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semiconductors, from this month. Trade tensions between China and the US don’t look like easing any time soon despite the Biden administration’s overtures to Beijing, including visits to China by top US officials such as Yellen. This has inescapable consequences for global trade.

Oil prices extended gains on Monday to touch their highest levels since mid-April after top producers Saudi Arabia and Russia pledged to keep supplies down for another month to tighten global markets further and support prices. Brent crude futures rose 25 cents, or 0.3%, to $86.49 a barrel by 0023 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $83.05 a barrel, up 23 cents, or 0.3%.

Heritage Foundation V.P. of Foreign Policy James Carafano on Ukraine President Zelenskyy blaming lack of munitions for slowed counter offensive, and the U.S. and its allies conducting military exercises in Australia.

₹24,470 crore. The railways has set an internal target of one-and-a-half years to two years to complete the projects. Speaking through videoconference, the prime minister said that the redevelopment project will represent a huge boost for infrastructure development in the country.

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Taiwan and showcasing soldiers pledging to give up their lives if needed as Beijing continues to ramp up its rhetoric against the self-ruled island. «Chasing Dreams,» an eight-part docuseries aired by state broadcaster CCTV earlier this week to mark the People Liberation Army's 96th anniversary, features military drills and testimonials by dozens of soldiers, of which several express their willingness to die in a potential attack against Taiwan. China claims Taiwan, a self-ruled democracy, as its own territory, to be conquered by force if necessary.

Rivne regions in western Ukraine and that «all targets were hit.» «Overnight Russia's armed forces carried out strikes… on Ukrainian armed forces airbases around the settlements of Starokostiantyniv in the Khmelnytskyi region and Dubno in the Rivne region,» the Russian defence ministry said. Ukraine said it faced several waves of attacks overnight, downing 30 out of 40 cruise missiles.

Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of 508 railway stations across the country via video conferencing on Sunday. Redeveloped at a cost of more than ₹24,470 crore, the 508 stations are spread across 27 states and union territories, including 55 each in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, 49 in Bihar, 44 in Maharashtra and 37 in West Bengal. The railways has set an internal target of one-and-a-half years to two years to complete the projects.

National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, who is in Jeddah at present, said that India has regularly engaged both Russia and Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict at the highest levels. During a two-day conference on the Ukraine crisis in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Doval reportedly said, "India supports the global order based on principles enshrined in UN Charter and international law. Respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity by all states must be upheld without exception.

AFP reported. "When you lose your job, your life comes to a close," the 43-year-old from Lahore told AFP, adding, "We've been working in factories for years... the day you get sacked, the story ends there." Amidst the global economic slowdown triggered by the war in Ukraine and the increase in energy expenses, Pakistan's industrial manufacturing sector has also been adversely affected, mirroring the situation in other parts of the world.

NSA) Ajit Doval has said that India has engaged with both Russia and Ukraine on a regular basis at the top most level, ever since the conflict between the nations broke out, as per reports. Doval is learnt to have made these observations during the summit of NSAs in Jeddah, hosted by Saudi Arabia to discuss the Ukraine-Russia conflict.

Pakistan textile industry that has seen it lose ground to more nimble Asian competitors. «When you lose your job, your life comes to a close,» the 43-year-old from Lahore told AFP. «We've been working in factories for years… the day you get sacked, the story ends there.» Pakistan's industrial manufacturing sector — like elsewhere in the world — has suffered from the slowdown in global consumption and the rise in energy costs following the outbreak of war in Ukraine.

U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima, where its mayor urged the abolition of nuclear weapons and called the Group of Seven leaders' notion of nuclear deterrence a «folly». The day to commemorate the victims of the world's first nuclear attack comes as Russia has raised the spectre of using nuclear weapons in its war with Ukraine.

Russian oil tanker early Saturday off the eastern coast of occupied Crimea, Russian officials and a Ukrainian official said, the second strike on a Russian ship at sea in two days. That attack coincided with a new directive from Ukraine's maritime authority, dated Friday, warning that six Russian Black Sea ports and the approaches to them would be considered «war risk» areas until further notice.

Ukraine crisis has begun in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. A source from the Ukrainian delegation told Al Arabiya News that during the meeting on Saturday, the 10-point peace plan proposed by Ukraine was backed by several countries, Xinhua news agency reported.

Ukraine will make a renewed push this weekend at a gathering in Saudi Arabia to win the support of dozens of countries that have remained on the sidelines of the war — the start of a broader campaign in the months ahead to build the diplomatic muscle to isolate and weaken Russia. Ukraine and Saudi Arabia invited diplomats from some 40 governments to talks in the Red Sea port of Jeddah. Notable among them were China, India, Brazil, South Africa and some of the oil-rich Gulf nations that have tried to maintain good relations with both Ukraine and Russia throughout the war, which began in February 2022. Many of the invited governments reject the very concept of choosing sides, framing the war as a contest between global powers that they want no part in, and even with the event fast approaching, it was unclear how many would attend. The meeting is the starting point of what is expected to be a major Ukrainian diplomatic push in the coming months to try to undercut Russia. It began on Wednesday, when President Volodyt the world. He told the ambassadors they must use every tool at their disposal — «official and unofficial, institutional and media, cultural diplomacy and the power of ordinary human sincerity» — to convince both allies and nations that have largely stayed neutral that the only road to a lasting peace is complete Russian defeat.

Both sides said on Saturday that a Ukrainian sea drone full of explosives had struck a Russian fuel tanker overnight near a bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea, the second such attack in 24 hours.Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Moscow would retaliate. «The Kyiv regime, meeting no condemnation from Western countries and international organisations, is actively applying new terrorist methods, this time in the waters of the Black Sea,» Zakharova said in a statement. «There can be no justification for such barbaric actions, they will not go unanswered and their authors and perpetrators will inevitably be punished.»

Agricultural economist and member of NITI Aayog Ramesh Chand says that as long as India exports 20-22 million metric tonnes (MMT) of rice a year, there will be no impact on domestic food security. In an interview with Shantanu Nandan Sharma, he says India had to ban non-basmati white rice as the global demand had skyrocketed, with policymakers estimating that India may end up exporting over 30 million tonnes if no restriction was imposed. Edited excerpts:Why did the government ban the export of non-basmati white rice?After the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war last year, food prices started rising.

Russia said Saturday it scrambled an Su-30 fighter jet to «prevent a violation of the Russian state border» by a US Reaper MQ-9 military drone over the Black Sea. «As the Russian fighter approached, the foreign reconnaissance drone performed a U-turn away from the border,» the Russian defence ministry said. The ministry said the drone belonged to the US Air Force. «The Russian aircraft returned safely to its airbase, there was no violation of the border,» it added. Incidents involving Russian and Western aircraft have multiplied over the Black Sea and Baltic Sea in recent months, as Moscow pursues its offensive in Ukraine.