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Modi stopped Russia-Ukraine war for 3 hrs to evacuate Indians: Ravi Shankar
Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had managed to stop the Russia-Ukraine war for three hours to provide a safe passage to Indian medical students stuck in the conflict zone, former union law…
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Russia’s war in Ukraine completes 100 days
Kiev: Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine completed 100 days on Friday, with Moscow’s forces now in control of 20 per cent of Ukrainian territory. On the eve of the anniversary, Ukraine’s President…
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EU publishes sixth package of Russian sanctions in official journal
Moscow: The European Union published information about the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, which includes the oil embargo and the SWIFT ban of Sberbank, in its official journal on Friday. The…
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Ukrainian forces repel 5 Russian attacks in Donbas
Kiev: The Ukrainian Joint Forces Task Force has said that it repelled five Russian attacks in Donbas and are continuing to fight in the separatist eastern region. In a social media post late…
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Zelensky accuses Russia of abducting Ukrainian children
Ukrainian president Volodyomyr Zelensky on Wednesday accused Russia of abducting around 200,000 Ukrainian children. Lvyv regional governor Maksym Kozytskyy claimed that five people were injured in a recent missile attack on the…
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Moscow warns of risk of direct conflict with US
Moscow: Washingtons arming of Ukraine with heavier weapons increases the risk of direct US-Russia confrontation regardless of American statements that they want to mitigate this risk, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov…
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Russia to halt gas supplies to companies of Denmark, Germany
Moscow: Russian energy giant Gazprom has said it would no longer supply gas to Denmark’s largest energy company Orsted and will halt deliveries to Germany under the Shell Energy Europe contract. Orsted…
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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…
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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…
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Russia’s Lavrov denies Putin is ill
Moscow: Russia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday denied reports that President Vladimir Putin has fallen ill, media reports said. Unconfirmed reports persist that Putin, who is turning 70 this year,…
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Actively supports Russia’s move to expand BRICS bloc, says China
Beijing: China, which is holding the rotating Presidency of BRICS bloc this year, said on Friday that it actively supports the expansion of the five-member group, a day after Russian Foreign Minister…
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China poses most serious long-term challenge to international order, says Blinken
Washington: Even as the US has united the rest of the world against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China poses the most serious long-term challenge to the international order, Secretary of State Antony…
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Russia masking invasion policies with humanitarian propaganda: Study
London: Russia is reinventing decades-old propaganda based on supposed humanitarian principles to justify its invasion of Ukraine, according to an analysis by a Russia-NATO expert. Published in the peer-reviewed journal The International…
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UNSC fails to pass N.Korea resolution amid China, Russia opposition
Seoul: The UN Security Council (UNSC) has failed to pass a resolution to impose additional sanctions on North Korea for its recent missile tests due to opposition by China and Russia. Thirteen members…
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Ukrainian, German Foreign Ministers discuss heavy weapon supplies
Kiev: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said that he had discussed the supplies of heavy weapons to Ukraine with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. “We need more heavy weapons delivered as soon…
