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Visa-Free Travel Agreement Likely Between Russia And India By 2024-End: Report

May 17, 2024 admin

Pact for visa-free group travel between Russia and India likely by the end of this year. Moscow: Consultations between Russia and India on a bilateral agreement to ease travel will begin in June, a Russian minister has said, adding that Moscow and New Delhi were set to strengthen their tourism ties by launching visa-free group…

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Taiwan’s foreign minister says China and Russia are supporting each other’s ‘expansionism’

May 17, 2024 admin

Russia and China are helping each other expand their territorial reach, and democracies must push back against authoritarian states that threaten their rights and sovereignty, Taiwan’s outgoing foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said in an interview with The Associated Press. His comments came as Russian President Vladimir Putin was on a visit to China amid Russia’s…

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Protests in PoK consequence of Pakistan’s policy of systemic plundering of resources: India

May 17, 2024 admin

Security personnel cordon off a street during a protest by demonstrators of the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on May 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP India on May 17 said the protests witnessed in several parts of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are a “natural…

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Israel insists it is doing all it can to protect civilians in Gaza and denies genocide charges

May 17, 2024 admin

Principal Deputy Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel Tamar Kaplan Tourgman (left) and Legal Adviser at Israeli Embassy to the Netherlands Avgail Frisch Ben Avraham attend a court session in The Hague on May 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Israel strongly denied charges of genocide on May 17, telling the…

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U.K. says it is targeting Russia-North Korea ‘arms-for-oil’ trade with new sanctions

May 17, 2024 admin

Britain said on May 17 it was imposing new sanctions along with its international partners that target Russian and North Korean attempts to contravene or circumvent UN sanctions with its “arms for oil” trade. “The sanctions highlight the joint malign efforts of Russia and the DPRK to circumvent sanctions on petroleum products, which help facilitate…

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Spain blocks arms ship from Chennai to Israel

May 17, 2024 admin

Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares. File | Photo Credit: AP Spain has refused entry to a ship carrying arms from Chennai to Israel to dock at one of its ports, its Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares has said. The Denmark-flagged cargo ship Marianne Danica sailed from Chennai on April 8 and was headed to the port…

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U.K. PM Rishi Sunak, wife Akshata Murty’s fortunes rise in 2024 Rich List

May 17, 2024 admin

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with his wife Akshata Murty. | Photo Credit: AP British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata Murty, who made their debut in the annual ‘Sunday Times Rich List’ two years ago, have moved up the ranks in the 2024 edition released on May 17 thanks to the Murty’s lucrative…

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UK PM Rishi Sunak, Wife Akshata Murty’s Wealth Soars In 2024 Rich List

May 17, 2024 admin

Akshata Murty’s earnings are said to far exceed that of Rishi Sunak. (File) London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata Murty, who made their debut in the annual ‘Sunday Times Rich List’ two years ago, have moved up the ranks in the 2024 edition released on Friday thanks to the Akshata Murty’s lucrative…

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Canadian “Crypto King” Aiden Pleterski Arrested In $29 Million Fraud Case

May 17, 2024 admin

Aiden Pleterski has over 100,000 social media followers. (File) Toronto: A self-proclaimed Canadian “Crypto King” and an associate who received more than C$40 million ($29.4 million) from investors have been arrested and charged with fraud, police said on Wednesday. Aiden Pleterski, 25, was charged with fraud over C$5,000 and laundering the proceeds of crime on…

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Mystery Of How Egyptians Built Pyramids May Have Been Solved

May 17, 2024 admin

A group of researchers has finally found a long-buried 64-kilometre-long river branch of the Nile River. It was hidden under desert and farmland for millennia, according to a study by the University of North Carolina Wilmington. The study added the river branch used to flow alongside the 31 pyramids in Egypt. It also stated that…

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