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Oil prices jump amid growing supply concerns
New York: Oil prices jumped on Monday as reports that the European Union (EU) is considering a ban on Russian energy stoked fears about crude supply. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for…
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IPCC considers report on Mitigation of Climate Change
New Delhi: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III Report on Mitigation of Climate Change opened a virtual meeting on Monday to discuss the report that would be released on…
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US recognizes genocide against Rohingya in Myanmar
Washington: The United States has formally determined that the Myanmar military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State. “I have determined that members of the Burmese…
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Ukrainian frontline medic claims Russian prisoners of war will be castrated
Moscow: Russian soldiers captured by a Ukrainian volunteer medic unit will all be castrated, its founder and commander declared on Ukraine’s national television. The combat medic, whose volunteer team has been described…
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Musk reportedly headed to Berlin for Gigafactory inauguration
San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk appears to be headed to Berlin from Texas, Twitter user @ElonJet, who tracks the movements of Musk’s private jet said in a tweet on Monday. Tracking…
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Biological weapons in Ukraine have impact on certain ethnic groups: Roscosmos DG
Moscow: Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Russian space agency Roscosmos, claimed that the alleged biological weapons being developed in Ukraine “have an impact on the female reproductive system and the immunity of…
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Plane carrying 133 people on board crashes in China
Beijing: A China Eastern flight, carrying 133 people on board, crashed on Monday in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, according to emergency officials. The Boeing 737 aircraft crashed in Tengxian County in…
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Former Afghan finance minister now drives Uber in Washington
Washington: Khalid Payenda, who was once Afghanistan’s finance minister, now makes a living in Washington as an Uber driver. A week before the Taliban seized Kabul, Payenda had resigned from his position…
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US official: Biden fortified Saudi’s Patriot missile supply
Washington: The US has transferred a significant number of Patriot antimissile interceptors to Saudi Arabia in recent weeks as the Biden administration looks to ease what has been a point of tension…
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Failure of talks with Putin would mean a 3rd World War: Zelensky
Kiev: As Moscow has continued its invasion of Kiev, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he is ready for negotiations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, but warned that if the talks fail,…
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Russia fires Kalibr cruise missiles to destroy Ukraine facility
Moscow: The Russian Defence Ministry said that the Russian armed forces with Kalibr missiles destroyed workshops for the repair of damaged Ukrainian armoured vehicles. “In the evening of March 19 and in…
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Now, Germans told to eat less meat to ‘fight Putin’
Moscow: German Agriculture Minister Cem Ozdemir suggested that the Germans eat less meat and refrain from wasting food in order to contribute to the fight against Russia, which, according to him, is…
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Tesla named ‘most trusted’ brand developing fully-autonomous vehicles
San Francisco: Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle company Tesla was recently named the “most-trusted” brand in the pursuit of fully-autonomous vehicles, according to a new study. The study surveyed consumer perception regarding fully-autonomous vehicle…
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Ukraine crisis: School in Mariupol bombed, Casualties unknown
City council of Mariupol, the besieged Ukrainian port city, have said on Sunday that Russian forces have bombed an art school. The council said the building was destroyed and there were victims…
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Ghanaian footballer Thomas Partey embraces Islam
Ghanaian Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has converted to Islam, a UK-based sports journalist reported on Friday. Connor Humm took to Twitter on Partey’s conversion to Islam with a photo of the Partey holding…
