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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, in a telephone conversation with European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrel, underlined that the incumbent US administration should have the courage to correct its predecessor’s mistakes concerning re-imposition of oppressive sanctions against Iran, Trend reports citing Fars News Agency. “The United States’ current administration should have …

Negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations have begun, Ukraine’s Presidential Office said, Trend reports citing UNIAN. According to the presidential office, the term of the negotiations hasn’t yet been determined. The negotiations are taking place near the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. The delegation from Ukraine includes Chairman of the Servant of the People …

Georgia and Ukraine have chosen to aspire to the Euro-Atlantic space, First Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture Giorgi Khanishvili said, Trend reports via Georgian media. He made the remarks on the sidelines of the tenth meeting of the Georgian-Ukrainian Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation, with Natia Turnava (Minister of …

NASA believes that from the standpoint of engineering, it can maintain the work of the International Space Station (ISS) at least until 2028, and possibly even longer, NASA spokesperson Stephanie Schierholz said, Trend reports citing TASS. In a statement on Saturday, Roscosmos said its council of chief designers had considered the current state …

The world is not in good shape in fighting COVID-19, according to the World Health Organization on Wednesday as the WHO chief announced the passing of the 4 million mark in fatalities, which he said is a likely underestimate, according to Anadolu Agency. “We have just passed the tragic milestone …

The World Health Organization (WHO) does not recommend using the so-called “immunity passports” with COVID-19 vaccination data for the time being, WHO Representative to Russia Melita Vujnovic has told TASS, TREND reports. “At this stage, WHO does not recommend the use of ‘vaccination certificates’ for travelers as there are many …

The sixth new tunnel was built on the Ubisa-Shorapani (Shrosha village) section of Georgia at the Rikoti Pass, which is part of the East-West international highway, Trend reports via the Department of Roads of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia. The tunnel is 885 meters long. It …

Turkey’s president Friday spoke to the NATO head over the phone, with the latest developments in the Eastern Mediterranean discussed, the Turkish authorities said, according to Anadolu Agency. In the phone call with Jean Stoltenberg, Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that Turkey supports a fair solution in the Eastern Mediterranean with …

The next World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, originally scheduled for January, will be postponed until early next summer, its managing director of public engagement Adrian Monck said Wednesday in a statement, APA reports citing Xinhua. “The decision was not taken easily, since the need for global leaders to come together to …

What could be the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth – 130F (54.4C) – may have been reached in Death Valley National Park, California, APA reports citing BBC. The recording is being verified by the US National Weather Service. It comes amid a heatwave on the US’s west coast, where temperatures …