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.
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.
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.
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday said that India can mediate between Moscow and Kyiv as the peace talks between the two counties failed to come up with solutions yet to end the war.
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Jet fuel or Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) prices on Friday were hiked by two per cent - the seventh straight increase this year - to an all-time high due to the ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Washington [US], April 1 (ANI): The United States has been in touch with several countries including India on the release of strategic reserves as President Joe Biden announced to release 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation's strategic petroleum reserve for the next six month
Washington [US], April 1 (ANI): In order to keep oil prices under control, US President Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) announced to release of one million barrels of oil per day from the country's strategic petroleum reserve for the next six months.