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Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin would be undergoing cancer surgery and temporarily hand over power to hardline former federal police chief, according to a latest report.Putin will transfer control of Russia's government to Nikolai Patrushev, head of...

London: The UK Defence Ministry on Tuesday claimed that Russia's military is "now significantly weaker, both materially and conceptually", as a result of its invasion of Ukraine.The UK government said that the Russia's defence budget got almost two-fold...

Dakar, Senegal: The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has aggravated the food, energy and finance crisis in Africa, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.During a joint press conference with Senegalese President Macky Sall, Guterres, on Sunday evening, said...

Kathmandu: Believe it or not but an elopement by a young woman has led to mass marriage of all young women in a small place in Nepal.In a clear case how patriarchy ruins lives, this incident happened in...

Kyiv: Ukraine's Mariupol City Council has claimed that the Russians have killed two times higher civilians in the city in two months than the German Nazis did in two years during World War II, the media reported on Sunday....

New Delhi: The prices of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) commercial cylinders were increased by Rs 102.50 on Sunday.According to the price notification of Indian Oil Corporation, a 19-kg LPG cylinder will now cost Rs 2355.50 in New Delhi....

Kyiv: US Speaker Nancy Pelosi met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday to send an “unmistakable and resounding message” to the entire world that “America stands firmly with Ukraine”."Our delegation traveled to Kyiv to send an unmistakable and...

Kyiv: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia is doing everything it can to destroy "any life" in the Donbas region in the east.Zelensky, in his nightly address, accused Russia of constant strikes at infrastructure and residential areas...

Amsterdam: The Dutch government said on Friday it would send a forensic team to Ukraine to gather evidence of war crimes allegedly committed at various locations near the capital of Kyiv."The forensic investigative team will start work in...

Washington: The US economy shrank at an annual rate of 1.4 per cent in the first quarter as effects of the Omicron surge start to show up, the US Commerce Department reported Thursday.The latest data marks the US...