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Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the repatriation of foreign currency and the Russian currency by residents participating in foreign economic activity, the corresponding document was published on the official legal portal.Putin allowed the government commission...

Kyiv: A second French citizen who was engaged in combat operations in Ukraine has died of wounds sustained during an artillery shelling, German radio broadcaster RTL reported on Tuesday.Adrien D., a young man aged 20, joined the so-called...

Colombo: India has the clout to bail Sri Lanka out of the present crisis but Colombo will need $20-25 billion worth of funds in the next three years to put its tottering economy back on some decent footing and...

Hong Kong: Hong Kong's new chief executive John Lee received around HK$11.3 million (US$1.4 million) in donations during his election campaign wherein he was the sole candidate, according to official filings.The Guardian quoted the filings, which were released on...

New Delhi: India recorded 13,086 new Covid-19 cases, taking the tally of active caseload to 1,14,475, as per the Union Health Ministry data on Tuesday.Meanwhile, the total caseload rose to 4,35,18,564, while the death toll rose to 5,25,242...

Moscow: The Russian cosmonauts who had shown their support for their invaded neighbours at the beginning of war on Ukraine with yellow and blue spacesuits have now been pictured on the International Spapce State (ISS) holding the flags of...

Kyiv: Ukraine on Monday claimed to have hoisted its flag over Snake Island following the withdrawal of Russian troops from one of the important territories.Spokeswoman for the military's Southern Command, 1st Captain Natalia Humeniuk said that the Ukrainian Armed...

Moscow: The 12th Chief Directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry on Monday announced the launch of a specialized center for geophysical monitoring, whose main task is to monitor and register nuclear explosions globally."From July 1, in order to strengthen...

Amstelveen (Netherlands): After a spirited show in their FIH Women's World Cup campaign opener against England, India women are aiming for "perfect execution" in the match against China.India will now square off against China in their second Pool B...

Islamabad: The top ministers of the PML-N-led coalition government and senior leaders took on former prime minister Imran Khan for criticising the state institutions and warned they may take him to the Supreme Court of Pakistan through a reference...