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US to begin indirect talks with Iran on returning to nuclear deal

The Iranian national flag is seen outside the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters during the agency's Board of Governors meeting in Vienna on March 1, 2021. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - The United States and Iran will talk with other world powers about returning to the Obama-era agreement that limited Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the removal of crippling economic sanctions.The talks are expected to take place Tuesday in Austria, the Associated Press reported.

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UN atomic watchdog confirms details of new Iran centrifuges

BERLIN – The United Nations' nuclear watchdog said Wednesday it has confirmed that Iran has begun operating a cascade of advanced centrifuges at an underground site.

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AstraZeneca COVID vaccine batch, which Austria halted from use, went to 17 countries

VIENNA: Austria was one of 17 European countries to receive doses from a batch of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine that Austrian authorities have stopped using while investigating a death and an illness following their use, a senior health official said on Tuesday.A 49-year-old nurse in Zwettl, a town northwest of Vienna, died as a result of severe coagulation disorders after receiving the vaccine.

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Iran to meet with UN technical experts over uranium find

BERLIN – Iran has agreed to sit down with international technical experts investigating the discovery of uranium particles at three former undeclared sites in the country, the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog said Thursday, after months of frustration at Tehran's lack of a credible explanation.

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China denies subjecting US diplomats to COVID-19 anal tests

BEIJING – China on Thursday denied subjecting U.S. diplomats to COVID-19 anal tests following reports from Washington that some of its personnel were being made to undergo the procedure.

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Sanctions prompt Venezuela to expel head of EU delegation

CARACAS – Venezuela’s government on Wednesday ordered the expulsion of the head of the European Union delegation in the South American nation following the bloc’s decision to impose sanctions on several Venezuelan officials accused of undermining democracy or violating human rights.

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Austria to restrict movement from Tyrol over variant fears

VIENNA – Austria's leader said Tuesday that people will have to produce a negative coronavirus test to leave the country's Tyrol province as authorities try to prevent the spread of a coronavirus variant first discovered in South Africa.

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Austria warns against travel to Tyrol, eases virus curbs

VIENNA – Austria on Monday issued a warning against travel to its Tyrol province amid concerns over cases of a coronavirus variant first discovered in South Africa, even as the country eased its third lockdown by reopening schools, shops, hairdressing salons, museums and zoos.

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The Latest: Schools, shops, salons are reopening in Austria

VIENNA — Schools, shops, hairdressing salons and museums are reopening in Austria after the country’s third lockdown, but concerns linger about infection rates and the spread of new coronavirus variants.

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The Latest: Austria toughens entry requirements over virus

VIENNA — Austria is toughening entry requirements in an effort to prevent the spread of contagious coronavirus variants.

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Shoah survivors to get vaccine on Auschwitz liberation day

VIENNA – Hundreds of Holocaust survivors in Austria and Slovakia were poised to get their first coronavirus vaccination Wednesday, acknowledging their past suffering with a special tribute 76 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, where the Nazis killed more than 1 million Jews and others.

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Russia diplomat hails progress in nuclear pact talks with US

MOSCOW – A senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday that Moscow and Washington were making quick progress to negotiate an extension of their last remaining nuclear arms control treaty.

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EU wants full recognition for UK envoy in post-Brexit spat

BRUSSELS – The European Union called Monday on the United Kingdom to grant the EU’s first-ever ambassador to the country full diplomatic status after the government in London declined to accord him those rights, but gave no clear signal that it would take retaliatory action.

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Coronavirus: Global death toll hits 2M amid vaccine rollout

vaccines developed at breakneck speed are being rolled out around the world in an all-out campaign to vanquish the threat.The milestone was reached just over a year after the coronavirus was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan. WHO team arrives in Wuhan.

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‘This is not a game’: Global virus death toll hits 2 million

MEXICO CITY – The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 2 million Friday, crossing the threshold amid a vaccine rollout so immense but so uneven that in some countries there is real hope of vanquishing the outbreak, while in other, less-developed parts of the world, it seems a far-off dream.The numbing figure was reached just over a year after the coronavirus was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The number of dead, compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Brussels, Mecca, Minsk or Vienna.

