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'Do not delay': Zelensky asks EU leaders for quick membership

He appealed to the EU leaders, who had gathered on Thursday in Brussels, to move quickly on Ukraine's application to join the bloc

Russia says Pentagon directly involved in bioweapon development in Ukraine

The US Department of Defense was directly involved in developing biological weapon components in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry has said.

Ukraine war: US President Joe Biden says he wants Russia out of the G20

President Joe Biden says that he wants Russia out of the G-20. Biden made the comments during a press conference Thursday in Brussels following a series of urgent NATO meetings on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The G-20, or Group of Twenty, is an intergovernmental forum of 19 countries and the European Union that works on major global issues. He said he raised the issue Thursday with other world leaders. Biden said that he would prefer Russia is removed from the group, but should Indonesia or other nations disagree, he would ask that Ukraine leaders be allowed in for conversations. Biden and Western allies on Thursday pledged new sanctions and humanitarian aid in response to the continued assault in Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

India abstains 6th, 7th time in UN vote on Ukraine crisis resolution

Keeping up its streak of abstentions on Ukraine-related resolutions at the UN, India on Thursday abstained in rapid succession for the sixth and seventh time at the General Assembly

UNGA blames Russia for Ukraine humanitarian crisis, urges ceasefire

The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution Thursday blaming Russia for humanitarian crisis in Ukraine

Russian tycoons now $8.3-billion richer as stock trading resumes

Scores of Russian billionaires got sanctioned by the EU and the UK after the Kremlin started its war against Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine war, Covid in China to push up prices of white goods

The last of the five-part series looks at why durables companies are planning to raise prices by up to 15%

Commodity price rise may affect India's economic recovery, says S&P

Due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, India may face higher expenditure on items that the government subsidises, particularly food and fertiliser, if these markets are upended for an extended period.

Oil slides near 2% as European Union fails to boycott Russian crude

Without an EU embargo of Russian oil, Commerzbank analyst Carsten Fritsch said sanctions were unlikely to have a major impact on the oil market

Civilian casualties to economic loss: One month of Russia-Ukraine war

Tens of thousands have lost their lives while millions have been displaced

LIVE: Biden says he thinks Russia should be removed from G-20

Biden also said if countries such as Indonesia and others do not agree with removing Russia, then in his view, Ukraine should be allowed to attend the meetings

Nato boosts forces on Eastern front after Ukraine claims chemical attack

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also accused Russia of deploying phosphorus weapons

Ukraine crisis: India abstains from vote on Russia's UNSC draft resolution

India abstained in the UN Security Council on a vote on a draft resolution by Russia on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine on Wednesday. Permanent and veto-welding Council member Russia had called for a vote in the 15-nation Security Council on its draft resolution that demands that civilians, including humanitarian personnel and persons in vulnerable situations, including women and children are fully protected, calls for negotiated ceasefire for enabling safe, rapid, voluntary and unhindered evacuation of civilians, and underscores the need for the parties concerned to agree on humanitarian pauses to this end." Russia and China voted in favour of the resolution while India was among 13 countries who abstained. India had previously abstained on two occasions in the Security Council and once in the General Assembly on resolutions on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla is visiting the United Nations and addressed a Security Council briefing on ...

UN General Assembly again overwhelmingly isolates Russia over Ukraine

The resolution adopted on Thursday, which was drafted by Ukraine and allies, received 140 votes in favor and five votes against while 38 countries, including China, abstained

Russian stock market, crushed by war, opens with big limits

Outside Russia, the reopening of stock trading on the Moscow Exchange has little impact, including on the vast majority of US investors' portfolios, said Leanna Devinney with Fidelity Investments

European Union agrees on Russia sanctions so far, but energy divides

Unlike the US, they have so far spared Russian fossil fuels, highlighting the EU's reliance on the country's oil, natural gas and coal to keep homes warm and the wheels of industry turning

West pledges more Ukraine aid, but not all Volodymyr Zelensky seeks

Zelensky, while thankful for their help, made clear to the Western allies he needed far more than they're currently willing to give

After Russia's cultural boycott

Russia's Ukraine invasion has triggered some interesting boycotts though

Ukraine accuses Moscow of forcibly taking civilians to Russia

Millions of people in Ukraine have made their way out of the country, some pushed to the limit after trying to stay and cope

Half of Ukraine's children now displaced by Russia's invasion, says UN

The United Nations children's agency says half of the country's children, or 4.3 million of an estimated 7.5 million, have now fled their homes