Tue 14 March 2023: Ukraine will stick to the terms of an agreement it signed last year on a 120-day extension of the Black Sea grain export initiative, a senior Ukrainian government official said on Tuesday. “We will follow the agreement strictly,” the official, who declined to be named, told Reuters. Russia‘s TASS news agency cited Russian […]
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Tue 14 March 2023: China is planning to host an unprecedented summit attended by senior officials from Iran and its six Arab neighbours of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), according to the Wall Street Journal. The summit would take place in Beijing later this year, after Iran and Saudi Arabia have completed the process of […]
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Sharp lead pellets fired by Indian security forces from pellet gun, had hit12-year-old Moin Mushtaq. The pellets destroyed his right eye beyond repair (2 October 2016). Tue 14 March 2023: Rights group says a global Torture-Free Trade treaty is urgently needed to regulate the trade in policing equipment. Police misuse of rubber bullets and other […]
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Mon 13 March 2023: After the collapse of two large banks in less than a week, President Joe Biden gave Americans the reassurance that the US banking system and depositors are “safe” on Monday. “Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe. Your deposits will be there when you need them,” he told […]
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AlUla Old Town in Saudi Arabia is recognised as one of the Best Tourism Villages by the UN World Tourism Organisation Mon 13 March 2023: Saudi Arabia has rejected visa applications for members of an Israeli delegation invited to attend the UN World Tourism Organisation conference in Al-Ula, Bloomberg has reported. Israeli settlers from Kafr Kanna in Galilee […]
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Mon 13 March 2023: The deputy foreign ministers of Russia, Türkiye, Syria and Iran will meet in Moscow next week as part of the normalization process between Türkiye and Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday. “A proposal came from Russia to hold a meeting at the technical level in preparation for a possible […]
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Mon 13 March 2023: Countries in Europe have sharply increased their imports of major weapons in response to tensions with Russia, a prominent think tank has said, with Ukraine emerging as the world’s third-largest arms importer following Moscow’s invasion last year. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in a new report on Monday, said […]
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Mon 13 March 2023: Former Minister and BJP MLA K.S. Eshwarappa has stirred a fresh controversy in Karnataka by stating that “does Allah listen only if the Azaan prayers are played on loudspeakers”. Speaking at a rally organised as part of the Vijay Sankalp Yatra on Sunday, Eshwarappa said, “Will Allah listen only if the […]
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Mon 13 March 2023: Chinese President Xi Jinping is planning to visit Russia as soon as next week, the news agency Reuters reported on Monday (March 13) quoting people familiar with the matter. The development comes as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war continues to escalate over the eastern city of Bakhmut. The visit would be would […]
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Michelle Yeoh attends the Governors Ball after her historic win at the Oscars on Sunday Mon 13 March 2023: It was a night of historic wins at the 95th annual Academy Awards, taking place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. On Sunday, two films quickly emerged as dominant forces in the race to pick […]
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