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Bahrain becomes latest Arab state to recognize Israel, following UAE betrayal

Bahrain becomes latest Arab state to recognize Israel, following UAE betrayal

PEJOURNAL - Bahrain on Friday agreed to normalize relations with Israel, becoming the latest Arab state to do so as part of a broader activities by Donald Trump and his administration to further ease the Zionist regime's relative isolation in the Middle East. Trump announced the agreement on the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, following a phone call he had with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. They also issued a brief joint statement marking the second such Arab normalization agreement with Israel in the past two months, after UAE-Israel so…
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Behind the Protests in Thailand

Behind the Protests in Thailand

BY: William Holmes PEJOURNAL - The protests taking place in Thailand could not be called as a shout out for freedom. This manipulation which is provoking the youth of Thailand are funded by the United States and western countries. Domination of Thailand by the United States and western countries requires the elimination of two essential factors: Buddhism and monarchy government. Buddhism Western countries manipulate Buddhism beliefs by representing Thamakai as the sole pattern which eradicates the Buddha beliefs. They seduced monks in such a way that they would easily commit any type of religious felony. And hence a monk does…
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French Dream in West Asia

French Dream in West Asia

The history of France's presence in West Asia goes back to the secret agreement between Britain and France called the "Sykes-Picot" or Asia Minor Agreement, which was signed on May 9, 1916 during World War I and with Russia's consent to partition. The Ottoman Empire was divided and led to the formation of Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine between France and Britain.These areas were previously under Ottoman Turkish control, and now, 104 years after the agreement, France is once again dreaming of being in the area. "Emmanuel Macron" is thinking of taking advantage of the catastrophic event of the terrible explosion…
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EU unveils plan to secure raw materials

EU unveils plan to secure raw materials

PEJOURNAL - Worried by an increasing dependency on the raw materials used to make smart phones, televisions and energy-saving lights, the European Union on Thursday launched a new strategy to secure access to rare earth minerals and to reduce reliance on suppliers like Chile, China and South Africa. The EU is predicted to need around 60 times more lithium and 15 times more cobalt for electric vehicle batteries and energy storage by 2050. Its demand for rare earth materials in permanent magnets used in several technologies could increase 10-fold over the same period. The coronavirus pandemic is highlighting the world’s…
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Cuba aspires to vaccinate its entire population

Cuba aspires to vaccinate its entire population

BY: Alexis Bandrich Vega* PEJOURNAL - Soberana 01 has been called the phase I-II clinical trial that will validate the efficacy of the Cuban vaccine candidate against COVID-19, which began to be applied to a group of volunteers on August 24. The works are developed by the Finlay Vaccine Institute, which has more than 30 years of experience in vaccine development and a long history of cooperation with the Pasteur Institute of Iran. Initially, work began with 20 volunteers from two population groups, between 19 and 59 years old and another from 60 to 80, to whom different doses of…
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Washington and Trump keep digging a hole for America

Washington and Trump keep digging a hole for America

BY: Martin Love PEJOURNAL - Where the hell are the Skripals who allegedly were poisoned by Novichok? There have apparently been no reports of their whereabouts nor any interviews of them in the years since they allegedly were poisoned in Salisbury. Now we also have the Germans questioning whether to use the almost completed Nordstream 2 pipeline and Alexei Navalny, an insignificant agitator against Putin with almost nil support in Russia, is in Germany where Merkel is claiming he was indeed poisoned. What or who got under Merkel’s bonnet to result in what seems like a belated, false charge? If…
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Exxon Mobil weighs global job cuts after unveiling Australian lay-off plan

Exxon Mobil weighs global job cuts after unveiling Australian lay-off plan

PEJOURNAL - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) is assessing possible worldwide job cuts, a spokesman said on Wednesday, after the company announced a voluntary lay-off programme in Australia. Exxon Mobil is the latest oil major to embark on axing jobs spurred by a historic collapse in fuel demand because of the coronavirus pandemic. The company has slashed capital spending this year by 30% to around $23 billion and said in August it planned both capital and operating expense cuts to defend its dividend after reporting losses in the first and second quarters. “We have evaluations underway on a country-by-country basis to…
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Large antibody study offers hope for virus vaccine efforts

Large antibody study offers hope for virus vaccine efforts

PEJOURNAL - Antibody that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly as some earlier reports suggested, scientists have found. Tuesday’s report, from tests on more than 30,000 people in Iceland, is the most extensive work yet on the immune system’s response to the virus over time, and is good news for efforts to develop vaccines. If a vaccine can spur production of long-lasting antibodies as natural infection seems to do, it gives hope that “immunity to this unpredictable and highly contagious virus may not be fleeting,” scientists…
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The remaining members of JCPOA have a consensus to counter US lawlessness

The remaining members of JCPOA have a consensus to counter US lawlessness

PEJOURNAL - Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Political Deputy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, who has traveled to Vienna to attend the meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission, in an exclusive interview with NOURNEWS, explained the results of the meeting and consultations held in Vienna. At the beginning of the conversation, Araghchi announced the meeting of the JCPOA Commission and the proximity of the positions of the remaining members in this international agreement on the need for coordinated action against the US lawbreaker: "As usual, before the commission meeting, independent bilateral meetings with The Chairmen of the Chinese and…
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Irresponsibility and the Perils of Saudi Nuclear Program

Irresponsibility and the Perils of Saudi Nuclear Program

PEJOURNAL - A former Iranian diplomat emphasized that Saudi Arabia despite its interventions and tension generation in its neighbouring countries, as well as disturbing the regional and international stability is not accountable. He said: If a country with this amount of direct political and military intervention one day gains more power and becomes nuclear, it will cause great tragedy that will destroy the region. Referring to Saudi foreign policy and its interference in the affairs of other Muslim countries, Ahmad Dastmalchian told the website of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations in an interview: “Saudi Arabia is an expansionist country…
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