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BERLIN: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived in Ukraine on Monday ahead of a planned visit to Russia, as part of international efforts to address spiralling tensions between Moscow and the West. "A prerequisite for diplomacy is to understand...
New Delhi: As many as 75 aircraft of Indian defence forces, including Rafale, will fly over the Rajpath as India plans a grand flypast for Republic Day celebrations. "The grandest flypast ever will take place over Rajpath during the Republic Day parade...
TOKYO: Japan will bring forward COVID-19 vaccination booster shots by as much as two months, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday, as the highly transmissible Omicron variant sends infections soaring nationwide. In a policy speech to parliament,...
Islamabad: Pakistan's opposition party has slammed Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government and said the rise in power tariff and petrol prices is the "economic murder" of the people, local media reported on Monday. Ahead of the anti-government...
LONDON: China is likely to increase pressure on Taiwan next year, a prominent British historian and writer said while adding that deterrence is key to withstanding Beijing's military threats. Niall Ferguson, who is a senior fellow at Stanford University's...
NEW DELHI: Russia has demanded for a new security arrangement in Europe, and threatened war if the US and its NATO allies fail to comply. Western analysts are split over interpreting Russian President Vladimir Putin's motives. Some say he is using the...
BEIJING: The municipality of the northern Chinese city of Tianjin is trying to block local community transmission of COVID-19 amid the spread of Omicron, local media reported citing a top Chinese expert. In an interview, Zhang Boli, an academician from...
NEW YORK: The new proposed US sanctions, including against the Russian leadership, may break off all relations between the two countries, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on CNN on Sunday. "Of course, it’s beyond our understanding," Peskov said in...
WASHINGTON: Vice President Kamala Harris stood by the White House’s approach to COVID-19 pandemic response on Thursday, saying the Biden-Harris administration has made progress over the last year and “we have, still, work to do.” While acknowledging that...
WASHINGTON: In the event that the escalation of the conflict continues, the United States is ready to decisively respond to the Russian Federation. The United States announced new diplomatic steps by the United States in negotiations with Russia on the...
BERLIN: The incoming leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Friedrich Merz, has warned against suspending Russia from the international banking payment system SWIFT as a potential punishment for any Russian attack of Ukraine....
BERLIN: In the near future, a sharp increase in the number of people infected with coronavirus is expected in Germany. At the same time, hospitals and medical laboratories will work at the limit of their capabilities. This was stated by the Minister of...