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Sri Lanka: Opposition to bring no-confidence motion against Mahinda Rajapaksa government

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Russia says it hit 17 Ukrainian facilities, killed more than 200 troops

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In an online post, the defence ministry also said air force strikes during the day killed more than 200 Ukrainian troops and destroyed 23 armoured vehicles. The post made no mention of an attack on Odesa airport which the local governor said had been hit by a Russian missile, putting the runway out of action from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/w6YAIcp via

Ukraine exchanges prisoners with Russia, 14 people coming home: Deputy PM

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Ukraine carried out a prisoner exchange with Russia on Saturday. The two nations have swapped prisoners several times during the conflict that began with Russia's invasion on February 24, and on Thursday Ukraine said Russia had handed over 33 soldiers. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/B6JFVZe via

Bodies with hands tied found in Ukraine as Russia shells east

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The bodies were found on Friday in a pit near Bucha, a town close to Kyiv that has become synonymous with allegations of Russian war crimes. "The victims' hands were tied, cloths were covering their eyes and some were gagged. There are traces of torture on the corpses, the Kyiv region police said in a statement on Saturday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/qGMCzB8 via

Beijing ramps up strict control measures against Covid amid decline in cases in Shanghai

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All performance and entertainment venues, internet cafes, offline art training and city group tours will be suspended due to the current Covid-19 outbreak during the May Day holiday beginning on Saturday, the Beijing municipal bureau of culture and tourism announced. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/zyMFtLN via

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif's son takes oath as Punjab CM

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Ukraine fights to hold off Russian advances in south, east

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The United Nations continued trying to broker an evacuation of civilians from the increasingly hellish ruins of Mariupol, a southern port city that Russia has sought to capture since it invaded Ukraine more than nine weeks ago. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/402jgwC via

White House correspondents dinner returns, with Joe Biden headlining

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More than 20 WHCA-related parties are being staged around Washington before and after the major event on Saturday night and multiple senior administration officials will attend as well as a smattering of celebrities from the entertainment world. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/tdqLXMg via

North Korea halts rail crossings from Chinese border, where Covid is on the rise

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South Korea to relax outdoor mask mandate as Covid-19 slows

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Starting Monday, people will only be required to wear a mask outdoors when participating in gatherings of more than 50 people or attending sports and cultural events with potentially large crowds, health authorities said in a briefing Friday. The mask mandate for indoors and public transport will also remain in place. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/mZzfXsu via

'Battle for Donbas' critical for Russia, says British defence ministry

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The "Battle of Donbas" remains Russia’s main strategic focus in Ukraine, Britain's defence ministry said on Friday, but it has suffered significant losses for limited territorial gains. Moscow regards winning the "Battle for Donbas" as crucial if it is to achieve its stated aim of securing control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Britain's defence ministry said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/lmJxq9F via

12 hurt in clashes at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound: Red Crescent

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Fresh clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound injured 12 people on Friday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, following weeks of violence at the flashpoint site. Israel's police said forces entered the compound after "rioters" hurled stones and fireworks, including down towards the Western Wall, the sacred Jewish site below Al-Aqsa. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/1RoHNlP via

Americans' unfavorable views of China hit new high: Pew Survey

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Negative views toward China in the United States and many other advanced economies have soared in recent years, as Western governments have complained of the increasingly powerful country using economic and military coercion to exert its will around the world. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/5tjKEZa via

US 'will not let Russia intimidate' Europe with energy cuts: Biden

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"We will not let Russia intimidate or blackmail their way out of these sanctions. We will not allow them to use their oil and gas to avoid consequences for their aggression," the US President said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/NTBaZs9 via

Guterres urges Russia to cooperate with ICC on Ukraine

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Taiwan faces largest Covid-19 outbreak yet

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Cases in Taiwan have been on the upswing since late March. In April, the island’s central authorities announced that they would no longer maintain a "zero-Covid" policy like the Chinese government's in which they would centrally quarantine positive cases. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/tyzEIWu via

Russia picking up pace in eastern Ukraine

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UN chief urges to create conditions for cash injection in Afghanistan

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Covid-hit Beijing keeps up guard in fear of Shanghai-like misery

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Putin warns of 'lightning response' to intervention in Ukraine

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Speaking to lawmakers, Putin said that "if anyone sets out to intervene in the current events from the outside and creates unacceptable threats for us that are strategic in nature, they should know that our response... will be lightning-fast". from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/TlH4iEO via

Shanghai seeks 'societal zero Covid' with rounds of testing

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Ukraine says several villages in east captured by Russian forces

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China demands punishment to perpetrators behind Karachi varsity blast

