U.S. announces new sanctions on Iranian petrochemical company
The U.S. Treasury on Friday announced new sanctions on Iran's largest petrochemical company and its subsidiaries over its financial support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

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Edward Hoffman Stupid. Iran gave up and gave in, the US as a sovereign nation signed an agreement. Trump unilaterally backed out and now we are alone against Iran and our allies. Who will trust the United States in the future??? From outside the US, people see a country that loves war, is a huge bully with no tolerance for cultural or political differences and cannot be trusted.

Pope: 'The more we use social media, the less social we are becoming'

Pope Francis on Sunday decried the increasing use of social media in a "culture of insults" during his Pentecost Mass that celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Apostles.

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Tree symbolizing Trump-Macron friendship has died.

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"Some people are using their cameras as if they were in a zoo."

Pakistan's Kalash minority warns influx of tourists is threatening their unique traditions.

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Pakistan's Kalash battle tourism deluge

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Huge flows over Iguazu Falls due to heavy rains in Brazil

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The Iguazu Falls are 'bigger' than ever with some 3 million litres of water flowing over per second due to heavy rain in the region. The average flow rate is 1.5 million.

The falls, on the Brazil-Argentina border, were the backdrop for the film "The Mission"

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A blockbuster Tutankhamun show in Paris has been extended for a week with more than 800,000 people already buying tickets for the exhibition.
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Humans consume 'tens of thousands' of plastic pieces each year
Humans eat and breathe in tens of thousands of microplastic particles every year, according to a new analysis Wednesday that raised fresh questions over how plastic waste could directly impact our health. Microplastics -- tiny plastic shards broken down from man-made products such as synthetic cloth...

Aluminium ladders and cans collected from Mount Everest may find a second life as pots and pans, Nepali officials said, as some 10 tonnes of garbage collected from the world's highest mountain was handed over for recycling.

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Burn or spurn? What to do with Western waste
Western countries must increasingly deal with hard to dispose of plastics because China and many southeastern Asian countries no longer want them. "The problem is that the quantities involved are huge," Arnaud Brunet, head of the Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) told


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Beards & rock 'n' roll: 'the villains' who help the poor in Argentina

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Swiss women strike for equal pay again, three decades on

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Xinjiang's wrecked mosques: A tense Ramadan

Mosques in China's Xinjiang region once hummed with life but the recent destruction of dozens of them highlights the increasing pressure Uighurs and other ethnic minorities face in the heavily policed region

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Xinjiang's wrecked mosques: A tense Ramadan

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The World Health Organization expressed alarm at the lack of progress on curbing sexually transmitted diseases, while one of its experts warned of complacency as dating apps are spurring sexual activity.
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WHO alarmed at STD spread in the era of dating apps
The World Health Organization expressed alarm Thursday at the lack of progress on curbing sexually transmitted diseases, while one of its experts warned of complacency as dating apps are spurring sexual activity. The UN health agency said in a fresh report that every day globally there were more tha...