Month: November 2020
Iran’s Supreme Leader: Killers of Top Nuclear Scientist Deserve “Definitive Punishment” – Slate
Iran’s Supreme Leader: Killers of Top Nuclear Scientist Deserve “Definitive Punishment” Slate Iran vows vengeance after assassination of top nuclear scientist CBS Evening News Iran suffers more humiliation with killing of nuclear chief. But no one in the world’s most febrile region
Read MoreBay Area tightens COVID-19 restrictions; Santa Clara County orders travel quarantine – Los Angeles Times
Bay Area tightens COVID-19 restrictions; Santa Clara County orders travel quarantine Los Angeles Times “We need to not gather with people not in our immediate household,” says L.A. health director CBS News ‘We Know We Are Asking A Lot.’ Los Angeles County
Read MoreU.S., Russia Race to Outflank Each Other on Russian Pipeline
Measures intended to thwart the sole Russian-owned ship capable of completing the Nord Stream 2 pipeline recently advanced in Congress. Approval could mark a win for Ukrainian officials who saw the pipeline as a threat to their country.
Read MoreTel Aviv’s Zencity wins international award for ‘pioneering’ smart city project
Startup uses AI to help local governments make data-driven decisions based on communities’ needs; Smart City Expo World Congress prize was in Governance and Economy category
Read MoreBody of assassinated Iran nuclear chief taken to Muslim shrine ahead of burial
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh’s remains will be taken to 2 more holy sites ahead of Monday funeral; parliament in Tehran holds closed session to ‘investigate the assassination’
Read MoreRaab ‘concerned’ about situation in Iran after killing of nuclear scientist
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said he is concerned about the situation in Iran and the wider region after the assassination of one of the country’s top nuclear scientists.
Read MoreIranian newspaper urges striking Haifa in retaliation for Fakhrizadeh killing
Columnist says Israeli coastal city should suffer assault that destroys facilities and ‘also causes heavy human casualties’
Read MoreWorld should thank Israel for hit on Iran nuke chief, Israeli official tells NYT
Ex-CIA official: Israel striking in enemy territory in ‘unprecedented’ manner and Iranians seem unable to stop it; Israeli minister: Fakhrizadeh’s assassination good for the world
Read MoreCanada blocks certain drug exports in response to US plan
Canada announced Saturday a ban on exporting certain medicines that are or may soon be in short supply, a measure in response to a US plan to import drugs from its northern neighbor. The plan promoted by outgoing US President
Read MoreIran assassination could undercut Joe Biden’s diplomatic options
The assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist, which Tehran has blamed on Israel, risks not only sharpening tensions across the region but also severely complicating plans by US President-elect Joe Biden to resume dialogue with the Islamic republic, analysts said
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