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UK imposes toughest’ new sanctions against Russia
London: Britain on Wednesday announced what it described as a “significant ratcheting up” of sanctions on Russia, including a full asset freeze on the country’s largest bank Sberbank and end to all…
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US chipmaker Intel suspends all operations in Russia
San Francisco: Chipmaker Intel on Wednesday said it has suspended all business operations in Russia, a month after announcing to stop shipments to customers in Russia and Belarus in the wake of…
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Pope Francis kisses Ukrainian flag from Bucha
Vatican City: Pope Francis has kissed a battered Ukrainian flag that was brought to him from the Ukrainian city of Bucha and called again for an end to the war. Francis welcomed…
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Zelenskyy at the UN accuses Russian military of war crimes
Bucha (Ukraine): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the Russians of gruesome atrocities in Ukraine and told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that those responsible should immediately be brought up on war…
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Russian media campaign dismisses Bucha deaths as fakes
Washington: As gruesome videos and photos of bodies emerge from the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, Kremlin-backed media are denouncing them as an elaborate hoax a narrative that journalists in Ukraine have shown…
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Russia faces global outrage over bodies in Ukraine’s streets
Bucha: Moscow faced global revulsion and accusations of war crimes Monday after the Russian pullout from the outskirts of Kyiv revealed streets strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians, some…
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Ukraine accuses Russia of massacre, city strewn with bodies
Bucha: Bodies with bound hands, close-range gunshot wounds and signs of torture lay scattered in a city on the outskirts of Kyiv after Russian soldiers withdrew from the area. Ukrainian authorities accused…
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Twitter limits reach for Russian govt accounts
San Francisco: In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Twitter has announced not to amplify or recommend government accounts in countries – starting with Russia – that limit access to free information…
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SL Prez revokes Emergency Law with doubt of defeat in Parliament
Colombo: With a majority support in doubt in Parliament, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Tuesday late night revoked the state of Emergency which he had imposed amid violent street protests demanding him to quit.…
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Blinken, Jaishankar talk over phone, review bilateral ties and Ukraine situation
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar over the phone to review regional and global priorities, including the latest developments in Ukraine, a State…
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NATO FMs to discuss additional assistance to Ukraine on April 6-7: Stoltenberg
Brussels: The foreign ministers of NATO member states will discuss additional assistance to Ukraine at a meeting on April 6-7, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday. “Allies are determined to provide…
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Elon Musk gets fierce competition as Amazon enters space internet biz
Seattle: Elon Musk is set to get fierce competition in the affordable satellite-based internet market as Amazon on Tuesday announced the biggest rocket deal in the commercial space industry’s history, signing a…
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PIA bars its captains and first officers from observing fast during Ramzan
Lahore: Pakistan’s national flag carrier PIA has barred its captains and first officers from observing fast in the ongoing Islamic holy month of Ramzan. The Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) order has come…
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Pakistani rupee plummets to all-time low against USD
Islamabad: The Pakistani rupee on Tuesday plummeted to an all-time low against the US dollar, trading at 185.40 PKR in the interbank market during intraday trading, up 1.31 PKR from 184.09 on…
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US sought to punish disobedient Imran Khan: Russia
Islamabad: Russia has lambasted “another attempt of shameless interference” by the US in the internal affairs of Pakistan, adding that it sought to punish a “disobedient” Imran Khan, a media report said.…
