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Russian Foreign Minister to visit India from March 31 to April 1
New Delhi: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay an official visit to New Delhi from March 31 to April 1, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Wednesday. This visit…
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Mobile users in US get spam texts from own numbers amid Russian threat
San Francisco: In a bizarre incident, thousands of mobile users in the US received spam texts from their own phone numbers, and leading telecom carrier Verizon Wireless now say there are “bad…
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Russia vows to scale back operatios near Kyiv as talks progress
Kyiv: Russia announced Tuesday it will significantly scale back military operations near Ukraine’s capital and a northern city, as the outlines of a possible deal to end the grinding war came into view…
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Pak: Imran Khan orders PTI members not to attend no-confidence motion
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday has directed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members of the National Assembly not to participate in the no-confidence motion either by abstaining from voting or not attending…
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War threatens food security in Russia and beyond
Dallas: Its invasion of Ukraine has imperilled Russia’s plans for increased grain yields and higher-value exports. Since 2014 Russia has pursued two primary goals in its food policy. Domestically, it has strived…
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Ukraine invited to join NATO Foreign Ministers meet next week
Brussels: Ukraine has been invited to join NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting set to take place next week, according to a statement from the military alliance headquartered in Brussels. A meeting of the…
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Chinese firms look to cash in on Western exodus from Russia
Moscow: Chinese small and medium-sized companies are exploring opportunities in the Russian market that have become available with the exit of many Western firms, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday.…
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Russia has described Istanbul talks as ‘constructive’
Istanbul: Russia has agreed to meet Kiev half-way and will allow a meeting of its leaders to be held on the same day that the final version of a peace treaty is…
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Russia would not supply gas to Europe for free
Moscow: Russia does not intend to engage in charity and export gas to Europe for free, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said while commenting on statements by representatives of Western countries that they…
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Zelensky, Ukrainian oligarchs doing business in Russia during conflict: Report
Moscow: Against the backdrop of ongoing hostilities in Ukraine, calls for foreign businesses to leave the Russian market do not subside. Ukrainian oligarchs and big businessmen publicly declare that they have no…
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Sri Lanka-India ink MoUs for defence, economic, education, religious cooperation
Colombo: Tightening the defence, economic, education, religious and cultural ties, multiple agreements were inked on the first day of Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to Sri Lanka. Meeting the three…
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Chechnya says leader Ramzan Kadyrov is in Mariupol
Kiev: Two top officials in Chechnya have claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has promoted Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov to the rank of a Lieutenant General and he is currently in the…
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China imposes two-phase COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai
Beijing: Amid the new COVID-19 outbreak in the country, the Chinese city of Shanghai is going into a two-phase lockdown starting on Monday. This comes after Shanghai has seen a surge in…
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US: Minneapolis city legalises Azaan on speaker
Minneapolis: The Muslim call to prayer, known as Azaan has now been legalized in one of the major cities in the United States of America (USA). Minneapolis city in Minnesota state has…
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US: Nearly 30K children contracted COVID in the past week
Los Angeles: Nearly 30,000 child Covid-19 cases have been reported across the US in the past week, according to the latest report published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the…
