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Heavy Russian shelling erupts in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv
Kyiv: Heavy shelling by Russian forces has erupted around the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv on Friday evening, according to a CNN report. Social media videos showed fires in the area, and…
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Direct confrontation between NATO and Russia is World War III: Biden
Washington: Russia will pay a severe price for the use of chemical weapons, US President Joe Biden said on Friday, stressing that Washington will not fight Moscow in Ukraine as a direct…
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UK sanctions 386 Russian parliamentarians over Ukraine crisis
London: The UK government on Friday sanctioned 386 members of the Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament, for their support for the Ukrainian breakaway regions of Luhansk and Donetsk as…
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China locks down city amid worst COVID outbreak in two years
Beijing: China on Friday ordered a lockdown of the 9 million residents of the northeastern city of Changchun amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases in the area attributed to the highly…
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EU, UK probing Google and Meta ad tech collusion
London: The European Union and the UK antitrust authorities have launched parallel probes to assess whether an agreement between Google and Meta for online display advertising services may have breached the Union’s…
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Putin preparing terrorist attack on Chernobyl nuclear plant: Ukraine
New Delhi: Ukrainian intelligence has information that the Russian aggressors are preparing a terrorist attack on the “exclusion zone” in Chornobyl and plan to blame Ukraine. Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence officials said,…
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Middle East volunteers ready to assist Russia in Ukraine war
Moscow: During a meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that volunteers from the Middle East, who are ready to assist Russia in Ukraine, need…
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Elon Musk, Grimes secretly welcomed their second baby!
Washington: Singer-songwriter Grimes recently revealed that she has secretly welcomed a baby girl with Elon Musk in December 2021 via surrogate. People Magazine obtained quotes of Grimes’ cover story for Vanity Fair’s…
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List of countries that depend on Russian oil
New Delhi: Ever since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the price of Brent crude oil is on boil. It has recently reached near $140 per barrel. Although the price has cooled down and…
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UN council to meet on Russian claim of US labs in Ukraine
United Nations: The UN Security Council will meet on Friday at Russia’s request to discuss what Moscow claims are “the military biological activities of the US on the territory of Ukraine.” The…
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Ukraine crisis: Chinese Premier Li slams sanctions against Russia
Beijing: China on Friday expressed deep concern over the worsening situation in Ukraine and offered to help play a positive role to restore peace but opposed the US and the EU sanctions…
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Google to send air raid alerts to Android users in Ukraine
New Delhi: Google has initiated air raid alerts for Android users in Ukraine directly on their phones before expected attacks happen near them. At the request, and with the help, of the…
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Oil price rises as UAE quashes hopes of plugging gap in Russian shortfall
New Delhi: Oil prices rose on Thursday amid confusion over whether major producers would help to plug a gap in supplies from Russia, BBC reported. The United Arab Emirates had appeared to…
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COVID-19 pandemic ‘far from over’: WHO
Geneva: The last two years of Covid-19 infection has seen more than 500 million cases and over six million deaths globally, yet the pandemic is “far from over”, warned the World Health…
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Russia hits back with export bans
New Delhi: Russia has hit back at western sanctions for invading Ukraine by imposing export bans on a string of products until the end of 2022, BBC reported. The ban covers exports…
