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Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday slashed global growth forecast for 2022 to 3.6 percent amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, 0.8 percentage point lower than the January projection, according to its newly released World Economic Outlook (WEO) report....

Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday submitted to the parliament a bill to further extend martial law in the country, the parliament press service said in a statement.If lawmakers pass the bill, according to a report released...

Washington: Billionaire businessman Elon Musk declared on Monday that he will not take a penny in salary if appointed to Twitter's board of directors, unofficially sweetening his takeover bid for the remaining stake in the company that he said...

Kyiv: At least six people were killed and eight others wounded on Monday in missile strikes on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, said Maksym Kozytsky, head of the Lviv regional military-civilian administration.Russian troops have launched four missile...

Brussels: The European Union (EU) is allocating a further 50 million euros (about 54.03 US dollars) of humanitarian aid to people affected by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a EU statement.Some 45 million euros (about 48.63 dollars)...

Moscow: The Russian military destroyed an ammunition factory near the village of Brovary in Kyiv with high-precision air-launched missiles, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Sunday."During the night, an ammunition factory near the village of Brovary,...

Yangon: Myanmar reopened the Yangon International Airport on Sunday, more than two years after the country suspended all commercial flights due to the Covid-19 pandemic.An airport official told Xinhua that a flight of Singapore Airlines that arrived at...

Washington: SpaceX successfully launched one of its Falcon 9 carrier rockets with a US intelligence satellite on board on Sunday, broadcasting the launch live.The launch took place at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:13 am...

Moscow: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is calling on EU countries to supply Ukraine with more weapons as soon as possible, amid Russia's ongoing special military operation."For all member states, those who can, should deliver ...

Moscow: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who recently expressed his alleged readiness to discuss the Crimean issue and Ukraine's refusal to join NATO with Russia, actually wants to buy time by turning to NATO for military assistance, the chairman of the Russian...