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In a first, Muslims perform Taraweeh prayer at Times Square in US
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 5 (ANI): In an unprecedented event, hundreds of Muslims broke their fast and offered congregational Taraweeh prayers at New York City's Times Square in the US on the first day of the holy month of Ramzan.
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Wall Street up broadly, tech stocks fired up by Twitter rally after Musk p
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Wall Street's three major equity indexes rose about 1% on the average with shares of Twitter, particularly, outperforming on news that flamboyant tech-entrepreneur and influencer Elon Musk had become the largest shareholder in the microblogging site.<
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UN chief says world continues on 'fast track to climate disaster'
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 5 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that time is running out for countries, corporations and others to adopt critical measures to reverse greenhouse gas emissions, but the crisis can be averted primarily by substituting renewable energy sou
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Oil prices jumps as much as 4pc amid talk of more Russia sanctions
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Oil prices jumped as much as 4%, returning US crude to above $100 per barrel, as more Western sanctions planned for Russia along with news of a hike in Saudi selling prices helped the market rebound from last week's worst sell-off in two years.
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UN says no request received yet from US to remove Russia from Human Rights
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations has received no request from the US to remove Russia from the Human Rights Council, Paulina Kubiak, spokeswoman for the General Assembly president, said on Monday.
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UN chief calls for probe in killing of civilians in Bucha, Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 4 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged on Sunday to conduct an independent probe of the killing of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha near Kyiv.
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Russia requests UN Security Council meet on Kyiv's 'provocation in Bucha'
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 4 (ANI): Russian First Deputy Envoy to UN Dmitry Polyansky said on Sunday that Moscow has requested a UN Security Council meeting for Monday, claiming the "provocation of Ukrainian radicals" in Bucha.
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Ban on girls' education damaging entire Afghanistan, says UN chief
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 3 (ANI): Expressing concern at the Taliban's decision to ban girls' education in Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that this is an unjustifiable violation of equal rights and it will damage the entire country.
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India contributes USD 500,000 to UN Women's core budget
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], April 2 (ANI): India has contributed USD 500,000 to the UN Women, the United Nations agency for gender equality and women empowerment for their core budget.
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Oil sees biggest weekly loss in 2 years, US crude below USD 100 as Biden r
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], April 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Oil markets entered April with their worst weekly loss in two years as the Biden administration announced the largest ever crude reserve release that sent the benchmark US price below the key USD 100-per-barrel support.
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UN Under-Secretary-General to visit Moscow, Kyiv to discuss Ukraine situat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], April 2 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths will visit Moscow on April 3 and then will visit Kyiv to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine and a potential for a ceasefire, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday.
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PingPong Payments enters a partnership with India Sourcing Network (ISN) t
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], April 1 (ANI/PRNewswire): FinTech unicorn (USD 2bn) PingPong Payments, specialists in cross-border payments solutions, has partnered with India Sourcing Network (ISN), to make borderless e-commerce possible by helping Indian sellers receive funds from their international buyer
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