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China and Russia’s strategic partnership has only grown closer since the invasion of Ukraine. London: China is sending “lethal aid” to Russia for use in its war against Ukraine, Britain’s defence minister Grant Shapps said on Wednesday. “Today I can reveal that we have evidence that Russia and China are collaborating on combat equipment for…
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Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. File | Photo Credit: AP Nikki Haley said on May 22 that she would vote for Donald Trump in the general election, encouraging the presumptive GOP nominee to work hard to win support from those who backed her in the primary. “I will be voting for Trump,” Ms. Haley, Trump’s…
The fall in activity in March follows year-on-year declines of 3.0% in February and 4.1% in January. File | Photo Credit: AP Argentina’s economic activity fell 8.4% in March from a year earlier, the country’s official statistics agency said on May 22, its fifth monthly drop in a row and the steepest fall since 2020….
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Australia has announced the first confirmed case of human bird flu in a child who is believed to have acquired it while in India some weeks ago, according to a media report on Wednesday. The child is no longer unwell. “A child in Victoria has been confirmed as having the first case of bird flu…
Former presidential hopeful Nikki Haley said she will vote for Donald Trump in November’s US election. Washington: Former presidential hopeful Nikki Haley said Wednesday she will vote for Donald Trump in November’s US election, ending months of silence after quitting the contest to choose a Republican to face Joe Biden. The former South Carolina governor,…
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Mid-tier IT firms tend to focus on short-term deals aimed at helping clients cut costs rather than chase large-scale projects. Representational | Photo Credit: REUTERS Mid-tier firms in India’s $254 billion IT sector took market share from industry goliaths in recent quarters as clients curtailed discretionary spending amid inflationary pressures and economic uncertainty, analysts said….
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A Ukrainian soldier walks in position on the front-line near Klishchyivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on March 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Russia said on May 22 that its forces had retaken Klishchiivka, one of a handful of villages on the eastern front that Ukraine took control of in a lacklustre counteroffensive last summer. Russian…
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Karur Vysya Bank MD and CEO B. Ramesh Babu said the bank had opened 39 branches during the current financial year File | Photo Credit: BIJOY GHOSH Private sector Karur Vysya Bank (KVB) has set a target of opening 100 new branches across India in FY25, a top official said on Wednesday. The Tamil Nadu-based…
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China said on May 22 it would impose sanctions on a number of U.S. defence firms and several executives over Washington’s “economic coercion” against Chinese companies and its sales of arms to Taiwan. Beijing has bristled in recent days over the warm ties between Washington and Taipei, where Lai Ching-te was sworn in on Monday…
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A Palestinian woman walks past a house destroyed by an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, on May 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Egypt threatened on May 22 to withdraw as a mediator in Gaza ceasefire negotiations after CNN reported that Egyptian intelligence changed…
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