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Roscosmos Chief holds Elon Musk accountable for giving communication equip
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin criticized Sunday billionaire Elon Musk for allegedly providing the Ukrainian troops with military communication equipment and warned him about possible repercussions.
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German development minister says world may face worst famine since WW2
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The coronavirus pandemic, drought and the crisis unfolding in Ukraine are pushing food prices to record highs and threatening the world with the worst famine since World War 2, German Minister for Economic Development and Cooperation Svenja Schulze said
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Greek coast guard locates 106 illegal sea migrants on Kos Island
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The Greek coast guard said on Sunday that 106 illegal migrants were found having reached the Greek island of Kos in the southeastern Aegean Sea after their boat sank.
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Israeli Prime Minister rejects any foreign meddling with decisions on Temp
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The Israeli government is the only authority entitled to rule on matters pertaining to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, and no foreign interference will be tolerated, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday.
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Musk pledges to scale up work standards in Twitter after acquisition compl
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk said he would significantly increase work ethic standards in Twitter once he officially acquires the social media platform.
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US envoy to UN postpones May 9 visit to Turkey: US Mission
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield has postponed her planned visit to Turkey, the US mission to the UN informs.
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Russia may completely redirect gas exports from Europe to Asia: Expert
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian gas deliveries to Europe can be entirely redirected to the Asia-Pacific region where gas demand is rising, but it would require prompt infrastructure modernization, an energy expert at the Russian company Vygon Consulting, Ivan Timonin, told Sput
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Time for Sweden, Finland to join NATO now: Former NATO Secretary-General
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says that the time for Sweden and Finland to join the military alliance is now, while Russian President Vladimir Putin is "preoccupied" with Ukraine.
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Zelenskyy expects 'united position' from EU on sanctions
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
yiv [Ukraine], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling for more unity among EU countries in terms of sanctions against Russia.
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Finnish, Swedish NATO membership to turn region into 'Theater of War': Rus
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Finland's and Sweden's possible accession into NATO would be detrimental to their security and that of Europe, Russian Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov told Sputnik.
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UK to allocate additional USD 1.6 billion in aid to Ukraine: Reports
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has confirmed an additional funding package for Kyiv in the amount of 1.3 billion pounds (USD 1.6 billion), The Sunday Times reports.
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Russian Defense Ministry says operation to evacuate civilians from Azovsta
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The humanitarian operation to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol concluded on Saturday due to unprecedented measures by Russia with 51 people, including 11 children, having been rescued, the head of the Russian National Defense C
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