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Israel hints at responsibility for attack on Iranian ship as Vienna nuclear talks progress
April 7, 2021Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz hinted at responsibility for an attack on an Iranian ship in the Red Sea today, declaring that “Israel must continue to defend itself.”
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Myanmar shuts down internet in bid to stifle protest
April 6, 2021Myanmar's wireless broadband internet services were shut down today as the coup regime sought to disrupt ongoing protests.
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First of April: A 13-year-old witnesses the 1964 Brazilian military coup
April 5, 2021Celso Marconi, the longest-lived cinema critic in the world, recently commented on his Facebook page: “After 1964, the 1st of April ceased to be a playful day [in Brazil]. Sad.”
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Venezuela calls for debt restructuring in response to Covid pandemic
April 5, 2021“We demand once again the end of the economic, financial, and commercial blockade against our people."
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WHO: Europe’s vaccination plan is ‘unacceptably slow’
April 2, 2021European nations’ immunization campaigns against COVID-19 are “unacceptably slow” and risk prolonging the pandemic, a senior World Health Organization official said Thursday.
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