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The US imposed the biggest sanctions on Syria on Wednesday. These sanctions would significantly reduce Syria's revenue collection and make it difficult for President Bashar al-Assad to run the government. The purpose of these sanctions is to end the ten-year-long civil war in the country.

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Brother of black George George Floyd, who was killed by a white police officer in the US, requested the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to conduct an in-depth investigation into racial discrimination, the murder of black people at the hands of police, and violence against peaceful protesters

In a video message sent to the UNHRC, Filonius Floyd has supported African countries' demand to set up a commission of inquiry. Filonius told the United Nations, 'You saw the barbaric way in which my brother was killed. Black people in America are treated in a similar way by the police.

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In the course of recent days, Boris Johnson's legislature has been writhed by the disclosure that his main consultant, Dominic Cummings, seems to have mocked the lockdown laws he was instrumental in making. Cummings traveled several miles with his youngster and wiped out spouse to remain at his folks' ranch in upper east England. While the guidance to the nation was to "remain at home," Cummings left his; while individuals were passing on alone, isolated from their family, Cummings went to be with his, in the event that his youngster required caring for.  

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Censuring the nation for the spread of the coronavirus is just the most recent issue to be weaponised. Two more seasoned ones have especially returned to the fore lately.

The primary concerns Hong Kong. The declaration that Beijing's National People's Congress is going to pass national security enactment for the Special Autonomous Region, in light of the fact that the city's own Legislative Council (otherwise called the LegCo) can't be depended upon to do as such, has been welcomed with fights from specific quarters.

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Xi's activity features China's central contemptibility and should give all states delay in believing any concurrence with the People's Republic of China given this was not a basic political arrangement but rather a formal Sino-British bargain approved by the two governments in which both consented to permit Hong Kong to oversee itself for a long time, the premise of the alleged, "One China, Two Systems" strategy.

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Planes and fuel big haulers from Iran have been crossing the Atlantic in transit to Venezuela. They sabotage the Trump organization's most extreme weight crusades against both decision systems—just as the security of the Americas. It's an ideal opportunity to quit overlooking the danger.

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Amid ongoing border tensions between India and China along the nearly 3,500 kilometers long Line of Actual Control (LAC), US President Donald Trump has offered to 'mediate or arbitrate’. Terming the situation a 'raging border dispute', Trump said he is willing to mediate.

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The novel coronavirus was first detected in the city of Wuhan in Hubei province, China late last year, and just a few weeks later (on January 2020), the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed outside the country. Soon it was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The pandemic has now spread to around 180 countries and claimed over 3.38 lakh lives. With more than 53 lakh people infected worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of abating. As scientists are far away from finding a vaccine, lockdowns remain the only way to curb the spread of the deadly disease. However, the lockdowns have pushed major economies to the brink. Such is the impact of it that the International Monetary Fund (IFM) has revised its global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to 3 per cent from 3.3 per cent just 3 months ago.