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Kim Jong Un's sister threatens S.Korea with nuclear arms
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], April 5 (ANI/Sputnik): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong, said her country will use nuclear weapons if South Korea starts a "military confrontation," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
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Wall Street up broadly, tech stocks fired up by Twitter rally after Musk p
Updated : 3 years, 11 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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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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Brussels discussing ban on gas supplies from Russia
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Brussels officials are discussing the issue of banning the supply of Russian gas, coal or oil, this is a moral issue, Dutch Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag said on Monday.
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UN says no request received yet from US to remove Russia from Human Rights
Updated : 3 years, 11 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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South Korea to issue travel documents to Ukrainians without passports
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Ukrainians of Korean origin or family members of those who are on a long-term stay in South Korea will be eligible for a special travel document if they do not have passports to apply for a visa, the South Korean foreign ministry said on Monday.
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Germany continues reducing energy imports from Russia
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Work on reducing energy imports from Russia continues, there has been progress in recent weeks, it was possible to significantly reduce the volume of supplies, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said.
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EU to discuss another package of sanctions against Russia on April 6: Repo
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union is mulling additional sanctions against Russia and relevant proposals will be discussed on Wednesday, The Financial Times reported.
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Over 90 migrants killed in Mediterranean boat accident: UN
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Nearly 100 migrants died in the Mediterranean waters after the boat carrying them from Libya got shipwrecked, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said.
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic declares victory in Presidential electi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Belgrade [Serbia], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Incumbent Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has declared his victory in the presidential election, saying that he received around 60 per cent support.
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Germany refuses to supply Ukraine with 100 Marder IFV requested by Kyiv: R
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Berlin declined Kyiv's request to supply 100 Marder infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to Ukraine, German media Welt reported on Sunday, citing defence sources.
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US increases oil imports from Russia by 43% : Russian Official
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States over the past week has increased imports of Russian oil by 43%, reaching 100,000 barrels per day, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Mikhail Popov said on Sunday.
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