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Tiananmen activist, lawyer stabbed to death by client in US
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 17 (ANI): A New York-based lawyer, popularly known as the key participant in the pro-democracy protests at Tiananmen Square in 1989, Jim Li was stabbed to death by a client after his decision to stop working with her.
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Emergency UN Security Council meeting called to discuss Ukraine's humanita
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 17 (ANI): Following a request by six countries including the UK, US, France, Albania, Ireland, and Norway, an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has been called at 3:00 PM ET on Thursday to discuss the humanitarian situation in Ukraine. Read More
FAO chief economist warns of Ukraine conflict's possible heavy toll on foo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Maximo Torero, on Wednesday warned of the possible heavy toll of the Ukraine conflict on world food security.
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Six countries including US, UK request UN Security Council meeting on the
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 17 (ANI): Six countries - including the United Kingdom, France, and the United States - have requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, the UK permanent mission to the UN said on Wednesday.
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India at forefront of uplifting and empowering women: Smriti Irani at UN
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 17 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Wednesday said that India has been at the forefront of uplifting and empowering women at the socio-economic and political front while addressing the 66th session of the United Nations Commission on
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India at UNSC calls for elections in Libya at earliest, hopes political is
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 16 (ANI): At the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) briefing on the situation in Libya, R. Madhu Sudan, Counsellor at Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations reiterated the imperative for holding the Presidential and Parliamentary elections in the North Afri
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UN report urges immediate intl effort to stem violence in Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 16 (ANI): The international community must take concerted, immediate measures to stem the spiral of violence in Myanmar, where the military has engaged in systematic and widespread human rights violations and abuses - some of which may amount to war crimes and crimes aga
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Oil prices end below USD 100 per barrel on Russia-Ukraine diplomacy effort
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York, March 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Oil prices tumbled more than 6 per cent, adding to Monday's drop of more than 5 per cent, as both the New York- and London-traded benchmarks settled below the key USD 100 per barrel mark for the first time since the start of Russia's "special military operat
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Oil prices continue to tumble on Russia-Ukraine diplomacy efforts, surge i
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Oil prices extended their tumble on Tuesday, falling more than 5 per cent for the second day in a row based on international efforts to mediate over the Russia-Ukraine conflict and on renewed COVID-19 measures implemented by China after an unexpected su
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UN welcomes any progress toward ceasefire, humanitarian access in Ukraine:
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations will welcome any progress toward reaching a ceasefire and humanitarian access in Ukraine, UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Tuesday in comments about Russia's initiative to propose its own draft resolution on Ukraine.
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Veteran Fox News Photojournalist killed while reporting in war-torn Ukrain
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 15 (ANI): A veteran war photojournalist of Fox News, Pierre Zakrzewski, was killed while reporting in war-torn Ukraine, the Fox News Network said on Tuesday, reported CNN.
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Russia's UNSC resolution calls for humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 15 (ANI): A Russian UN Security Council resolution has called for a humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine to enable the safe evacuation of civilians, Sputnik reported citing a draft text of the resolution released on Tuesday.
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