Iran captures suspected killers of nuclear scientist
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The director general for International Affairs of the Iranian parliament, Hosein Amir Abdolahian, announced the capture of suspected murderers of scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, in an interview broadcast today by local Al-Alam network.
Trump White House rejects Pfizer offer of millions more vaccine doses
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Executives with the drugmakers Pfizer and Moderna have declined an invitation to meet at the White House for what Donald Trump is billing as a “vaccine summit.” The event appears to be an effort by Trump to pressure the Food and Drug Administration to rapidly approve the drug companies’ COVID-19 vaccines.
Pope Francis highlights urgent humanitarian needs in 2020
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Pope Francis affirmed on Friday that before the outbreak of Covid-19, it was clear that 2020 was going to be a year marked by urgent humanitarian needs due to conflicts, violence and terrorism in different parts of our world.
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon surges to 12-year high
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest surged to a 12-year high in 2020, official government data showed on Monday, with destruction soaring since President Jair Bolsonaro took office and weakened environmental enforcement.
FAO alerts on annual depletion in fresh water availability
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Fresh water available per person has depleted by over 20 percent annually in the last two decades, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) noted in Rome.