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India to witness 1.3 per cent lower GDP growth due to Ukraine war: Senior World Bank official

WASHINGTON: Russia's war in Ukraine is likely to result in a significant 1.3 per cent lower GDP growth for India and 2.3 percentage point lower income growth, a top World…

admin April 13, 2022

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Imran Khan’s PTI decides to resign from National Assembly

ISLAMABAD: Ahead of the election of a new Prime Minister in the National Assembly, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided to resign from the assembly. This development comes after Imran Khan…

admin April 11, 2022

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Biden first US president to make the fight against corruption a national security priority

BENGALURU: Joe Biden has become the first US president to establish combating corruption as a core US national security priority via his June 3 National Security Study Memorandum (NSSM) on…

admin April 7, 2022

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy to brief UN Security Council on alleged massacres

BUCHA: Ukraine's president planned to address the U.N.'s most powerful body on Tuesday after even more grisly evidence emerged of civilian massacres in areas that Russian forces recently left. Western…

admin April 5, 2022

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Ukrainian YouTube brothers reach out to Japanese to end war

TOKYO: Starting out with funny videos and chat over Mario Kart racing games, two Ukrainian brothers have added a somber tone to their YouTube channel popular with young Japanese with…

admin March 31, 2022

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Ukraine war EXPLAINER | What would paying for natural gas in rubles mean?

BERLIN: Europe's already high gas prices have gyrated since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to have importers pay for Russian natural gas in rubles instead of dollars and euros.…

admin March 29, 2022

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Israel to host top Arab diplomats during Blinken’s visit

JERUSALEM: Israel said Friday it would host the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Bahrain during U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit early next week, in…

admin March 25, 2022

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Rishi Sunak to set out UK’s Spring Budget amid high inflation

LONDON: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is set to table the UK's Spring Statement, or the country's one of two annual fiscal statements, on Wednesday amid high inflation and…

admin March 23, 2022

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India in talks to buy discounted Russian crude oil

NEW DELHI: India is exploring options for buying Russian crude oil, authorities said Tuesday, with prices there plunging to record lows in the wake of a global backlash to the…

admin March 15, 2022

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Putin approves bringing ‘volunteer’ fighters from the Middle East, elsewhere to join Russia’s Ukraine offensive

NEW YORK: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered that so-called volunteer fighters should be brought into Ukraine. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Russia knew of “more than 16,000 applications” from…

admin March 11, 2022

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Pakistan PM Imran Khan lashes out against opposition

NEW DELHI: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan delivered an unsparing speech, at a public coordination campaign in Vehari district's Mailsi tehsil, addressing the Opposition on the planned no-confidence motion against…

admin March 8, 2022

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China’s Xi criticises sanctions on Russia

BEIJING: China says President Xi Jinping has criticised sanctions imposed on Russia over its war against Ukraine as "harmful to all sides," in a video summit with French President Emmanuel…

admin March 8, 2022