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G7 countries to provide $19.8 billion in aid to crisis-hit Ukraine

The International Monetary Fund will be assisting with the package, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, the host of the meeting, told reporters.

G7 calls on Opec to play key role to ease global energy supplies

Opec and its allies, a group known as Opec+, has so far rebuffed Western calls for a faster increase in oil production to lower surging prices

Tajikistan taps Iran to counter terror radiating from Afghanistan

The threat of terror from Afghanistan and Russian-Ukrainian conflict is driving new geo-political in Central Asia. Nothing exemplifies it more than the recent Iran-Tajikistan reproachment

G7 leaders to provide Ukraine more resources to defend Kyiv: Ukrainian FM

Amid the growing tensions between Moscow and Kyiv, Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, held a meeting with G7 Foreign Ministers to discuss new painful sanctions to stop Putin's war

G7 leaders to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine on March 24 in Brussels

Germany announced that the Group of Seven (G7) nations will discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine at a summit in Brussels on March 24.

EU announces additional $220 mn aid for Ukraine amid humanitarian crisis

Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission has announced another 205 million euros ($220 million) in aid for the war-ravaged country to abate the soaring humanitarian crisis

Foreign companies will regret leaving Russia, says Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin says foreign companies that have left Russia will regret their decision. In today's conditions, when someone jumped off somewhere, left, chose to stop some activity here, they will regret it, he declared at a meeting with young entrepreneurs in Moscow. They will regret it, not because we threaten anyone, Putin continued. They will regret it because Russia is a country with great potential, really. Putin also appeared to claim that the exodus of foreign firms from Russia was evidence of US domination over other Western states and economies. Many regret that they have to leave. This is all a manifestation of the internal state of these countries that cannot make sovereign decisions, he added. He then reiterated that Russia is a sovereign country that should be looking to the future.

War causing severe cost-of-living crisis no country can escape: UN

An FAO index of food prices surged to a record earlier this year as Russia's invasion of Ukraine curtails shipments from one of the world's biggest suppliers of vegetable oils and grains

Ukraine war has thrown up fuel, food and fertiliser crisis: EAM Jaishankar

The agreement, said Jaishankar, has really opened up huge possibilities for Bangladesh and for India's northeastern states

Ukraine's Zelensky imposes sanctions on Putin and top Russian officials

The sanctioned officials included Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, veteran Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.

IMF hopes to mobilise as much funding as possible to help Ukraine

The Kyiv School of Economics estimated in late May that the physical infrastructure damage already exceeded $105 billion

Live: Ukraine says troops hold on in eastern city, advance in south

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Millions could starve due to Russia's blockade of Ukrainian ports: Zelensky

Millions of people may starve if the Russian blockade of the Black Sea continues," he said

Russia unwilling to negotiate, feels it is too strong to talk: Zelenskky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is unwilling to negotiate an end to the war because it still feels strong

Ukrainian forces carry out over 1,100 airstrikes against Russian targets

Since Moscow launched its ongoing invasion of Kiev on February 24, the Ukrainian Air Force has carried out more than 1,100 strikes against Russian targets

UN chief Guterres warns of global chaos as result of Ukraine conflict

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the Ukraine conflict may trigger social and economic chaos around the world

Fears of global food crisis grow as Russia's war in Ukraine continues

Ukrainian and Russian forces battled fiercely for control of a key eastern city, while fears of a global food crisis escalated as millions of tons of grain pile up inside the besieged countr

Canada imposes fresh sanctions on Russia's oil, gas, chemical industries

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has announced that Canada is imposing new sanctions on Russian oil, gas and chemical industries

Russia pushes Ukraine forces to key city's outskirts after fierce assault

Russia has concentrated its troops and firepower on the small eastern city in recent weeks to secure the surrounding province on behalf of separatist proxies

OECD slashes growth outlook, but sees limited stagflation risk

Says world economy to grow 3% this year, much less than the 4.5% expected earlier