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UK Foreign Secretary says working with G7 on new Russia sanctions
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 7 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said that she was working with G7 partners on new restrictions against more Russian banks over the Russian military operation in Ukraine.
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US envoy to India 'incredibly important' diplomatic position: White House
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 7 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday acknowledged that US envoy to India is an 'incredibly important' position, which the White House is looking to fill amid the growing uncertainty about the fate of President Biden's nominee Eric Garcetti.
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US sanctions Putin's daughters
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 7 (ANI): The White House has announced a wide new slate of sanctions on Russia that includes first-time individual sanctions on the two adult daughters of President Vladimir Putin in response to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
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US crude, diesel stocks up last week amid signs of demand destruction in o
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 7 (ANI/Sputnik): US crude oil inventories rose last week for the first time in three weeks while stockpiles of distillates, which provide the diesel for trucks, buses and trains and fuel for jets, climbed a second week in a row, data from the Energy Information Adminis
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US, G7, EU impose severe financial sanctions on Russia
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 6 (ANI): The United States, along with the G7 nations and European Union (EU) has imposed severe and immediate economic costs on Russia for its "atrocities in Ukraine, including in Bucha".
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US imposes 'full blocking sanctions' against Russia's Sberbank, Alpha Bank
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has imposed "full blocking sanctions" on Sberbank and Alpha Bank in its latest round of restrictive measures to escalate the financial shock for Russia, a senior Biden administration official said on Wednesday.
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US confirms new Russia sanctions will target officials, financial institut
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 6 (ANI): The United States has said it will announce a fresh round of sanctions against Russia later this week that will target government officials, financial institutions and state-owned enterprises.
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Iran says new sanctions amid Vienna talks show US' ill will
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], April 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The imposition of new sanctions by the United States amid transparent negotiations in Vienna on the restoration of a 2015 nuclear deal indicates Washington's ill will and lack of seriousness in the talks, the Iranian government spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Putin blames global food insecurity on 'mistakes' of developed countries
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The current situation in the global food market has worsened of late due to the "mistakes" made by Western countries in disrupting supply chains, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
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EU proposes fifth package of sanctions against Russia, bans coal import fr
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 5 (ANI): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday proposed the fifth package of sanctions against Russia which include an import ban on Russian coal and a ban on Russian and Russian-operated vessels from accessing the European Union (EU) port
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US gives ultimatum to Taliban, says no possibility to soften or ease sanct
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 5 (ANI) Rina Amiri, US special envoy for human rights and Afghan women and girls on Monday gave an ultimatum to the Taliban to make a final decision about educating girls as soon as possible.
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Oil prices jumps as much as 4pc amid talk of more Russia sanctions
Updated : 3 years, 11 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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