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Washington: Former US President Donald Trump said it is necessary for Russia and Ukraine to start immediate negotiations, otherwise the crisis may turn into World War III and cause global destruction."And now we have a war between Russia and...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to strengthen measures for protecting transport crossing through the Kerch Strait, the power grid connecting Crimea and the main gas pipeline to the peninsula.Putin on Saturday authorized the Russian Federal Security...

Moscow: The Russian troops have successfully repelled all attacks in the Kupyansk combat direction in the Kharkiv region and eliminated a total of over 220 Ukrainian fighters, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday."The enemy, using the forces of...

Washington: The US Department of Commerce added 31 Chinese companies and entities to its "unverified" export control list in what could be a first step toward adding them to its economic blacklist, according to a federal registry notice.The notice...

Tokyo: Japanese automaker Toyota issued an apology on Friday to over 296,000 customers who use its T-connect smartphone app as their personal data may have been leaked."Toyota Motor Corporation discovered that the email addresses and customer numbers of 296,019...

Brussels:  The European Union (EU) adopted a new package of sanctions aimed at stepping up and reinforcing restrictive measures against Russia, the Council of the EU said in a statement.The eighth round of EU sanctions came in response to...

Colombo: China has given away scholarships amounting to Rs 4.3 million to 82 students of Jaffna University.The Island newspaper reported on Friday that Chinese ambassador Qi Zhenhong handed over the money to University Vice Chancellor Professor S Srisatkunarajah in...

Washington: The risk of a nuclear "Armageddon" is at its highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, US President Joe Biden has said.Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin was "not joking" when he spoke of using tactical nuclear...

Colombo: A Brisbane-based company that invented a smartphone app it says can diagnose Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses by listening to someone cough has been purchased by Pfizer for nearly $180 million.ResApp Health Ltd uses diagnostic technology developed by...

Moscow: SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk said on Thursday that despite most of Ukraine's regions wanting to remain Ukrainian the eastern regions prefer Russia.Musk made the statement on Twitter in response to a comment by US Senator Lindsey...