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WASHINGTON – US democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden called President Donald Trump a “climate arsonist” on September 14 for refusing to acknowledge the role of global warming in the deadly wildfires sweeping the western United States, while Trump blamed forestry lax and said, “I don’t think science knows that.” Dozens …

WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump’s administration plans to speed up the rollout of an investigational coronavirus vaccine from the U.K. for use in America ahead of the presidential election; it has been reported. Human trials of the coronavirus vaccine candidate under development at the University of Oxford suggest that …

WASHINGTON – The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned Russia and China not to ignore the reimposition of all United Nations sanctions on Iran, which President Donald Trump ordered him to trigger Thursday in the United Nations Security Council in New York. Pompeo will meet with Indonesian United …

BEIJING – China accused Washington of harming global trade with sanctions that threaten to cripple tech giant Huawei and said on Tuesday it would protect Chinese companies but gave no indication of possible retaliation. Rules confirmed by the U.S. Department of Commerce on Monday prevent suppliers from using U.S. technology …

TEHRAN – A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry has noted that the United States is seeking to undermine the body through its draft resolution on extending the arms embargo to Iran. “Regarding the extension of the arms embargo by Iran, I have to say that this issue is a …

WASHINGTON – European stocks rallied, extending last week’s gains as investors focused on stimulus talks in the United States and embracing improving economic data outside China, Bloomberg reported Monday. The Stoxx Europe 600 index gained 0.2% at the opening, led by banks and miners. Suez SA climbed to 3.5% after …

WASHINGTON – The Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, said that we can use the lessons of the pandemic to guide our response to the next crisis. “Today the greatest risk of a global catastrophe is not seen like this (a nuclear war), but like this (a microbe),” said Bill Gates in …

BEIJING – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stressed that China does not want to deviate from the United States from its position as a superpower. The country’s top diplomat made the comments in an interview with the state-run Xinhua News Agency on Wednesday, August 5. The interview marked the first …

WASHINGTON – The top US envoy to Iran, Brian Hook, will step down, and Elliott Abrams, the US special representative for Venezuela, will add Iran to his role “after a transition period” with Hook, US Secretary of State of the United States, Mike Pompeo said on Thursday. Hook’s surprise departure …

TEHRAN – Former French ambassador to the United States, Gérard Araud, said Tehran had reduced its commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) because Washington violated the international agreement. Simultaneously, with the efforts of French President Emmanuel Macron to persuade the US to remain in the JCPOA, Gérard …