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Global death toll from COVID-19 tops 2M amid vaccine rollout

The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 2 million Friday as vaccines developed at breakneck speed are being rolled out around the world in an all-out campaign to vanquish the threat.The milestone was reached just over a year after the coronavirus was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan.The number of dead, compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Brussels, Mecca, Minsk or Vienna.While the count is based on figures supplied by government agencies around the world, the real toll is believed to be significantly higher, in part because of inadequate testing and the many fatalities that were inaccurately attributed to other causes, especially early in the outbreak.It took eight months to hit 1 million

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Police: Protesters outside Sen. Hawley home were ‘peaceful’

Protesters who gathered outside the Virginia home of Republican Sen. Josh Hawley Monday evening were peaceful and they left when police explained they were violating local picketing laws, police said Tuesday.

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Iran nuclear deal members urge Tehran return to compliance

BERLIN – World powers that are part of a landmark 2015 nuclear deal with Iran urged Tehran on Wednesday to roll back violations of the accord and return to full compliance during a virtual meeting in Vienna, a German official said. The meeting comes as the signatories to the agreement — Germany, France, Britain, China and Russia — continue to try and keep it from collapsing after the unilateral withdrawal of the United States in 2018.The three European powers have expressed hope that with the change of administrations in Washington, the U.S.

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Human ‘stuff’ now outweighs all life on Earth

Erik StokstadIt's not just your storage unit that's packed to the gills. According to a new study, the mass of all our stuff—buildings, roads, cars, and everything else we manufacture—now exceeds the weight of all living things on the planet.

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Europe to revive international night train links

BERLIN – Four European rail companies announced Tuesday they plan to boost the continent's network of night train connections by reviving routes that were dropped several years ago for cost reasons.German rail company Deutsche Bahn and the main national train operators in France, Switzerland and Austria said the routes from Vienna to Paris, via Munich, and Zurich to Amsterdam, via Cologne, will be re-established starting next December.Further international connections from Vienna and Berlin to Brussels and Paris will be created in 2023, and a Zurich to Barcelona sleeper will begin rolling in 2024.The move marks a change of direction for Deutsche Bahn, which successively shut down its night train service in recent years citing unsustainable

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Cher to visit Pakistan to help 'world's loneliest elephant'

ISLAMABAD – Iconic singer and actress Cher was set to visit Pakistan on Friday to celebrate the departure of Kaavan, dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant,” who will soon leave a Pakistani zoo for better conditions after years of lobbying by animal rights groups and activists.Because of security concerns, Cher's schedule was not made public but “she is on her way,” said Martin Bauer of Four Paws International, a Vienna-based animal welfare group that's led the charge to save Kaavan.The elephant has languished in the zoo for 35 years, and lost his partner in 2012. He was diagnosed by veterinarians as both overweight and malnourished earlier this year, and also suffers behavioral issues.

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UN atomic watchdog: Iran now operating Natanz centrifuges

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Lansdowne Christmas market cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19

OTTAWA -- The second annual edition of the Ottawa Christmas Market at Lansdowne Park won’t happen this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group announced Monday.

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Privacy activists in EU file complaints over iPhone tracking

BERLIN – European privacy activists have filed complaints against Apple over its use of software to track the behavior of iPhone users.The Vienna-based group NOYB - short for “none of your business” - said Monday that it has asked data protection authorities in Germany and Spain to examine the legality of Apple's tracking codes.The codes, known as IDFA or Identifier for Advertisers, are similar to the cookies that websites use to store information on user behavior.

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Austria tightens partial coronavirus lockdown, closes schools and most stores

Austria announced Saturday that it is tightening its partial lockdown, including by closing non-essential stores and shifting schools to online teaching, amid galloping coronavirus infection rates in the Alpine nation.Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said the measures had become necessary because Austria has seen 550 new cases of coronavirus per 100,000 inhabitants in the past week, a level 11 times greater than what authorities said would be sustainable.“If we don’t react massively, then there’s a great risk that the numbers will continue to rise or stay at a high level,” Kurz told reporters in Vienna. Austrian health officials are unable to trace 77 per cent of new cases, he added.

