India to weigh Russia’s offer on Sakhalin-1 oil project
Reuters :India maintains a “healthy dialogue” with Russia and will look at what is offered following an announced ownership revamp to the Sakhalin-1 oil and...
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Sri Lanka to keep ‘middle-income’ status, seek concessional loans
Reuters :Sri Lanka will remain a middle-income country but request the World Bank to grant it some loans generally offered to poorer nations, the president’s...
G7 leaders, Ukraine president to hold talks amid new Russia blitz
International Desk :The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are set to hold urgent talks to discuss support...
Venezuela floods kill 25 after heavy rains
Reuters :At least 25 people died and 52 were missing after five small rivers in central Venezuela flooded due to heavy rains, Citizen Security Vice...
Explosions rock Kyiv after Putin accuses Ukraine of attack on bridge
Reuters :Massive explosions shook the Ukrainian capital and other cities during the morning rush hour on Monday in apparent Russian revenge strikes after President Vladimir...
76 people killed in Nigeria boat accident
AFP :Almost everyone on board a boat died when it capsized in a flood-swollen river in Nigeria’s Anambra state, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Sunday.An...
Mulayam Singh Yadav, Veteran Politician, Dies At 82
NDTV :Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party founder and three-time Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, died this morning after weeks in hospital. He was 82.The Samajwadi Party...
18 dead as late monsoon brings more misery to north India
AFP :Incessant rain lashed parts of northern India on Monday forcing schools to close in several cities as an unusually late rainy season prolonged havoc...
Malaysia PM calls for snap elections
AFP :Malaysia’s prime minister dissolved parliament on Monday to clear the way for snap elections in a bid to restore political stability as the country...
No ‘indications’ of Russian nuclear use despite Biden warning: W. House
BSS/AFP :The United States sees no sign of Russian preparations to use a nuclear weapon in the near future, the White House said on Friday...
Seven killed in Ireland petrol station blast: Police
BSS/AFP :Seven people have been killed in an explosion at a petrol station in County Donegal in Ireland’s northwest, police said on Saturday. mThe Garda...
Nobel prize will give us ‘strength’, says Ukraine NGO head
Al Jazeera :The head of the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL), a Kyiv-based human rights organisation that was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on...