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EU grants Ukraine candidate status

The European Council agreed to grant candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova during an EU summit on Thursday. Earlier, Belgium…

2 years ago

EU grants exemptions from Russian oil ban

EU member states have finally agreed to ban 90% of Russian oil imports by the end of this year as…

2 years ago

Syria grants amnesty for ‘terrorist crimes’

Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a decree on Saturday granting amnesty to Syrians for terrorist crimes up to the end…

2 years ago

Russian parliament grants Putin right to use military abroad

The upper house of Russia’s parliament has granted permission for the country’s military to be deployed abroad, following a request…

2 years ago

Biden grants nuclear sanctions relief to Iran

Washington has allowed foreign companies to engage in some civilian projects at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power station, Tehran Research Reactor…

2 years ago

Largest US city grants non-citizens voting rights

The controversial bill passed New York City’s overwhelmingly Democrat council by 33-14 on Thursday, meaning it will now be sent…

2 years ago

Judge grants probation in US Capitol case, questions prosecutors’ ‘credibility’ compared to lenient treatment of BLM rioters

Danielle Doyle, 37, was given two months of probation on Friday in the US District Court in Washington, rather than…

3 years ago

Czech government grants vaccinated state employees two days’ paid leave to encourage them to get Covid-19 jabs

“The aim is to have maximum vaccination, to protect ourselves against the infection from abroad,” Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš…

3 years ago

Biden admin grants temporary protection to thousands of Venezuelan migrants, admits US sanctions failed to spur regime change

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the Temporary Protected Status designation on Monday, allowing some 320,000 eligible migrants to…

3 years ago

Past Covid-19 infection grants some immunity for at least 5 months, but people may still transmit virus – UK study

“Naturally acquired immunity as a result of past infections provide 83 percent protection against reinfection, compared to people who have…

3 years ago