G7 REJECTS RUSSIA’S DEMAND FOR GAS, OIL PAYMENTS IN RUBLES

Mon 28 March 2022: The G7 group of the world’s major economic powers on Monday rejected Russia’s demand that they should pay their gas and oil purchases with rubles. “This is not acceptable and we ask the companies concerned not to comply with Russian President Putin’s request,” German Economy Minister Robert Habeck told reporters in […]

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PREPARE TO SWITCH TO RUBLES FOR NATURAL GAS EXPORTS BY MARCH 31, PUTIN

Mon 28 March 2022: The Russian president on Monday instructed the government, central bank, and Gazprom company to switch to rubles by March 31 the payments for the deliveries of gas to “unfriendly countries.” President Vladimir Putin also called for a report on the implementation of the assignment on March 31, a statement on the […]

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MARIUPOL MAYOR PLEADS FOR ALL CIVILIANS TO BE EVACUATED, SAYS 160,000 PEOPLE TRAPPED

Mon 28 March 2022: Around 160,000 civilians are trapped in Mauripol, the mayor of the besieged Ukrainian city said on Monday. “Unfortunately, there are still a lot of people in Mariupol. The figure is over 100,000. According to our estimates, around 160,000 civilians are in the city,” Vadym Boychenko said on local television. He described […]

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ISRAEL: ISLAMIC STATE GROUP CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR HADERA ATTACK THAT KILLED TWO

Mon 28 March 2022: The Islamic state group claimed the Hadera attack that killed two Israeli police officers less than a week after the Beer Sheva attack committed by a sympathizer of the same group, Reuters reported. The two assailants in Hadera, a city about 50 km (30 miles) north of Tel Aviv, were Arab […]

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FM LAVROV HOPE TO HAVE SUCCESSFUL RESULTS FROM RUSSIA-UKRAINE TALKS IN TURKEY

Mon 28 March 2022: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that peace talks between Russia and Ukraine will restart in Istanbul on Monday or Tuesday, with the hope to have successful results. In a phone chat with Lavrov late Sunday, Foreign Minister Mevlüt avuşolu addressed the current events and the situation in Ukraine. Meanwhile, a […]

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INVESTMENTS GOOD FOR JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH – PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA

Mon 28 March 2022: President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his weekly newsletter that government is encouraged by the diversity and extent of the investment commitments made at the 4th South Africa Investment Conference (SAIC). Last week, the country held its fourth SAIC as part of government’s ambitious drive to raise R1.2 trillion in new investment […]

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‘WRITTEN THREAT’: PM IMRAN KHAN SEES ‘FOREIGN HAND’ BEHIND EFFORTS TO TOPPLE HIS GOVERNMENT

Sun 27 March 2022: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday revealed that “foreign elements” are involved in the attempts to topple his government and said, “some of our own people” are being used in this regard.  The premier was speaking during one of the “biggest” rallies in his party’s history at the Parade Ground in Islamabad […]

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FRENCH FAR RIGHT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LE PEN HECKLED BY PROTESTERS IN GUADELOUPE

Sun 27 March 2022: Marine Le Pen, a far-right presidential contender, was heckled by demonstrators in the French overseas region of Guadeloupe, who poured into a hotel where she was recording a television program, according to BFM TV. Protesters chanted “out Le Pen” and “racist Le Pen” as they surrounded the candidate as she was […]

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ISRAEL APPROVES 5 NEW SETTLEMENTS IN NEGEV DESERT

Local residents Preparing for the immortal Land Day activities in the village of Al-Araqib in the Negev (March 26) – FILE PHOTO:  ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sun 27 March 2022: The Israeli government will approve the creation of five new settlements in the Negev desert despite protests from the Arab Bedouin population inhabiting the territory and the Palestinian […]

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