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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's 9-year sentence appeal rejected

The rejection means Navalny will be sent to a high-security prison, according to the independent news site Mediazona.

Biden praises PM Modi for handling pandemic successfully: Official

The US president contrasted India's success with China's failure to handle the pandemic, though both countries are of comparable size

After 3 months of invasion, Russia still bogged down in Ukraine war

When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, it had hoped to overtake the country in a blitz lasting only days or a few weeks. Many Western analysts thought so, too.

After 3 months of Ukraine war, life in Russia has profoundly changed

When Vladimir Putin announced the invasion of Ukraine, war seemed far away from Russian territory. Yet within days the conflict came home in the form of of sanctions and economic punishment

Starbucks leaving Russian market after McDonald's, shutting 130 stores

Starbucks' stores are owned and operated by Alshaya Group, a Kuwait-based franchise operator

Russian soldier sentenced to life in Ukraine's first war crimes trial

Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin pleaded guilty to shooting a Ukrainian civilian in the head in a village in the northeastern Sumy region in the early days of the war

'They ruined everything': Civilians fleeing the devastation in Ukraine

Russia has apparently made slow grinding moves forward against Ukrainian troops in the eastern industrial Donbas area in recent days

At Davos forum, Ukrainian MPs call for greater sanctions on Russia

As the war in Ukraine emerges as the biggest talking point at the WEF, a group of women parliamentarians from the war-hit country has called for greater sanctions on Russia

Ukraine rules out giving Russia land in ceasefire deal, says report

Recent calls for an immediate ceasefire have come from US

Ukraine war, economic uncertainty delays Nayara Energy stake sale plan

"With the war, the chances of a Western company buying a stake in Nayara looks difficult. They may have to look for Indian equity partners," said a banker.

Unexpected, but also unacceptable

Russian invasion's multi-dimensional impact, and India's meek acceptance of the damage done to its economy

Russia says 963 Americans are banned from entering, adds 26 new Canadians

The largely symbolic travel bans form part of a downward spiral in Russia's relations with the West since its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine

Putin's war in Ukraine ends decades of Russian money, influence at Davos

Vladimir Putin during day one of the World Economic Forum in Davos, 2009. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Russia advances in Ukraine's Donbas as Mariupol steelworks siege ends

The last Ukrainian forces holed up in Mariupol's smashed Azovstal steelworks surrendered on Friday, Russia's defense ministry said

Ukraine gets 2nd tranche of $634 mn from EU financial assistance programme

Ukraine has received the second tranche of 600 million euros (634 million U.S. dollars) of the European Union's (EU's) emergency macro-financial assistance program, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry said

Clearing landmines from Ukraine scattered in war to take 5-7 yrs: Official

The work on clearing the territory of Ukraine from the landmines scattered during the conflict with Russia would take between five and seven years, a senior Ukrainian official said

Russia claims to have taken full control of steel plant in Mariupol

Russia's defense chief says the country's forces have taken full control of the steel plant in Mariupol that was the last stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in the city.

Russia continues to attack Lysychansk, other eastern cities of Ukraine

Russian forces on Friday continued attacking the cities of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk in Ukraine's eastern region of Luhansk to try to cut the area off from the rest of Ukraine

Ukraine's hidden weapon

Baykar claims 93 per cent of TB2 components are sourced within Turkey, and the company has invested copiously to upgrade software and communications, learning from every battlefield experience

Small exporters feel the pain as Indian rupee slides to an all-time low

Weaker currency makes some customers to demand benefits or discounts, rue exporters