranian FM says point of agreement reached in Vienna talks

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Saturday that Iran has reached the point of agreement in talks in Vienna, while noting that a number of signif

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Nigeria sees strong recovery in 2021 amid pandemic: president

FILE PIC: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. /VCG Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Saturday the biggest economy in Africa has seen strong recovery in economy in 2021 despite the e

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Libyan PM announces presidential bid

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah announced on Sunday that he is running for president.Dbeibah made the announcement in a televised speech, saying he has submit

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Russian Deputy FM berates NATO for perpetuating Cold War model

Russia's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Grushko has chastised NATO for adhering to obsolete Cold War constructs by focusing its efforts on deterring a per

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Biden defends handling of withdrawal from Afghanistan

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday once again defended his administration's handling of withdrawal from Afghanistan, denying America's allies questioning the country's credibility over the ongoing ch

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Netanyahu says 'will take time' before Gaza fighting ends

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that an end to seven days of hostilities with Gaza militants was not imminent, despite diplomatic moves to restore calm."Our campaign against

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Moldova leader calls snap parliamentary election for July 11

European Council President Charles Michel (R) receives visiting Moldovan President Maia Sandu in Brussels, Belgium, Jan. 18, 2021. /Xinhua Moldovan President Maia Sandu dissolved parliament on

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Kenya issues restrictive measures to combat COVID-19 infection wave

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday announced a halt to all movement in the capital Nairobi and four other counties on Friday as the COVID-19 outbreak reached its worst ever stage in economy.In

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Azerbaijan claims capture of key Karabakh town, Armenia denies

Azerbaijan said Sunday that its forces had captured the key town of Shusha from Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh, but Armenia insisted that fighting continued for the strategic area.The captu

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Senegalese president lifts state of emergency

Senegalese President Makcy Sall said Monday night that, starting from 11 p.m. Tuesday, the state of emergency and the related curfew will be lifted across the country. Due to the high risk of COVID-1

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Putin proposes hiking income tax to 15% for wealthy Russians from Jan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday proposed lifting the annual rate of income tax from 13 to 15 percent for wealthy citizens on their earnings above 5 million rubles (72,833 U.S. dollars) a

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Urgent: Honduran president tests positive for COVID-19

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez said in a televised speech on late Tuesday that he has been infected with the novel coronavirus. He told the Honduran people that he has mild symptoms a

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Russia extends paid leave nationwide to end of April

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Thursday an extension of paid leave for all Russians to April 30 due to COVID-19. "If the situation allows, we will adjust the announced period of forced

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Italy to extend coronavirus lockdown measures to April 13

Italy will extend coronavirus lockdown restrictions imposed last month to April 13 to counter the spread of the virus, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Wednesday.The country reported a total

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Prince Albert II of Monaco recovers from coronavirus infection

Prince Albert II of Monaco has recovered from COVID-19 infection, the Prince's Palace of Monaco announced on Tuesday. "The doctor who follows Prince Albert II since th