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London: The United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) have reached a new post-Brexit trade arrangement for Northern Ireland, British media reported on Monday.It came as UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met the European Commission President Ursula von...

Beijing: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Monday that Beijing maintains contacts with all parties to the Ukraine conflict in view of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s intention to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.On Friday, Zelenskyy expressed...

Moscow:The number of countries wishing to join the BRICS group of countries and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has witnessed a sharp increase in recent years, currently reaching up to 20, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday."It...

Wellington:Kane Williamson raced past teammate Ross Taylor to become New Zealand's leading Test run-scorer of all time.Williamson went past Taylor's total of 7,683 Test runs in trademark style early on the fourth day of New Zealand's ongoing second Test...

Washington:Twitter has laid off at least another 200 employees on Saturday evening, The New York Times reported citing sources familiar with the matter.According to the newspaper, the 200 employees, who were fired, represented about 10% of the roughly 2,000...

Washington: Twitter CEO Elon Musk has said that Ukraine "indeed" saw a coup d'etat in 2014 after the change of government in Kiev."That election was arguably dodgy, but no question that there was indeed a coup," Musk tweeted.In 2013,...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that the struggle for a multipolar world, where everyone's interests in the international arena are respected, would prevail."And in the end, this position — the fight for a multipolar world, for respect...

Warsaw: Russia has halted oil supplies to Poland via the Druzhba pipeline, Poland's leading oil and gas conglomerate PKN Orlen said Saturday.The company said it is fully prepared for such a situation and that deliveries to its refinery can...

Buenos Aires: Heavy rains, flooding and landslides in Brazil’s state of Sao Paulo have resulted in nearly 60 deaths, Brazilian media report.On Friday, Brazilian media reported that the death toll stood at 54, with 53 of the fatalities registered...

Paris:French President Emmanuel Macron said that he would go to China in early April to discuss the Ukrainian crisis and urge Beijing to put pressure on Moscow on the back of a newly-released Chinese peace plan for Ukraine."I think...