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US cancels its ballistic missile test in bid to lower nuclear tensions wit
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 2 (ANI): The United States has cancelled a planned test-launch of its Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in a bid to lower the nuclear tensions with Russia amid the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine, the US Air Force said on Friday (local time).
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Oil sees biggest weekly loss in 2 years, US crude below USD 100 as Biden r
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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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US Commerce Dept adds 120 entities in Russia, Belarus to trade blacklist
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Washington [US], April 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States is adding 120 Russian and Belarusian entities to its trade blacklist for their support of the countries' armed forces amid the ongoing special operation in Ukraine, the US Commerce Department said on Friday.
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India-Russia relations: Historic and time tested
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): India has remained a reliable strategic partner of Russia traditionally and remembers the help Moscow extended to India in its toughest times in the past.
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UN Under-Secretary-General to visit Moscow, Kyiv to discuss Ukraine situat
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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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4.1 million Ukrainians fled country since Russian invasion: UN
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Geneva [Switzerland], April 1 (ANI): The UN agency for refugees on Thursday said that around 4.1 million have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion.
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Russia becomes first major power to accept credentials of Taliban diplomat
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Kabul [Afghanistan], April 1 (ANI): Russia became the world's first major power that accepted the credentials of a diplomat of the Taliban. Russia along with US, UK, France and China are the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
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Germany charges former reserve officer with spying for Russia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The German Public Prosecutor General said on Friday that it had filed charges against a former Bundeswehr reserve officer who allegedly supplied a Russian intelligence agency with information between 2014 and 2020.
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During meet with Russian FM, PM Modi calls for cessation of violence in Uk
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New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov here in the national capital and reiterated his call for an early cessation of violence, and conveyed India's readiness to contribute in any way to the peace efforts.
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Lavrov takes dig at western sanctions, says don't want to depend on system
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New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Noting that rupee-rouble trade has been going on for a long time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday took a dig at western countries over sanctions and their excluding some Russian banks from the SWIFT system and said there is need to avoid
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Russian FM Lavrov meets PM Modi as India-Russia ties deepen
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who is paying an official visit to India, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday after holding talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar here.
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Former EAM Natwar Singh welcomes Russian FM visit, says Lavrov friend of I
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Former External Affairs Minister (EAM) Natwar Singh on Friday welcomed the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to India and said that the two countries share good relations.
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