BEIJING: China does not want to be impacted by Western economic sanctions on Russia, state media reported today, as pressure grows on Beijing to withdraw support from an isolated Moscow. Beijing has refused to condemn its close ally Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, while blaming the United States and […]
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JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo took a camping trip to the country’s future capital, he said on social media today, posing for photographs in a forest at the site of the new city. The country is preparing to move its capital from overcrowded Jakarta to Nusantara, in a megaproject that […]
SEOUL: US forces stationed in South Korea said today they have enhanced the intensity of exercises for their Patriot missile air defence system amid signs that North Korea might soon conduct another long-range missile test. Tension on the Korean Peninsula has been growing amid speculation North Korea could test its […]
KYIV: Russian strikes hit civilian targets in central Ukraine’s Dnipro city today, as Moscow’s troops edged closer to Kyiv, where officials said the capital was being transformed into a “fortress”. Hundreds of thousands of civilians remained trapped and under fire in Ukrainian cities, including besieged Mariupol, after the first talks […]
SEOUL: The party of outgoing South Korea President Moon Jae-in scrambled to regroup today as its leadership resigned in en masse after its devastating election defeat, but still holds enough seats to potentially thwart the new president’s agenda. Conservative opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol, a former prosecutor-general and political novice, won […]
The United States has condemned reports that Moscow may seize the assets of businesses which have stopped operating in Russia over the invasion of Ukraine. White House press secretary Jen Psaki warned that such a move will result in “more economic pain”. Her comments come as the US Congress passed […]
LONDON: One month after escaping the Premier League’s bottom three for the first time all season, Newcastle United could move 10 points clear of the drop zone with victory at Southampton tomorrow. It is an astonishing transformation under Eddie Howe, so much so that Newcastle’s form over the last eight […]
“My heart goes to all the women bracing the horror of war, protecting their children, caring for the wounded, sacrificing for their countries, their communities, their families,” Georgieva said. The war in Ukraine has worsened a difficult period for women, who have seen major economic and social setbacks prompted by […]
Volunteers handed out 100,000 flowers to Moscow’s female residents, including bouquets of tulips to female drivers of buses and trams, the RIA Novosti agency reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked female military personnel and healthcare workers in a video message on International Women’s Day, Tass news agency reported on Tuesday. […]
TikTok and Netflix are suspending their services in the country. Facebook has been blocked. Twitter has been partially blocked and YouTube’s future is in doubt. Even as President Vladimir Putin tightened his grip on Russian society over the past 22 years, small pockets of independent information and political expression remained […]