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  Last update: 12:11 GMT 04.12.2020

  12:11 GMT 04.12.2020

  World

  JCPOA No Longer Enough? Germany Seeking a New, Broader Nuke Deal With Iran

  The deal signed back in 2015 to contain the Iranian nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief has been a focus of international attention since the US unilaterally withdrew from the accord in 2018. On Thursday, the Iranian foreign minister underlined Tehran would not renegotiate the terms of the deal.

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  Last update: 12:00 GMT 04.12.2020

  12:00 GMT 04.12.2020

  Opinion

  Will Trump Run Again in 2024 and Does He Actually Have a Shot at Winning?

  The US president so far refuses to concede defeat in the 2020 election, arguing that it was "stolen" from him as a result of massive voter fraud in several states and promising to the challenge the outcome in the court system. To date, however, his legal team has not succeeded in delivering on that promise.

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  Last update: 01:56 GMT 04.12.2020

  01:56 GMT 04.12.2020

  US election 2020

  Video Shown to Georgia Senate Committee Reveals Election Staff Pulling Out Boxes of 'Extra Ballots'

  The Trump campaign has been challenging the election results since early November, claiming massive election fraud that was centrally engineered by the Democratic party, particularly pointing at an unprecedented number of mail ballots as a factor that made the alleged fraud possible.

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  Last update: 06:15 GMT 04.12.2020

  06:15 GMT 04.12.2020

  Europe

  Sweden Lists Military Service in Syria as Basis for Refugee Status

  Syrians are one of Sweden's largest diasporas. As of 2019, there were over 240,000 Swedish residents of Syrian descent in a nation of over 10 million.

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  Last update: 13:06 GMT 04.12.2020

  13:06 GMT 04.12.2020

  US

  The King's Love Nest: Elvis Presley's Honeymoon Villa Seeks Buyers Once Again

  The honeymoon crib has been put on the market several times before for a higher price and was even escrowed, yet the deals were never effectuated, TMZ reported. The king of rock'n'roll spent his early days of wedded bliss at the villa in 1967 and the couple apparently wasted no time, as just nine months later their only daughter was born.

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  Last update: 04:33 GMT 04.12.2020

  04:33 GMT 04.12.2020

  World

  Live Updates: US Confirms Record 217,000 New Coronavirus Cases Over Past 24 Hours

  The global death toll from the coronavirus is now over 1.5 million, while the overall tally is more than 65 million, according to Johns Hopkins University. The spike in the number of infections caused several countries to impose quarantines in November, however, most are expected to end their lockdowns this month, before Christmas.

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  Last update: 14:23 GMT 04.12.2020

  14:23 GMT 04.12.2020

  Society

  'Why Journo So Bitter': Jordan Peterson Hits Back at Guardian Op-ed on His 'Bigotry'

  Last month, clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson announced the forthcoming release of "Beyond Order", a follow-up to his previous bestseller, which is due out in March. The news about the contract with the publisher, Penguin Random House Canada, reportedly even left a number of staffers in tears.

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  Last update: 12:57 GMT 04.12.2020

  12:57 GMT 04.12.2020

  Opinion

  Global Rivals Not to 'Pull Punches' in Tech Race as Next Geopolitics Reshapes Markets, Futurist Says

  The global arena of next geopolitics has begun to shift as events further divide the tech landscape while also integrating regions in the Asia-Pacific in unprecedented trade deals. Experts are now tasked with asking questions about the future of emerging technologies and how countries may use them for geopolitical aims.