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EU reaches deal on approving COVID 'travel pass'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], May 21 (ANI): European lawmakers have reached an agreement that would allow people to travel among European countries through a digital proof of coronavirus vaccination status, COVID test results, or recovery from an infection, as per DW News.
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Online pre-schooling and apps have come to the aid for toddlers learning j
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 21 (ANI/BusinessWire India): While the pandemic shut down the early childhood education segment for over a year now, it is heartening to note that learning for toddlers did not halt entirely.
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Activists in exile urge EU states to suspend extradition treaties with Chi
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Munich [Germany], May 21 (ANI): A total of 55 activists in exile have called for "urgent coordinated action" to suspend all bilateral extradition agreements between the EU Member States and China, to "protect the freedom of movement, association, and speech for all."
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Lithuanian parliament latest to term China's treatment of Uyghurs 'genocid
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Vilnius [Lithuania], May 21 (ANI): The parliament in Lithuania on Thursday became the latest to describe China's treatment of its Uyghur minority as "genocide", voting to call for a UN probe of the internment camps in the country's northwest region of Xinjiang.
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European Parliament votes to 'freeze' investment deal with China
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 21 (ANI): Members of the European Parliament on Thursday voted to freeze the legislative process for ratifying the EU's investment pact with China, until Beijing lifts sanctions against EU lawmakers, in retaliation for the condemnation of human rights abuses in Xin
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WHO European Director highlights vaccine gap between world's richest, poor
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 20 (ANI/Sputnik): World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said on Thursday that the COVID-19 vaccine inequality between richer and poorer economies was "definitely there."
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RSS-affiliate SJM seeks EU's 'unconditional support' to TRIPS waiver propo
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New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) affiliate, Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) on Wednesday wrote to European Union envoy to India Ugo Astuto to support a text-based negotiation of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Waiver Proposal to sus
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European Parliament likely to vote on motion to freeze China investment de
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Brussels [Belgium], May 19 (ANI): The European Parliament is expected to pass a motion on Thursday pushing to formally freeze the European investment agreement with China in the wake of sanctions on EU lawmakers by Beijing.
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Euro 2020: Muller, Hummels return to Germany squad
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Berlin [Germany], May 19 (ANI): Thomas Muller and Mats Hummels on Wednesday were named in Germany's squad for the upcoming European Championships.
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China slams EU, US joint statement over holding Beijing to account on trad
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Beijing [China], May 19 (ANI): The Chinese government has called on Washington to stop forming "small cliques" targeting Beijing, after the European Union and the United States said that they can work together to "hold countries like China that support trade-distorting policies to account."
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China's rocket debris spurs calls for policies to mitigate space junk
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Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): The uncontrolled re-entry of a China Long March rocket into Earth's atmosphere has spurred the calls for new policies to help mitigate the growing problem of space junk.
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EU speaks for religious minorities in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 18 (ANI): Amid the recent surge in mob violence and religious persecution in Pakistan, the EU Parliament last month called for a review of Pakistan's GSP+ status, citing concerns over the latter's blasphemy laws and poor rights record.
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