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Modi holds India-UAE summit with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince; trade deal finalised
NEW DELHI: India and the UAE on Friday inked a landmark Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) and unveiled a roadmap for expansion of overall ties at a virtual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh...
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Australia urges China to denounce Russia over Ukraine; Japan expresses ‘grave concern’ over crisis
BEIJING: PM Scott Morrison called Beijing to allow an appropriate response through the UN rather than ‘resisting that being done’ through its membership of the UN Security Council Meanwhile, Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida is set to call his counterpart as Tokyo...
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Afghanistan: Several civilians killed in bomb blast outside Kabul mosque!
PIC: The emergency hospital acknowledged that four people had been taken to hospital after the blast outside the Eidgah mosque Kabul: A bomb targeted the entrance of a mosque in the Afghan capital on Sunday leaving a "number of civilians dead", a Taliban...
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Blinken dials Russian foreign minister, urges to 'deescalate' Ukraine tension; Moscow flags US 'propaganda
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Saturday and told him that diplomatic channels remained "open" to avoid conflict in Ukraine but would require Moscow to "deescalate," the US State Department...
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Flights to Ukraine halted, redirected amid rising fears of Russian invasion
BERLIN: Some airlines have cancelled or diverted flights to Ukraine amid heightened fears that an invasion by Russia is imminent despite intensive weekend talks between the Kremlin and the West. In an hourlong call with Russian President Vladimir Putin,...
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Switzerland's Marco Odermatt wins men's Olympic giant slalom
YANQING, China: Switzerland's Marco Odermatt finally lived up to expectations by holding his nerve in snow and fog to win gold in the men's Olympic giant slalom on Sunday. Odermatt put the disappointment of two underwhelming outings in speed events behind...
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Trench warfare? New Zealand tries to flush out protesters
WELLINGTON: Some countries might send in a riot squad to disperse trespassing protesters. In New Zealand, authorities turned on the sprinklers and Barry Manilow. Initial moves to try and flush out several hundred protesters who have been camped on Parliament’s...
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Turkey’s intelligence thwarts murder of Israeli businessman
ANKARA: Planned hit on Israeli-Turkish businessman Yair Geller reportedly meant to avenge the killing of Iran's top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, as well as sabotage Israel-Turkey relations Turkey's national intelligence organization, MIT, thwarted...
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IAEA chief sees no preconditions for using nuclear weapons in Ukraine conflict.The head of the IAEA spoke about the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine
TOKYO: At the same time, Rafael Grossi pointed out that the five permanent members of the UN Security Council are the only countries officially recognised under international law as possessing nuclear weapons Director General of the International Atomic...
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Sweden declare pandemic over, despite warnings from scientists
Stockholm: Sweden scrapped almost all of its few pandemic restrictions on Wednesday and stopped most testing for Covid-19, even as the pressure on the healthcare systems remained high and some scientists begged for more patience in fighting the disease....
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First group of evacuated Afghan interpreters arrives in US!
Washington:The first group of Afghan interpreters who had worked with US-led coalition forces and feared retaliation from the Taliban that have taken over a large part of the country, arrived in the United States on Friday. About 200 interpreters arrived...
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The results of the negotiations between Putin and Macron: Minsk agreements, conflict with NATO.
MOSCOW: There is no alternative to the Minsk agreements to resolve the situation in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin said after talks with French President Emmanuel Macron. At the same time, the Russian leader did not rule out that Kiev could try to solve the...
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UN Staff Union: 24 peacekeepers, 1 civilian killed in 2021
NEW YORK: UNITED NATIONS: Twenty-four U.N. peacekeepers and one civilian working for the United Nations were killed in deliberate attacks during 2021, according to the United Nations Staff Union. Two of the peacekeepers killed were women, and for the...
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Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar, GL Peiris discuss fishermen issue, energy security of Sri Lanka
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Monday met Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G. L. Peiris in New Delhi and discussed prospects of economic investment initiatives to strengthen the island nation and exchanged views on the fishermen...
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North Korea's new suspected Covid-19 cases close to 20,000
Pyongyang: North Korea's new suspected Covid-19 cases dropped to nearly 20,000, according to its state media on Saturday. More than 20,360 people showed symptoms of fever over a 24-hour period until 6 p.m. the previous day, the official Korean Central...
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Russia bans German broadcaster Deutsche Welle in tit-for-tat move
MOSCOW: The Russian Foreign Ministry announced a ban on German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) on Thursday, effectively ending the organization's work in Russia, closing its Moscow bureau and revoking the accreditation of its journalists. Deutsche Welle...
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Ukrainian army loses over 150 troops in South Donetsk area — Russian Defence Ministry
MOSCOW: Ukraine’s armed forces lost more than 150 troops and an ammunition depot in the South Donetsk direction in the past 24 hours, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported. "In the South Donetsk direction, the units of Battlegroup East inflicted fire damage...
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BTS and Coldplay team up to rock the American Music Awards!
NEW YORK: BTS and Coldplay — two of the biggest groups on Earth — teamed up Sunday for a live and raucous version of their cosmic collaboration 'My Universe' as the American Music Awards celebrated the best popular music for a second pandemic year with...
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US: New Mexico: People don't like large families': Mum-of-11 says never used contraception
New Mexico: A woman, mother of 11, living in New Mexico, is facing the ire of social media users for not using contraception or any other birth control measure. Courtney Rogers has about 29,000 followers on Instagram and is trolled for "giving birth to...
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Sweden officially becomes 32nd member of NATO in Washington ceremony
WASHINGTON: Sweden becomes the 32nd member of NATO with the handover of documents at a ceremony in Washington, turning the page on two centuries of non-alignment following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "Good things come to those who wait," Secretary of...
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Russia no longer has “red lines” regarding France, Medvedev said
MOSCOW: Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said on March 7 that Russia no longer has “red lines” towards France following statements by French leader Emmanuel Macron about Paris’s lack of support for Kyiv. “Macron said that...
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CNN President Jeff Zucker resigns over an ‘undisclosed consensual relationship’ with a colleague
NEW YORK: CNN president Jeff Zucker has stepped down from the network after failing to disclose a “consensual relationship” with a senior executive. According to the reports, the 56-year-old Zucker said that he is resigning from the post effective immediately....
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Putin hails Argentina as one of Russia’s key partners in Latin America
MOSCOW: Argentina is one of Russia’s key partners in Latin America, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference following talks with his Argentine counterpart Alberto Fernandez on Thursday. "I would like to point out that Argentina is...
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Conditions for Putin-Zelensky talks, grain exports: what Lavrov said in Ankara
Ankara: Russia will not use the demining of Ukrainian ports for military purposes and agrees "in one way or another" to formalize appropriate guarantees, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday at a press conference following talks with...
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Whoopi Goldberg suspended from 'The View' over Holocaust remarks
New York: Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from ABC's "The View" for two weeks following her comments on the Holocaust. “Effective immediately, I am suspending Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks for her wrong and hurtful comments. While Whoopi has apologized,...