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8 hours ago | AFP/PTI
Ukraine President Zelenskyy slams West as Russia intensifies attack
Lugansk regional governor Sergiy Gaiday described fighting outside of the industrial city of Severodonetsk, a key military goal for Russia, as "very difficult"
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11-May-2022 | AFP/PTI
European Central Bank rate hike can come as soon as July, says Lagarde
The ECB should end its stimulus bond-buying scheme "early in the third quarter", Lagarde said in a speech in Ljubljana
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08-May-2022 | AFP
Evil has returned: Volodymyr Zelenskyy on World War II anniversary
"Decades after World War II, darkness has returned to Ukraine, and it has become black and white again," Zelenskyy said in a video address
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21-Mar-2022 | AFP | PTI
One of Europe's biggest steel works damaged in Ukraine's Mariupol
Azovstal is part of the Metinvest group, which is controlled by Ukraine's richest man, Rinat Akhmetov
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30-Jan-2022 | AFP
Ukraine crisis: Britain preps big troop deployment in Europe
Boris Johnson said the deployment would send a clear message to Kremlin
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27-Jan-2022 | AFP
UK PM chose pets over people during Afghan evacuation, says email
The issue involving a British animal charity fuelled questions about Johnson's truthfulness
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09-Jan-2022 | AFP
See you soon: Colombian man dies publicly under new euthanasia policy
60-year-old Escobar celebrated what he called victory in his two-year battle with a lung ailment
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19-Mar-2021 | AFP | PTI
Takes one to know one, says Vladimir Putin on Joe Biden's 'killer' claim
Putin ruled out severing ties with the United States altogether and lobbed a jab at the 78-year-old US leader
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27-Jan-2021 | AFP | PTI
Five or six doses? Controversy over Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine vials
The difficulty in obtaining that sixth dose in practice means many countries are at loggerheads with Pfizer and facing a drop in supply.
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13-Jan-2021 | AFP | PTI
Won't achieve 'herd immunity in 2021' despite Covid-19 vaccines: WHO
Infections numbers are surging around the world, especially in Europe where nations have been forced to ramp up virus restrictions even as vaccines are rolled out
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27-Nov-2020 | AFP | PTI
US Treasury extends TikTok sale deadline to December 4, says report
US President Donald Trump's administration has expressed national security concerns over the app, claiming it could be used for Chinese espionage and threatening to ban it
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26-Nov-2020 | AFP | PTI
Judge wants three Cabinet ministers probed over Beirut blast: Report
The government resigned in the wake of the explosion, but has remained in a caretaker capacity as talks drag on to form a new one.
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21-Nov-2020 | AFP | PTI
China's aviation regulator maintains ban on Boeing 737 MAX flights
Boeing's best-selling aircraft was grounded worldwide early last year following two crashes that killed 346 passengers.
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17-Nov-2020 | AFP
Vaccine alone will not be enough to end Covid-19 pandemic, says WHO chief
'A vaccine will complement the other tools we have, not replace them,' director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said
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28-Oct-2020 | AFP | PTI
In a first pre-election win for Trump, Senate votes Amy Barrett to SC
The Senate voted 52-48 to confirm the 48-year-old judge - with GOP Senator from Maine, Susan Collins, joining Democrats to vote against the nomination
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26-Oct-2020 | AFP | PTI
Pakistan PM Imran Khan accuses French President Macron of 'attacking Islam'
Khan's comments follow statements Macron made last week after a French teacher was beheaded near Paris after he had shown cartoons of the Prophet during a class he was leading on free speech
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28-Sep-2020 | AFP | PTI
Former Audi boss Rupert Stadler to stand trial for 'dieselgate' scam
Stadler, 57, faces charges of "fraud, falsifying certifications and false advertising" according to an indictment to be read out before the Munich district court
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23-Sep-2020 | AFP | PTI
Nasa lays out $28 billion plan to return astronauts to the moon in 2024
The $28 billion would cover the budgetary years of 2021-25
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23-Sep-2020 | AFP | PTI
Julian Assange says he hears voices in prison, says psychiatrist
Michael Kopelman, a psychiatrist who has interviewed Assange around 20 times, said the former hacker would be a "very high" suicide risk if he were extradited to the US
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11-Sep-2020 | AFP | PTI
Coronavirus can directly invade your brain, reveals new US study
The research is still preliminary - but offers several new lines of evidence to support what was previously a largely untested theory
