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US basketball player Brittney Griner sentence in Russia 'unacceptable': Bi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 4 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Thursday called a Russian court's decision to sentence US women's basketball player Brittney Griner to nine years in prison on drug charges as "unacceptable" and called for the immediate release of the athlete.
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Ukraine's ground situation does not permit return of Indian students: Govt
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): Amid the uncertainty surrounding the future of Indian students who returned from war-ravaged Ukraine, the Centre has said that the ground situation in that country does not permit the return of Indian students.
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Paris court approves US request on withdrawal of Vinnik's extradition requ
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], August 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The Investigation Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal on Thursday approved the US request to withdraw Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik's extradition request, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
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Hard work and determination: Creating India's biggest cryptocurrency commu
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI/Mediawire): Ushering greater ease and clarity to tackle financial markets, Yash Gupta, Director of Aspire Now Global LLP is successfully building a community platform to train about investments and equity market trading.
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UN Secretariat refused to approve IAEA visit to Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], August 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia was willing to assist the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with a potential visit to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant but the United Nations Secretariat refused to approve such a visit, Russian Foreign Ministry Nonproliferation and A
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US Senate approves NATO membership of Finland, Sweden
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 4 (ANI): Amid threats from Russian President Vladimir Putin that Sweden and Finland would face unspecified retaliation should they join NATO, US Senate on Wednesday (local time) approved the applications of both countries to join the alliance.
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US hopes to return to P5 dialogue when Russia acts in 'good faith': US Arm
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States hopes to resume the P5 dialogue when Russia acts in "good faith," Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins said on Wednesday.
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UN launching fact-finding mission to probe attack on Olenivka Detention Ce
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], August 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations is launching a fact-finding mission to investigate a strike on a prison in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region which killed Ukrainian POWs, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday.
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Gazprom says delivery of Nord Stream turbine impossible under current sanc
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK, EU, Canadian sanctions and the inconsistency of the current situation with the obligations of Siemens make it impossible to deliver a turbine for Nord Stream, which was repaired in Canada and is now in Germany, Gazprom said.
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Russian Defense Ministry says Azerbaijan breached ceasefire in Karabakh
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The Azerbaijani Armed Forces breached the ceasefire in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, in the area of the height of Sarybaba, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a report on the activities of Russian peacekeepers of the Nagorno-Karabak
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Pelosi displays US "lawlessness" in Taiwan: Russia's Lavrov
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], August 3 (ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday said US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan reflects Washington's desire to prove its "impunity and display their lawlessness.
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India, US close enough to sort differences via quiet diplomacy: experts
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): After the US House of Representatives opened the way for India-specific waiver under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) last month, the Joe Biden administration is now expected to exempt its major defence partner from punitiv
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