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UK unveils new sanctions targeting Russia’s ally Belarus
Britain announced Thursday new sanctions against Belarus, its latest punishment for the eastern European country’s support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and suppression of anti-government activists.
London said the new curbs would hit…
Russia, Oman sign agreement to avoid double taxation
Russia and Oman have signed an agreement to avoid double taxation, Russia’s finance ministry said on Thursday, describing the move as an important step in deepening economic ties between the two countries.
“In 2022, the volume of mutual…
37 Chinese warplanes cross into Taiwan’s defense zone
More than 30 Chinese warplanes entered Taiwan’s air defense zone over the course of about six hours, the island’s defense ministry said Thursday, a sharp ramp-up in single-day incursions by China’s military.
China claims self-ruled…
Bangladesh shuts schools, cuts power in longest heat wave in decades
Bangladesh has shut thousands of schools as it struggles through its lengthiest heat wave in half a century, with widespread power cuts only compounding locals’ misery.
Temperatures in the South Asian nation’s capital of Dhaka have…
Erdogan proposes destroyed dam probe in Zelensky call
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday proposed, in a call with his Ukrainian counterpart, creating an international commission to probe the destruction of a major dam in southern Ukraine, his office reported.
Moscow and Kyiv have…
Marcos to strengthen ties with countries hosting Filipino workers
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced on Wednesday his administration would foster stronger ties with countries that host overseas Filipinos to ensure their safety and welfare.
Nearly 2 million migrant workers are key…
Company ‘blocks’ employees from leaving office
Coding Ninjas, a Gurugram-based edtech institute, has issued clarification on a recent incident that saw its employees being ‘locked’ inside the office so that they cannot exit ‘without permission.’
In a series of tweets on Saturday, the…
Ukraine evacuates thousands after key dam destroyed
An attack on a major Russian-held dam in southern Ukraine on Tuesday unleashed a torrent of water that flooded a small city and two dozen villages and forced the evacuation of 17,000 people, sparking fears of a humanitarian disaster.…
No sanctions on Israel for its occupation and annexation of Golan
While Japan and G7 partners apply severe sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine and changing the status quo by military force, they have expressed no interest in equally applying sanctions on Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories…
EU’s Borrell says Russia takes aggression to new level with dam blast
Russia has taken its aggression against Ukraine to a new level with the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam in the south of Ukraine, the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Tuesday.
“Russia’s attacks against Ukrainian…