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  Last update: 11:50 GMT 03.12.2020

  11:50 GMT 03.12.2020

  Society

  EU Budget Crunch: George Soros Changes Mind on European Perpetual Bonds, Doubts Bloc's Future

  The Hungarian-American investor has stressed that lenders will eagerly buy bonds from entities whose long-term existence and prosperity are certain, which is not currently the case with the EU. However, such a goal "is worth striving for", Soros acknowledged.

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  Last update: 15:33 GMT 03.12.2020

  15:33 GMT 03.12.2020

  US

  United States Imposes Sanctions on Shahid Meisami Group in Iran, Treasury Department Says

  The move is another attempt by the White House to put pressure on the Tehran. Reports say President Donald Trump wants to drown Tehran in sanctions in order to make it difficult for Democrat Joe Biden, who is projected to win the 2020 presidential election, to return the United States to the JCPOA agreement, commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal.

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  Last update: 13:54 GMT 03.12.2020

  13:54 GMT 03.12.2020

  US

  Census Bureau May Be Unable to Release Data for New Congress Buildup Before Trump Leaves, Leaks Say

  The Census Bureau reportedly spotted a suite of irregularities in this year's population count, which made the timeline for the census results "fairly fluid”, as acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall put it the other day.

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  Last update: 13:34 GMT 03.12.2020

  13:34 GMT 03.12.2020

  World

  US Tightens Visa Limits on Chinese Communist Party Officials Amid Spike in US-China Trade Tensions

  The measures come after US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said in November the US was "not finished yet" with China, calling the nation's ruliing party a "Marxist-Leninist monster" that was "authoritarian, brutish and antithetical to human freedom".

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  Last update: 13:35 GMT 03.12.2020

  13:35 GMT 03.12.2020

  Society

  Bill Clinton Did Visit Jeffrey Epstein's 'Paedophile' Island, Claims Ex-President's Top Adviser

  The 42nd president of the United States is just one of the many high-profile figures the disgraced financier maintained ties with. According to Epstein's flight logs, Clinton flew more than a dozen times on the billionaire's private plane, where his alleged victims claim the sexual abuse took place.

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  Last update: 13:02 GMT 03.12.2020

  13:02 GMT 03.12.2020

  UK

  'Inadequate Little Man': Minister Blasted for View on Why Britain's First to Approve COVID Vaccine

  From the author of "Russia should shut up and go away" and "I am not behind Huawei leak" came another masterstroke, as Gavin Williamson was questioned on why the UK was the first to approve a COVID-19 vaccine.

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  Last update: 11:23 GMT 03.12.2020

  11:23 GMT 03.12.2020

  Middle East

  Israel Carried Out Iranian Scientist's Assassination, Media Claims Citing US Official

  Iran has already accused Israel of carrying out the hit, but has yet to present evidence to substantiate the claim. Tel Aviv itself has neither confirmed nor denied the accusations, but has been actively opposed to the Iranian nuclear programme that the murdered scientist was working on.

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  Last update: 14:42 GMT 03.12.2020

  14:42 GMT 03.12.2020

  Viral

  Actress in Ariana Grande Music Video Accused of Uploading Child Porn

  This is not the first time that the actress, Gabi DeMartino, has found herself in hot water. Last year she was criticised for furthering stereotypes about black women having masculine features after she and her sister released a video in which African-American singer Normani was portrayed by a man.