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- World
Xi Jinping expresses readiness to help settle Ukraine crisis
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday expressed his readiness to play a “constructive role” to help settle the Ukraine crisis, according to Chinese state-TV. In a telephonic conversation with his Russian…
- World
Ukrainian troops stockpile heavy weapons in schools across DPR
Kyiv: As the Russian invasion of Ukrainian soil continues, the troops have been amassing heavy weapons and setting up firing bases in schools across the Donetsk People’s Republic, including in Slovyansk, Pokrovsk,…
- Technology
IBM begins closing business, laying off staff in Russia: CEO Arvind Krishna
New York: IBM has started an “orderly wind-down” of its business and laying off the workforce in Russia with its Indian-origin CEO Arvind Krishna saying the global IT giant will continue to…
- Business
World Bank cuts India’s economic growth forecast to 7.5 pc for FY23
Washington: The World Bank on Tuesday cut India’s economic growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7.5 per cent as rising inflation, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions taper recovery. This is…
- World
Russia puts more strength behind ”creeping” Ukraine advance
Kyiv: Reinforced Russian troops backed by airstrikes pummeled a portion of eastern Ukraine on Saturday, blowing up bridges and shelling apartment buildings as they fought to capture two cities that would put…
- World
Region not fully under Russia’s control: Ukraine’s eastern regional head
Kyiv: The situation in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region “remains difficult because the Russian army is trying to break through our defence line from all directions”, regional head Serhiy Haidai has said, media reports…
- World
Russia floats new foreign debt payment system
Moscow: Russia says it may use an arrangement similar to that used for payments for its gas supplies to pay its dollar-denominated foreign debts. The Vedomosti business daily on Monday quoted Finance…
- World
US not providing Ukraine with long-range rocket systems: Biden
Washington: The US will not provide Ukraine with long-range rocket systems capable of hitting targets inside Russia, President Joe Biden said, despite pleas from the war-torn nation for the supply of advanced…
- World
Ukraine foreign minister urges global leaders to “kill Russian exports”
Davos: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Wednesday rejected the idea that Ukraine should give up territory for Russian President Vladimir Putin to save face and urged the global leaders to “kill…
- Business
Crude oil price at USD 110/barrel not sustainable, says Hardeep Singh Puri
Davos: India’s Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday told the World Economic Forum that crude oil price of USD 110 a barrel was not sustainable, even as he courted the world’s…
- World
Quad summit: Divergent views on Ukraine crisis visible
Tokyo: Divergent views among the Quad leaders over the Ukraine crisis were visible at a summit of the grouping on Tuesday even as US President Joe Biden said Russia’s “brutal and unprovoked”…
- World
Topless woman protests Ukraine sexual violence on Cannes red carpet
Los Angeles: A woman protesting against sexual violence in Ukraine was removed from the Cannes Film Festival red carpet during the world premiere of George Miller’s ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’. Video…
- World
Zelensky accuses Moscow of ‘attempting to kill as many Ukrainians as possible’
Kiev: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces have ‘completely destroyed’ Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region and accused Moscow of trying to ‘increase pressure’ with ‘brutal’ and ‘senseless’ bombardments, the media reported. The…
- World
BRICS foreign ministers support talks between Russia & Ukraine
New Delhi: The sharp increases in costs of energy, food and commodities due to the “knock-on” effects of the Ukraine conflict must be mitigated to help the developing countries, External Affairs Minister…
- Middle East
No shortage in supply of grain in Saudi Arabia, Oman
The authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Oman assured their citizens that there is no crisis in the grain supplies in the country, amidst the Russian-Ukrainian war. The deputy governor…
