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.
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.
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.
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], April 1 (ANI/Xinhua): International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi said Friday that he would head an assistance and support mission to Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant "as soon as possible" to help ensure the facility's safety.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 1 (ANI): A special court in Mumbai on Friday remanded advocates Satish Uke and his brother Pradeep Uke into the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody in connection with a money laundering case.
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).
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.
London [UK], April 1 (ANI): The UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) on Friday suspended Khalsa Television Limited's licence to broadcast after an investigation found the KTV channel in breach of broadcasting rules.
Woodhouse (Leeds) [UK], April 1 (ANI): According to a new study led by the University of Leeds, increased levels of blood fats in people with type 2 diabetes and obesity are more harmful than previously thought.
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): A group of seven students, who were rescued from Ukraine, reached Delhi on Friday from Jammu to meet Union Minister Jitendra Singh to appeal for the Centre's intervention in helping them complete their MBBS in India.
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 1 (ANI): As the war in Eastern Europe entered its sixth-week talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators resumed online on Friday after meeting in Istanbul, Turkey.