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Russian Health Watchdog Detects Omicron Subvariant BA.4

Moscow [Russia], June 12 (ANI/Sputnik): A more contagious subvariant of the COVID-19 Omicron strain has slipped into Russia, a senior official at the national consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said.

2022-06-12T01:40:39.190706+00:00 IST

Face-off between developed, developing countries imminent at WTO

Geneva [Switzerland], June 12 (ANI): The stage is all set for a face-off between the developing and developed countries at the 12th World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in the Swiss town of Geneva.

2022-06-12T00:14:01.745362+00:00 IST

Ukrainian troops stockpile heavy weapons in schools across DPR

Kyiv [Ukraine], June 11 (ANI): As the Russian invasion of Ukrainian soil continues, the troops have been amassing heavy weapons and setting up firing bases in schools across the Donetsk People's Republic, including in Slovyansk, Pokrovsk, Kostyantynivka, and Privolye, Sputnik reported, quoting a senior Russian official said on Saturday.

2022-06-11T23:46:26.968060+00:00 IST

Queue chaos at Stockholm airport as people rush to travel

Stockholm [Sweden], June 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Inbound traffic to the main international airport of the Swedish capital was diverted on Saturday as the main terminal was overcrowded with massive queues at the security gates.

2022-06-11T19:57:16.384537+00:00 IST

Ukraine crisis: Finland to send more military equipment

Helsinki [Finland], June 12 (ANI): Ambitions to join North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Finland announce on Friday that it would be sending more military equipment to Ukraine as the military bloc considered the country's application to join the alliance.

2022-06-11T19:35:37.175311+00:00 IST

300-400 Ukrainian troops trapped at Azot chemical plant

Severodonetsk [Ukraine], June 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Some 300-400 Ukrainian troops are blocked on the territory of the Severodonetsk Azot Association chemical plant, Rodion Miroshnik, the ambassador of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) to Russia said on Saturday.

2022-06-11T17:00:18.763524+00:00 IST

British defense chief pledges to provide military aid for Ukraine

London [UK], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has pledged to continue providing military aid for Kyiv while meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart here, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said Saturday.

2022-06-11T16:41:50.149860+00:00 IST

Helicopter crash kills 7 in Italy

Rome [Italy], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Italian authorities said Saturday that a helicopter that disappeared from air traffic radar screens on Thursday was located and all seven on board were killed.

2022-06-11T16:21:16.821278+00:00 IST

First Russian passports handed out to Ukrainians: Report

Moscow [Russia], June 11 (ANI): Authorities in the Russian-occupied city of Kherson in southern Ukraine have handed out Russian passports to local residents for the first time, according to an international news channel.

2022-06-11T13:20:42.370021+00:00 IST

Russia holds Baltic drills amid NATO exercises

Moscow [Russia], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Russian warships are conducting drills in the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is holding exercises in the same region.

2022-06-11T00:33:02.287426+00:00 IST

Intense fighting continues in Ukraine's Severodonetsk

Kyiv [Ukraine], June 10 (ANI): Fierce fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces continued on Thursday in Severodonetsk.

2022-06-10T07:28:16.999364+00:00 IST

Zelensky to attend NATO summit in Madrid

Kyiv [Ukraine], June 10 (ANI): North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Deputy Secretary-General Mircea Joane has confirmed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been invited to the alliance's summit in Madrid.

2022-06-10T01:33:44.609726+00:00 IST

EU announces additional 205 million euros aid for Ukraine

Brussels [Belgium], June 10 (ANI): Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission has announced another 205 million euros (USD 220 million) in aid for the war-ravaged country to abate the soaring humanitarian crisis, CNN reported.

2022-06-09T20:49:39.510333+00:00 IST

Zelenskyy signs decree on personal sanctions against Putin

Moscow [Russia], June 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree enacting the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on the application of personal sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

2022-06-09T18:16:21.364340+00:00 IST

Wildfire in southern Spain forces evacuation of 3,000

Madrid [Spain], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): A wildfire that started on Wednesday afternoon has forced the evacuation of around 3,000 people near the tourist resorts of Marbella and Estepona in the popular Costa del Sol area on the south coast of Spain, local emergency services have said.

2022-06-09T18:03:13.000443+00:00 IST

Lebanese president vows to work on border demarcation talks

Beirut [Lebanon], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Lebanese President Michel Aoun vowed on Thursday to continue working on the maritime border demarcation issue in the hopes of achieving favourable outcomes during his scheduled talks with the US mediator, Lebanon's Presidency said in a statement.

2022-06-09T17:35:06.218163+00:00 IST

Uyghur group hails recognition of China's human rights violations

Munich [Germany], June 9 (ANI): World Uyghur Congress (WUC) applauds the passing of a resolution in the European Parliament on Thursday by an overwhelming majority, which recognises that the Chinese government's systemic human rights violations against the Uyghur people in East Turkistan "amount to crimes against humanity and a serious risk of genocide".

2022-06-09T16:39:31.598041+00:00 IST

Greece's inflation hits 29-yr record in May

Athens [Greece], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Greece's annual inflation rate jumped to 11.3 per cent in May this year, reaching a 29-year record for the country.

2022-06-09T13:50:58.647899+00:00 IST

'Overwhelming commitment to recognise 'Kashmiri genocide'

London [UK], June 9 (ANI): Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri on Thursday said he received an overwhelming commitment from UK lawmakers to recognise the "Kashmiri Hindu genocide", during his visit to the British Parliament.

2022-06-09T10:32:43.190005+00:00 IST

Chinese loans to Africa tend to decline during times of crisis

Brussels [Belgium], June 9 (ANI): The Chinese loans to Africa tend to decline during times of crisis and the loan commitment dipped in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2022-06-09T05:04:15.249712+00:00 IST

Fraudulent claims cost 527 million euros to EU in 2021: OLAF

Brussels [Belgium], June 9 (ANI): In 2021, a total of 527.4 million euros (564 million US dollars) in European Union (EU) funds were used fraudulently, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) said in its annual report published on Wednesday, Xinhua reported.

2022-06-09T01:39:35.237618+00:00 IST