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  UK, Germany, France regret latest US move on Iran

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 11:24pm on May 30, 2020

  Britain, France and Germany on Saturday strongly condemned a US decision to end sanctions waivers for companies from nations that remain in a nuclear accord with Iran. The waivers were part of the landmark agreement signed...

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  Canada immigration sharply curtailed by virus: study

  Agence France-Presse . Montreal | Updated at 11:21pm on May 30, 2020

  Canada had hoped to welcome a record wave of immigrants in 2020 but will likely take in approximately half the previously expected number of people due to the coronavirus pandemic...

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  Trump strips Hong Kong privileges

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 11:19pm on May 30, 2020

  President Donald Trump said Friday he would strip several of Hong Kong’s special privileges with the United States and bar some Chinese students from US universities in anger over Beijing’s bid to...

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  First post-lockdown flight departs Europe for China

  Agence France-Presse . Frankfurt am Main | Updated at 11:14pm on May 30, 2020

  A first charter flight carrying Europeans to China following weeks of lockdown departed Germany’s biggest hub Frankfurt late Friday, carrying around 200 workers and their families...

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  Israel police kill Palestinian

  Agence France-Presse . Jerusalem | Updated at 11:11pm on May 30, 2020

  Israeli police in annexed east Jerusalem on Saturday shot dead a Palestinian with special needs they mistakenly thought was armed with a pistol, Israeli and Palestinian sources said...

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  Racism cannot be normal in US: Obama

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 11:08pm on May 30, 2020

  Former president Barack Obama said Friday he shared the ‘anguish’ of millions of Americans over the death of a black man killed by police in Minnesota and that racism cannot be ‘normal’ in the...

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  NYC on track to begin reopening June 8

  Agence France-Presse . New York | Updated at 11:06pm on May 30, 2020

  New York, the US city worst-hit by the coronavirus, is ‘on track’ to start reopening the week of June 8, governor Andrew Cuomo said Friday. The financial capital of eight million people, where COVID-19 has...

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  Afghan head of peace talks says ready for dialogue with Taliban

  Agence France-Presse . Kabul | Updated at 11:04pm on May 30, 2020

  A top Afghan official appointed to lead the much-awaited peace talks with the Taliban said Saturday his team was ready to start ‘at any moment’ with the insurgents. Abdullah Abdullah, who heads a council to represent the...

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  SpaceX launch moving ahead, weather uncertain

  Agence France-Presse . United States | Updated at 11:01pm on May 30, 2020

  SpaceX’s historic first crewed mission to the International Space Station was set to proceed as scheduled on Saturday, NASA said, although uncertainty remained over weather conditions...

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  German chancellor refuses to attend in-person G7 summit

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 09:45pm on May 30, 2020

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an in-person summit of G7 leaders that United States president Donald Trump has suggested he will host despite concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, a German government spokesman said Saturday...