Former UN staffer offers view on why sanctions on Moscow failed

The Russian economy has withstood all Western efforts to break it, an expert has told RT Western attempts to derail the Russian economy by imposing thousands of sanctions, cutting it off from the SWIFT payment system, and pressur ...

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Saturday, 20 April 2024
Afghanistan: Amid health sector challenges, Turkish doctors arrive in Kabul for free pediatric care

Kabul [Afghanistan], April 20 (ANI): At a time when Afghanistan is grappling with a poor economy and the healthcare system is in a deteriorated state, Turkish doctors have arrived in Kabul to provide free paediatric care in the Tali ...

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Saturday, 20 April 2024
"Viksit Bharat is not a high fly dream, it is an achievable goal", says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 20 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman articulated her vision for Viksit Bharat 2047 during an interaction held at the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) premises in Ahmedabad o ...

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Saturday, 20 April 2024
Donald Trump trial: why it took so long to select a jury and how the process is different to the UK

Twelve jurors have now been selected and sworn in for Donald Trump’s high profile trial in New York, the first criminal trial of a former president. Initially 500 jurors were evaluated, with 96 being invited to the courtroom. Fro ...

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Friday, 19 April 2024
Russia and the Taliban: here’s why Putin wants to get closer to Afghanistan’s current rulers

Russia is currently considering taking the Taliban off its list of terrorist organisations, officials have indicated. While no final decision has yet been taken, one sign of their increasingly cordial relationship is the Taliban ...

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Friday, 19 April 2024
Elon Musk’s X says working with Pakistan government to "understand concerns"

Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Elon Musk-owned social media platform X, which has faced disruptions in Pakistan since February, has stated that it continues work with the Pakistani Government to understand their concerns, Daw ...

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Friday, 19 April 2024
Russia surpassing EU in wheat supplies to North Africa report

Moscow is said to have ?captured? a significant market share in Algeria, one of the bloc’s top three supply destinations European Union wheat exports to North Africa fell by 25% in the first seven months of the 2023-2024 growing ...

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Friday, 19 April 2024
The Trial of Vladimir Putin: Geoffrey Robertson rehearses the scenarios

Is Russian president Vladimir Putin guilty of the crime of aggression? In The Trial of Vladimir Putin, barrister Geoffrey Robertson answers that question by dramatising what might happen within the walls of a future courtroom. Th ...

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Friday, 19 April 2024
US vetoes Palestinian bid for full UN membership

united nations — The Palestinians failed to pass a major hurdle in their renewed effort to seek full United Nations membership on Thursday when the United States vetoed a Security Council resolution recommending their admission. ...

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Friday, 19 April 2024
Samsung awarded $6.4 billion in US grants to increase Texas chip output

WASHINGTON, D.C.: This week, the Department of Commerce said that South Korea’s Samsung will receive grants worth US$6.4 billion from the Biden administration to expand its chip production in central Texas as part of a broader effor ...

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Friday, 19 April 2024
SWIFT must be killed off top Russian banker

Digital banking will create sovereignty, VTB chief Andrey Kostin says A move away from conducting financial transactions through Western payment systems, including SWIFT, is vital for Russia and its trading partners, the head of ...

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Thursday, 18 April 2024
Selling in Indian stock market continues for the fourth session

New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): After the Indian stock market started Thursday’s trading session with an upward trajectory both the Sensex and Nifty closed with a decline at the end of the trading. While the Nifty slides 152.0 ...

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Thursday, 18 April 2024