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May 13, 2024 12:31 PM

Putin removes long-term ally Sergei Shoigu as defence minister

Russian President Vladimir Putin tapped a civilian economist as his surprise new defence minister on Sunday in an attempt to gird Russia for economic war by trying to better utilise the defence budget and harness greater innovation to win in Ukraine....

May 12, 2024 3:55 PM

Switzerland wins Eurovision Song Contest amid Gaza protests

Switzerland on Saturday won the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Swedish host city Malmo, beating runner-up Croatia, after having been among bookmakers' top-three to win the competition. Billed as a feel-good celebration of European diversity, this...

May 12, 2024 1:47 PM

Fierce fighting rages in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region as Russia touts gains

Fierce fighting raged into a second day on the fringes of Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region on Saturday as Moscow said it had captured five villages, while Kyiv said it was repulsing the attacks and battling for control of the settlements. Russi...

May 10, 2024 6:09 PM

India, Moldova sign agreement for visa waiver on diplomatic and official passports

India and Moldova on Friday signed an agreement allowing holders of diplomatic and official passports from either country to travel to the other without requiring a visa. "This Agreement will add further momentum to the friendly and cordial relation...

May 10, 2024 1:47 PM

Jaishankar expresses confidence in India-EU partnership growing further

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar expressed confidence that the partnership between India and the European Union (EU) will continue to grow in the times ahead, emphasizing the consequential nature of their ties not only for the two sides but als...

May 9, 2024 4:17 PM

Putin warns of global clash as Russia marks victory in World War Two

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Thursday of risking a global conflict and said no one would be allowed to threaten the world's biggest nuclear power as Russia marked the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. ...

July 19, 2024 6:25 PM

Vietnam postpones EU meeting ahead of possible Putin visit

Vietnam's foreign affairs ministry has raised eyebrows in the European Union by delaying a scheduled meeting with the bloc's top official on Russian sanctions. The postponement comes as rumors circulate about a potential visit to Hanoi by Russian Pre...

May 8, 2024 10:31 AM

AstraZeneca withdraws Covid vaccine globally, cites commercial reasons: Report

The pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine is being withdrawn worldwide after the company acknowledged, for the first time in court documents, that it can cause a rare and dangerous side effect, according to a report in the British newsp...

May 8, 2024 9:50 AM

Hottest April on record, as climate change drives 11-month streak

The world just experienced its hottest April on record, extending an 11-month streak in which each month was the hottest recorded month on record, said the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) in a monthly bulletin. Scientists ha...

May 7, 2024 5:22 PM

Russia’s Vladimir Putin sworn in as president for a fifth term

President Vladimir Putin was sworn in for a new six-year term on Tuesday (May 7) at a Kremlin ceremony that was boycotted by the United States and a number of other Western countries due to Russia's war in Ukraine. Putin, in power as president or ...

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