WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Eyes Sanctions Against Global Network It Believes Is Shipping Iranian Oil

WASHINGTON—The U.S. is considering sanctions that would target a United Arab Emirates-based businessman and a network of companies suspected of helping export Iran’s oil, part of a broader effort to escalate diplomatic pressure on Tehran as U.S. officials push to reach a deal on Iran’s nuclear program.The firms and individuals under scrutiny have been...

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Osprey with five Marines on board crashes in Southern California desert

The status of those aboard the tiltrotor military aircraft, based at Camp Pendleton, wasn't immediately clear.An Osprey aircraft with five Marines on board crashed in the Southern California desert Wednesday afternoon, officials said.The status of the Marines wasn't immediately available. The 3rd Marine...

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US has a "very serious" problem with Covid-19 vaccine uptake

The United States has a "very serious" problem with Covid-19 vaccination uptake, a top health official has warned.Vaccines are by far the most powerful tool available against the coronavirus, protecting people from getting seriously ill, being hospitalized, and dying from the virus.Unlike many less...

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The War in Ukraine

The invasion of Ukraine has lasted for over a month now. On March 2, the BBC reported on the ongoing battles for Kharkiv, Kherson and Kyiv: the chaos, the rubble, the dispair of peaceful Ukrainians in the bomb shelters, the tears of refugee families parting into exile...  This distressing report,...

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Marina Ovsyannikova Interrogated for 14 Hours

Russian Journalist Marina Ovsyannikova has been released after being interrogated for 14 hours without a lawyer, for two consecutive sleepless nights, and after paying a fine of €250.  She was detained for disrupting a major Russian TV news programme with a placard that read "Stop the war, don't...

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Aqsa Bhatt Age, Boyfriend Name, Affairs, Net Worth 2022

Aqsa Bhatt Net Worth 2022, Age, Height, Boyfriend, Affairs, Full Biography: Aqsa Bhatt is the most popular Not Known actress and mostly known for Acting, Show Hosting, TV Serials. Here you will get all the information about this celebrity from our website.If you guys want to know all the information...

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20 Best Movies of 2021

BBC Culture  publishes the list of the 20 Best Movies of 2021, which includes Almodovar's first film in English, "The Human Voice". In this dense article, which is full of simple and composed adjectives and adverbs you will find interesting words and expressions for C1 students like:...

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