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World Bank sees economies reducing dependence on Russia for energy, on China for supply chains

WASHINGTON: World Bank President David Malpass on Wednesday said he expects a “strong effort” by major economies to...

Published 20 Apr, 2022 08:04pm

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Russia defence ministry seeks greater secrecy on military deaths in Ukraine

LONDON: The Russian defence ministry has proposed that relatives of soldiers killed in Ukraine should have to apply...

Published 20 Apr, 2022 05:23pm

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Wimbledon to ban Russian and Belarus players: report

LONDON: Men’s tennis world number two Daniil Medvedev is set to be barred from this year’s Wimbledon Grand Slam...

Published 20 Apr, 2022 03:02pm

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Ukraine gets warplanes as Mariupol officer warns facing ‘last days’

KRAMATORSK: Ukraine received fighter jets to help resist the Russian invasion, as Moscow intensified its offensive...

Published 20 Apr, 2022 09:50am

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Ukraine receives fighter planes, parts to bolster air force: Pentagon

WASHINGTON: Ukraine has received fighter planes and aircraft parts to bolster its air force in the face of Russia’s...

Published 20 Apr, 2022 09:30am

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Mariupol may fall within days, European official says

The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol could fall to Russian forces within days, a European official said on Tuesday,...

Published 19 Apr, 2022 10:02pm

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Russia’s war in Ukraine to blame for worsening global food insecurity: Yellen

WASHINGTON: Russia’s war in Ukraine has worsened the “already dire” food insecurity situation facing the world, with...

Published 19 Apr, 2022 09:08pm

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IMF sees UK growth slowing to weakest in G7 next year

LONDON: British economic growth will slow sharply to the weakest of any major economy next year, the International...

Published 19 Apr, 2022 08:39pm

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Ukraine conflict to test resilience of global financial system: IMF

WASHINGTON: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven up financial stability risks “on several fronts” and will test...

Published 19 Apr, 2022 08:02pm

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Russia needs to prepare as NATO reinforces its borders, TASS reports

A senior Russian official said on Tuesday that NATO’s reinforcement of its borders with Russia was no longer a...

Published 19 Apr, 2022 07:36pm

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Russia says carried out dozens of strikes in eastern Ukraine

MOSCOW: Russia's forces carried out dozens of air strikes in eastern Ukraine overnight after Ukrainian officials ...

Updated 19 Apr, 2022 05:16pm

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UN seeks humanitarian contact group for Ukraine

UNITED NATIONS: UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths announced Monday that he will meet Turkish President Recep...

Published 19 Apr, 2022 09:36am

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Russia unleashes offensive into east Ukraine: Zelensky

NOVODRUZHESK: Russia has launched a major offensive into eastern Ukraine, authorities in Kyiv said, opening a new...

Published 19 Apr, 2022 09:33am

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Russian forces capture Kreminna in east Ukraine: Kyiv

NOVODRUZHESK: Russian troops on Monday captured the east Ukraine town of Kreminna, local authorities said, as Kyiv's...

Published 18 Apr, 2022 08:49pm

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Ukraine shows video of detained Putin ally calling for Mariupol swap

KYIV: Ukraine on Monday aired a video showing Viktor Medvedchuk, a detained pro-Russia tycoon and ally of President...

Updated 18 Apr, 2022 06:29pm

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Ukrainian forces will ‘fight to the end’ in Mariupol: PM

WASHINGTON: Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Sunday that the strategic port city of Mariupol “has not...

Published 17 Apr, 2022 09:59pm

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Another 40,000 Ukrainians flee war: UN

GENEVA: Many of the nearly five million people who have fled Ukraine will not have homes to return to, the United...

Published 17 Apr, 2022 05:51am

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At least two die in Russian attacks across Ukraine: officials

At least two civilians were killed and four wounded in Russian attacks across Ukraine, local officials said early on...

Published 16 Apr, 2022 12:00pm

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Russia warns US of 'consequences' of Ukraine military aid: reports

WASHINGTON: - Russia has formally complained to the United States over its military aid to Ukraine, warning of...

Updated 16 Apr, 2022 02:42pm

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Ukraine says 2,500-3,000 of its troops killed in war, no count of civilian deaths

KYIV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said about 2,500 to 3,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed in seven...

Published 16 Apr, 2022 09:59am

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Russian strikes kill 7, injure 34 in Ukraine’s Kharkiv city

KHARKIV: Russian strikes on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv killed seven people and left another 34 injured,...

Published 15 Apr, 2022 09:19pm

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Russia pledges more strikes on Kyiv after missile attack, says took Mariupol plant

Russia’s defence ministry said on Friday it had struck a military target on the edge of Kyiv overnight with cruise...

Published 15 Apr, 2022 04:35pm

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Ukrainians hang on at Mariupol steel plant

Explosions rumbled and smoke rose this week from a steel making district in besieged Mariupol where dwindling...

Published 15 Apr, 2022 04:17pm

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Ukraine’s 2022 World Cup play-off with Scotland on June 1: FIFA

PARIS: Ukraine’s 2022 World Cup play-off with Scotland rearranged following the Russian invasion will take place on...

Published 14 Apr, 2022 07:35pm

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Russia says blast cripples Black Sea flagship, Ukraine claims missile strike

KYIV/LVIV: Russia said on Thursday the flagship of its Black Sea fleet was seriously damaged and its crew evacuated...

Published 14 Apr, 2022 11:32am

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Poor countries face food, energy, finance crises due to Ukraine war, UN chief says

UNITED NATIONS: Poor countries face economic ruin from simultaneous crises of food, energy and finance due to supply...

Published 13 Apr, 2022 09:42pm

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Scholz irritated by German president’s thwarted Ukraine visit

BERLIN: Germany’s president would have liked to visit Ukraine and the fact that he was not received there was...

Published 13 Apr, 2022 07:44pm

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Macron urges caution after Biden ‘genocide’ claim against Russia

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron declined Wednesday to repeat President Joe Biden’s accusation that Russia...

Published 13 Apr, 2022 02:54pm

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Over 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers surrender in Mariupol: Russia

MOSCOW: Russia’s defence ministry said Wednesday more than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered in...

Published 13 Apr, 2022 01:17pm

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Biden accuses Putin’s forces of ‘genocide’ in Ukraine

DES MOINES: President Joe Biden on Tuesday accused Vladimir Putin’s forces of committing genocide in Ukraine, the...

Published 13 Apr, 2022 09:40am