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Donetsk(Ukraine): Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine are staging so-called "referendums" on whether to join Russia, as Moscow pushes ahead with an apparent bid to annex territory from its neighbor.Voting begins on Friday in four regions of Ukraine in which...

New Delhi: India has registered 5,383 new Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry said on Friday.According to the bulletin issued by the Health Ministry, the total caseload rose to 4,45,58,425 while the death toll rose to 5,28,449 as 20...

Tel Aviv: UK Prime Minister Liz Truss is envisaging moving the British embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid tweeted on Thursday."I thank my good friend, British Prime Minister Liz Truss, who announced...

United Nations: A Chinese envoy has rejected accusations by the US, Britain, and the European Union that China commits human rights abuses against its ethnic minorities.China's permanent representative to the UN Zhang Jun called the accusations unfounded on Wednesday.Zhang...

New York: A New York civil lawsuit accusing the Trump family of ‘staggering’ fraud could derail Donald Trump's 2024presidential bid, experts say.The former US president’s legal perils have become insurmountable and could snuff out his hopes of an election-winning...

Kyiv: Ukraine is celebrating a prisoner exchange that saw more than 200 prisoners of war released by Russia.They include more than a hundred members of the Azov Battalion, hailed as heroes for mounting resistance at a steelworks in Mariupol,...

Beijing: A group of Chinese scientists has developed a face mask that can detect viral exposure within 10-minute after contact with an infected person.The team designed a small sensor carrying three types of synthetic molecules that can simultaneously...

New Delhi: India recorded 5,443 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally of active caseload to 46,342 as per the Health Ministry data on Thursday.As many as 14 fresh fatalities were reported, taking the toll to 5,28,429.A total...

Moscow: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has announced “partial mobilisation” in Russia “to defend the motherland, its sovereignty and territorial integrity, the security of our people”.He says this concerns “only citizens in the military reserve, those who’ve served in the...

Moscow: The partial mobilisation of military reservists ordered by Russian President is a sign of "weakness", the US Ambassador in Ukraine Bridget Brink said amid a clear threat issued by Vladimir Putin to the West."Sham referenda and mobilisation are...