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Austria shuts schools, most stores, to curb spread of COVID-19

FILE - Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (OEVP) (Foreground) and President of the European Council Charles Michel (background) on a visit of condolence following the terrorist attack of November 2 at Federal Chancellery on November 9, 2020 in Vienna, (Martin Juen/SEPA.Media /Getty Images)BERLIN - Austria announced Saturday that it is tightening its partial lockdown, including by closing non-essential stores and shifting schools to online teaching, amid galloping coronavirus infection rates in the Alpine nation.Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said the measures had become necessary because Austria has seen 550 new cases of coronavirus per 100,000 inhabitants in the past week, a level 11 times greater than what authorities said would be

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Austria shuts schools, most stores, to curb spread of virus

BERLIN – Austria announced Saturday that it is tightening its partial lockdown, including by closing non-essential stores and shifting schools to online teaching, amid galloping coronavirus infection rates in the Alpine nation.Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said the measures had become necessary because Austria has seen 550 new cases of coronavirus per 100,000 inhabitants in the past week, a level 11 times greater than what authorities said would be sustainable.“If we don’t react massively, then there’s a great risk that the numbers will continue to rise or stay at a high level,” Kurz told reporters in Vienna.

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German police raid homes of people linked to Vienna attacker

BERLIN – German police have raided the homes and businesses of four people linked to the Islamic State sympathizer who carried out a deadly attack in Vienna this week.Federal police said Friday that officers, including members of the anti-terrorism unit GSG9, searched premises in Osnabrueck, Kassel and Pinneberg county.Police said that while the men aren't currently suspected of involvement in Monday's shooting, in which four people and the gunman were killed, there is evidence that they had links to the attacker.Authorities in Austria have identified the attacker as 20-year-old Kujtim Fejzulai, a dual national of Austria and North Macedonia who had a previous conviction for trying to join IS in Syria and had been given early release in

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Austria plans intelligence agency reforms after attack

VIENNA – Austrian leaders called Thursday for more legal options to fight extremism and for an overhaul of the country’s domestic intelligence agency in the wake of this week’s deadly attack blamed on a known Islamic radical who Austrian authorities had been warned had tried to buy ammunition in neighboring Slovakia.The gunman, identified as 20-year-old Kujtim Fejzulai, had a previous conviction for trying to join the Islamic State group in Syria and had been given early release in December.A dual national of Austria and North Macedonia, Austrian authorities said they were unable to revoke Fejzulai's Austrian citizenship after his conviction and that he had duped the justice system’s deradicalization program after his release into thinking

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Calm returns to Vienna as police probe gunman who killed 4

VIENNA – Life in Vienna returned to something like normal Wednesday as Austrian authorities investigated whether a 20-year-old man who fatally shot four people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group had any accomplices.Officials say the suspect, identified as 20-year-old Kujtim Fejzulai, had a previous conviction for trying to join the Islamic State group in Syria and had been released in December. He wounded more than 20 people in nine minutes before he was killed by police on Monday night.Much of the capital remained shut down well into Tuesday, with authorities saying only in the afternoon that they hadn't yet found any evidence of a second assailant.

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Austria announces 4-week partial lockdown starting Tuesday amid COVID-19 spike

FILE - Austria's Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz speaks to the media after a meeting with Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Soeder at the German-Austrian Border on October 9, 2020 in Bad Reichenhall, Germany. (Lukas Barth - Pool/Getty Images)VIENNA - Austria on Saturday announced a partial shutdown that will see restaurants and bars closed for four weeks, cultural, sports and leisure activities canceled, and residents asked to stay home after 8 p.m.

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Global Covid-19 update: Cases top 40 million as Europe readies new curbs

infections are rolling across Europe while the U.S. and India are averaging more than 50,000 cases a day.Millions of Europeans are facing tighter restrictions on movement, with London, Paris and Vienna enforcing stricter curbs and Ireland preparing some of the region’s toughest measures.

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Ryanair to close Cork and Shannon bases for the winter

Ryanair has said it is to close its bases in Cork and Shannon for the winter.

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India, South Africa ask WTO to waive rules to aid COVID-19 drug production

VIENNA : India and South Africa want the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive intellectual property rules to make it easier for developing countries to produce or import COVID-19 drugs, a letter to the WTO shows.In their letter dated Oct.

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Hallmark Channel releases 2020 holiday movie lineup

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Iran: nuclear deal with world powers worth preserving

BERLIN – The head of Iran's nuclear agency said Monday that the landmark 2015 deal between Tehran and world powers on his country's atomic program is struggling since the unilateral U.S. withdrawal, but is still worth preserving.Ali Akbar Salehi told delegates at a conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna that the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, has been “caught in a quasi-stalemate situation” since President Donald Trump pulled the U.S.

