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(Reuters) — Russia sent a task force to oversee cleanup of parts of the country's Far East on Sunday after Typhoon Khanun passed through the Primorye region, the emergencies ministry in Moscow said.

KYIV (Reuters) — Ukrainian border guards placed a new sign on Snake Island this weekend, recalling the early hours of Russia's invasion when a comrade on the strategic Black Sea outcrop used a choice phrase to refuse to surrender to a warship.

The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed financial sanctions against four Russians on the board of Alfa Group

The Russian ruble, steadily losing exchange value in a long fall since the beginning of the year, has hit 99 to the dollar

(Reuters) — A civilian was killed and six people were wounded, including a 12-year-old girl, following intense Ukrainian shelling in Donetsk, including cluster munitions, a Russian-installed official in the eastern Ukrainian region said on Saturday.

Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was not completely off the mark when he publicly accused the United States of ensuring his removal as prime minister through a no-confidence motion with the help of the army in April last year. He had waved a paper at every public rally claiming the same to be a diplomatic cable from Asad Majeed Khan, Pakistan's Ambassador to the US, dated March 7, 2022, in which the US had used threatening language against him.

(Reuters) — Ukraine's military said in a regular update of fighting and casualties on Saturday that its forces had made progress near Robotyne on the front line in the southern Zaporizhzhia region.

Russia's Kaliningrad region on Saturday during a training mission, killing the two pilots on board. «The Su-30 aircraft crashed in a deserted area.

Russia thwarted an attack by 20 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow-annexed Crimea overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday. Fourteen drones were shot down by Russian air defenses and a further six were jammed electronically, the ministry said in a Telegram post. No casualties or damage were reported.

Apple iPhones and iPads by employees for work-related purposes. Shadaev stated at a digital conference, "A restriction has been introduced against the utilization of (Apple) mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets, for accessing work-related applications and exchanging work-related emails." He further explained that the usage of iPhones for personal requirements is still permitted. The ministry enacted this ban approximately two months following assertions made by Russia's primary domestic security agency, the FSB, which claimed that a substantial number of Apple devices had been compromised due to a U.S.-orchestrated espionage operation.

reliance more than the BM-21 Grad, an icon of Soviet weaponry that entered service in 1963 and shoots up to 40 unguided rockets from the back of a truck. The Grad also shows the dangers of Ukraine’s reliance on Soviet-era gear. The aging weapon is inaccurate and prone to breakdown, while the country’s supplies of Grad rockets are running low, according to analysts and some of its operators.

airport for allegedly trying to smuggle diamonds worth ₹1.49 crore out of the country by hiding them in tea powder pouches kept in his luggage, officials said. The 30-year-old accused, Mukkim Raza Ashraf Mansuri, was arrested on August 9 by the Air Intelligence Unit of the Customs department when he was about to fly to Dubai, a Customs official said. "Mansuri, a resident of Null Bazar area in south Mumbai, was arrested at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.

Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal has stressed unlocking the vast potential of India's maritime sector, saying the country's strategic location and commitment to sustainable practices present unparalleled opportunities. Hosting foreign heads of missions and officials here on Friday evening, Sonowal underlined that India stands at the cusp of a maritime revolution. The event was organised ahead of the Global Maritime India Summit 2023, scheduled to be held in Delhi on October 17-19.

Oil prices edged higher on Friday after the International Energy Agency forecast record global demand and tightening supplies, propelling prices to the seventh straight week of gains, the longest such streak since 2022. Brent crude futures rose 41 cents, or 0.5%, to settle $86.81 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 37 cents, or 0.5%, to settle at $83.19.

state media on Saturday rejected a Western claim that developed nations were shunning the country's Belt and Road Forum, while saying most of the leaders invited this year were from developing nations. Critics see the ambitious Belt and Road initiative — billed as recreating the ancient Silk Road to boost global trade infrastructure — as a tool for President Xi Jinping's China to spread its geopolitical and economic influence.

Ahead of the BRICS summit on August 22-24 in South Africa, Russia on Friday stated that BRICS is not aimed against anyone even in current circumstances and it even does not confront the current international economic and financial institutions, rather it is designed to supplement them. Echoing India’s thoughts Russia also stated the concept of single BRICS currency needs further study indicating that it is not in favour of rushing into single currency.

NEW DELHI : After decades of integration, the global economy is seeing increasing fragmentation, making it one of the biggest challenges for multilateralism and addressing shared economic objectives, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. Speaking at a G20 event in Mumbai, Sitharaman said that India’s presidency has so far ensured that geopolitical differences don’t supersede the core mandate of international cooperation.

Covid-19 pandemic and a Russian invasion of Ukraine, the world faces unprecedented changes. Furthermore, the convergence of technological transformations with climate change and geopolitical tensions has also unleashed a wave of disruptions in business operations. During these times of heightened unpredictability, trust becomes an antidote, a differentiator, a value creator and a necessity for survival and advancement.

ONGC) quarterly profit fell 34% to Rs 10,015 crore from a year earlier on a sharp drop in oil prices. Revenue for the April-June quarter fell 20% year-on-year to Rs 33,814 crore. The average oil price realized from nomination fields was 29.5% down from a year earlier to $ 76.49 per barrel during the quarter.

global financial crisis. German gross domestic product has clocked three quarters of negative or zero growth , making the country the worst performer among major eurozone nations since 2019. Previously it was the top performer.

Russia fired missiles at western Ukraine that killed an 8-year-old boy, local officials said, and drones that Russian officials blamed on the Ukrainian military targeted Moscow for a third straight day but reportedly didn't cause significant damage. Also Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the firing of all the heads of regional military draft boards, part of his crackdown on corruption since the outbreak of Russia's war in Ukraine more than 17 months ago. The missile that killed the boy struck a house In western Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk region, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the Polish border, according to the office of Ukraine's prosecutor general. But Ukrainian air defenses frustrated Russia's daylight attack on Kyiv, Ukraine's capital. Debris from intercepted missiles fell on residential areas of the city, including the premises of a children's hospital, without causing casualties, local authorities said. Falling wreckage of missiles and drones has in the past killed people on the ground and damaged buildings in Kyiv.