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Pelosi visits Kyiv, meets with Ukraine president 01 May 2022 - 09:41 am

U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has met with Ukraine’s president during a visit to the country’s embattled capital, Kyiv....

Britain says Russia eyes long-term control of Ukraine's Kherson 01 May 2022 - 09:19 am

Russia probably aims to exert strong political and economic influence on Ukraine's southern region of Kherson in the long term, after ruling out...

UK PM told Zelenskiy he is more committed than ever to reinforcing Ukraine: Johnson's office 30 Apr 2022 - 09:55 pm

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday that he was more committed than ever to reinforcing Ukraine, a...

Russia says it hit 17 Ukrainian facilities, killed more than 200 troops 30 Apr 2022 - 08:54 pm

Russia's armed forces said they had hit 17 Ukrainian military facilities with high-precision missiles on Saturday and also destroyed a command post and...

Lavrov says sanctions being discussed with Ukraine, Kyiv denies it 30 Apr 2022 - 07:45 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said the lifting of sanctions imposed on Russia is part of peace talks with Ukraine, but senior...

Turkey announces withdrawal from NATO exercises in Greece 30 Apr 2022 - 06:16 pm

Turkey: Turkey announced its apology for participating in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) maneuvers scheduled to be hosted by Greece next month....

Former tennis champion Becker jailed in UK bankruptcy case 30 Apr 2022 - 02:48 pm

London: German tennis great Boris Becker was jailed for two years and six months by a London court on Friday for hiding hundreds...

White House correspondents dinner returns, with Biden headlining 30 Apr 2022 - 02:47 pm

Washington: USPresident Joe Biden will resume a Washington tradition of speaking at the White House Correspondents Association dinner on Saturday night, the first...

Ukraine says Russia pounding Donbas, failing to take targets 30 Apr 2022 - 02:23 pm

Kyiv: Russian forces pounded Ukraine's eastern Donbas region on Saturday but failed to capture three target areas, Ukraine's military said, while Moscow said...

Saudi Crown Prince meets Pakistani Prime Minister 30 Apr 2022 - 01:59 pm

Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia HH Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz met...

France gears up for May Day protests, in first test for newly reelected Macron 30 Apr 2022 - 01:09 pm

Like quite a few on the left, 60-year-old nurse assistant Isabelle-Touria Boumhi says backing either Emmanuel Macron or Marine Le Pen in France's...

India seizes heroin-soaked yarn worth $58 mln 30 Apr 2022 - 11:50 am

Ahmedabad: Indian authorities seized 90 kg (198 lbs) of drugs worth $58 million from a port in the western state of Gujarat, a...

Child Hepatitis cases rise in UK amid worldwide outbreak 30 Apr 2022 - 11:38 am

The UK Health Security Agency has identified 34 confirmedHepatitiscases in children since Monday, bringing the total number to 145 amid a series of...

CDC casts doubt on Covid causing kids’ mysterious liver disease 30 Apr 2022 - 11:33 am

UShealth officials cast doubt on Covid-19 as a potential cause of severeHepatitisthat’s been seen in dozens of previously healthy children around the world,...

Wives of Mariupol defenders appeal for soldiers' evacuation 30 Apr 2022 - 10:58 am

Two Ukrainian women whose husbands are defending a besieged steel plant in the southern city of Mariupol are calling for any evacuation of...

Poland's PGNiG says gas flowing to Novatek customers cut off earlier 30 Apr 2022 - 10:47 am

Warsaw: Poland's biggest gas company PGNiG said on Saturday morning that it had started delivering gas to 10 different towns and region across...

UN chief to make West Africa trip to Senegal, Niger, Nigeria 30 Apr 2022 - 10:38 am

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is heading to West Africa on Saturday to join Muslims marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan...

Shanghai marks key COVID milestone, Beijing sits on edge 30 Apr 2022 - 10:35 am

Shanghai/Beijing: Shanghai said on Saturday it had detected no new daily COVID-19 cases outside quarantine areas, marking a key milestone in its battle...