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Dozens of Austrians reportedly received COVID-19 stimulus checks in mail from US government

FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump's name appears on the coronavirus economic assistance checks that were sent to citizens across the country April 29, 2020 in Washington, DC.

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Music world to conductor Seiji Ozawa: Happy 85th birthday

BOSTON – The Boston Symphony Orchestra, along with several other organizations around the world, is celebrating conductor Seiji Ozawa's 85th birthday Tuesday.The orchestra is encouraging fans worldwide to honor his birthday on social media with the hashtag #happybirthdayseiji.As part of the celebration, Mayor Marty Walsh has issued a proclamation declaring Tuesday “Seiji Ozawa Day in the City of Boston."Ozawa is the longest-serving conductor in Boston Symphony history, holding the title of music director for 29 years from 1973 until 2002.

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Invest COVID-19 aid funds selectively, says IMF chief

VIENNA : Governments need to invest aid funds more selectively to overcome the coronavirus crisis in the long term, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said.They also need to make sure that public procurement is transparent and competitive so as to not lose the trust of citizens, Georgieva said at an Austrian economic forum, which she joined online."Countries will have to be more selective as to who they support," Georgieva said, listing digital businesses and those that can profit from green climate policy as examples of potentially successful investments. "Up to now we support everybody."More than 100 countries have requested emergency financing assistance from the IMF so far.

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"It's a Catastrophe": Stefan Ruzowitzky on How His Latest Film Became a Casualty of the Pandemic

Timing, they say, is everything. Stefan Ruzowitzky's couldn't have been worse.

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Thiem apologizes for playing in Djokovic's tennis event

VIENNA – Third-ranked tennis player Dominic Thiem apologized Thursday for taking part in an exhibition series hosted by Novak Djokovic in which four players tested positive for the coronavirus.Thiem wrote on Instagram: “Our behaviour was a mistake, we acted too euphorically. I am extremely sorry.”The top-ranked Djokovic tested positive on Tuesday.

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New York Philharmonic Cancels Fall Season, Moves up Geffen Rebuild

Geffen Hall’s reconstruction to take advantage of the orchestra’s absence. Philharmonic President Deborah Borda said Wednesday (June 10) that she hopes to resume performances on Jan.

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NY Philharmonic cancels fall season, moves up Geffen rebuild

NEW YORK – The New York Philharmonic canceled its fall season because of the coronavirus pandemic and has moved up the start of Geffen Hall’s reconstruction to take advantage of the orchestra’s absence.Philharmonic President Deborah Borda said Wednesday that she hopes to resume performances on Jan. 6.“It’s still a question mark because we would need to be in phase four of the governor’s reentry plan,” she said in a telephone interview.While the Vienna Philharmonic resumed performances in Austria last weekend with just 100 people in the audience, U.S.

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Vienna Philharmonic purrs back to life after pandemic pause

The Vienna Philharmonic returned home, and its famous strings purred for the first time since March 10.Its 2,854-seat Musikverein, considered by many the world’s most beautiful concert hall, was filled with only 100 people Friday for the first of three days of programs with Daniel Barenboim. Because of the negligible number, tickets were distributed to family, friends and donors for among the first performances by a major orchestra since the pandemic paused the season.During the three-month gap, the orchestra players struggled to fill their time.

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‘It didn’t kill me, but I came out stronger’

Eugene, a 32-year old nurse, left the elderly care home early on 1 April eager to spend time with his wife and five-month old son at their newly built house just outside of Vienna. But on the way home, he felt something was not right. He began to feel fatigue, his throat scratchy, and that nagging feeling that he could have contracted COVID-19 at his workplace.

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Austria to redesign Hitler's birthplace as police station

VIENNA – Austrian authorities have presented the winning plan to redesign the house where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889, turning it into a police station and trying to make it unattractive as a pilgrimage site for people who glorify the Nazi dictator.

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No preferential access to Themis' potential COVID-19 vaccine: CEO Erich Tauber

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Austrian minister thanks elephant that aided virus guidance

VIENNA – Austria’s economy minister has become the symbolic godmother of a young elephant, in a nod of thanks after the government used a cartoon of the large mammal as a reference to help people put pandemic distancing recommendations into perspective.

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