Moscow [Russia], April 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Inflation in Russia at the end of the current year may reach as high as 20 per cent, Accounts Chamber Chairman Alexei Kudrin said on Tuesday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 13 (ANI): Women's rights activist Zarifa Ghafari called on the Taliban to reopen all girls' schools and asked the world leaders to pay attention to the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and "not differentiate between Afghans and Ukrainians".
Paris [France], April 13 (ANI/Sputnik): French President Emmanuel Macron intends to hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and possibly with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the coming days.
Seoul [South Korea], April 13 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea intends to send additional non-lethal military aid worth 2 billion won ($1.6 million) to Ukraine in April amid Russia's special military operation therein, the Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday, citing an informed source.
Moscow [Russia], April 13 (ANI/Xinhua): US-funded biological laboratories in Ukraine were engaged in developing components of biological weapons, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday.
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): The United States is likely to announce a new military aid package worth USD 750 million for Ukraine amid the ongoing war in the country, said a media report citing US officials.
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called Russia's actions in Ukraine "genocide" as he attempted to explain the rising inflation in the country.
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): India and US have strengthened their bilateral trade and economic cooperation with the re-launch of the US-India Trade Policy Forum, said US Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Tuesday after meeting External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): The new Prime Minister of Pakistan is under tremendous pressure due to surging oil prices caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and is haunted by the circular debt crisis.
Washington [US], April 12 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met US Trade Representative Katherine Tai and discussed bilateral trade between the two nations as well as the present global situation in the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Moscow [Russia], April 12 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin during a televised press conference on Tuesday dismissed as "fake" reports of hundreds of dead bodies of civilians in the town of Bucha outside Kyiv.
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): The World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Tuesday lowered the 2022 global trade growth forecast to three per cent from its earlier projection of 4.7 per cent due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.