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China on Wednesday asked Pakistan to scale-up security for its nationals working in the country and demanded a thorough investigation and punishment to the perpetrators behind the suicide attack at the Karachi University which killed three Chinese teachers and injured another. The blood of the Chinese cannot be shed in vain, and those behind this incident will surely pay the price, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/UjoleM3 via

Myanmar's Suu Kyi handed 5 year jail term for corruption

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A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday found deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of corruption and sentenced her to five years in jail, according to a source with knowledge of the proceedings. The case was the first of 11 corruption charges against the Nobel laureate, each carrying a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/cRn73AV via

China detects first human case of H3N8 bird flu

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China has confirmed the first known human case of the H3N8 strain of avian flu, but health authorities say there is a low risk of widespread transmission among people. China's National Health Commission on Tuesday said a four-year-old boy living in central Henan province tested positive for the strain after being hospitalised earlier this month with a fever and other symptoms. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/f8ynRhP via

UN chief and Russia's Putin agree on key Ukraine evacuation

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UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres and Russian President Vladimir Putin met one-on-one Tuesday for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the United Nations said they agreed on arranging evacuations from a besieged steel plant in the battered city of Mariupol. Guterres criticised Russia’s military action in Ukraine as a flagrant violation of its neighbour’s territorial integrity. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/4oxRKvu via

Stay or go? Ukraine refugees torn between safety and home

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US Vice President Harris positive for Covid-19, Biden not 'close contact'

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United States Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, the White House announced, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus even as the US eases restrictions in a bid to revert to pre-pandemic normalcy. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/qUaXCyR via

Russia's Sergei Lavrov warns of 'real' danger of World War III

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Speaking to Russian news agencies, Sergei Lavrov criticised Ukraine's approach to the talks, adding: "Good will has its limits. But if it isn't reciprocal, that doesn't help the negotiation process. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/TDzuIXA via

Beijing to test 20 million for Covid as lockdown jitters grow

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Amid comparisons with Shanghai, where more than 1,000 cases were reported in March before widespread curbs were finally imposed on 26 million people, many in Beijing flocked to supermarkets to stock up on food and supplies fearing sudden localised lockdowns. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/ytUjhG5 via

Kim will 'strengthen' North Korea's nuclear weapons: state media

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to strengthen the country's nuclear weapons programme during a speech at a high-profile military parade in Pyongyang, state media reported Tuesday. "We will continue to take steps to strengthen and develop our nation's nuclear capabilities at the fastest pace," Kim said, as per reports. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/M0brWqP via

What's next now that Twitter agreed to Elon Musk bid?

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Donald Trump won't join 'boring' Twitter

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No respite for re-elected Macron as parliamentary elections loom

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Crew of first private flight to ISS return to Earth

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Beijing Covid spike prompts mass testing, panic buying

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Downtown Beijing's biggest district Chaoyang, home to around 3.5 million people, ordered mass testing from Monday for residents and those coming to work there - the area hosts the headquarters of many multinational firms and embassies. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/PiuCra6 via

World military spending reaches record levels: Report

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Despite the economic fallout of the global Covid pandemic, countries around the world increased their arsenals, with global military spending rising by 0.7% last year, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri). Russia's spending grew by 2.9%-- the third year of consecutive growth -- to $65.9 billion. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/QFa7C8I via

First test for Macron will be parliamentary polls in June

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Turkey closes airspace to Russian jets flying to Syria

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Re-elected Macron pledges: The next five years will be different

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Ukraine official: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets top-level US delegation

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Kyiv, his office said Sunday. It was the first meeting between Zelensky and US officials since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/rJ6V8wb via

Macron wins: Key quotes after France's presidential election

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President Emmanuel triumphed over his far-right rival Marine Le Pen by a comfortable margin in France's election on Sunday, early projections by pollsters showed, winning a second term and heading off what would have been a political earthquake. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/Ss8j5Ca via

Steel plant under siege; Zelenskyy prepares for US officials

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China Covid death toll rises as Beijing warns of 'grim' situation

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Shanghai reported 39 Covid deaths Sunday, official data showed, its highest daily toll since a weeks-long lockdown started, while China's capital Beijing warned of a "grim" situation with rising infections. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/K2gVe7I via

Shanghai blockades Covid-hit buildings, fuelling fresh outcry

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Shanghai authorities battling an outbreak of Covid-19 have erected mesh barriers outside some residential buildings, sparking fresh public outcry over a lockdown that has forced much of the city's 25 million people to stay home. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/vADTCi2 via

Is Russia as isolated as Ukraine's allies hope?

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Ukraine says it hit Russian command post

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France elections today: Macron in pole position, Le Pen racing hard

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Russia tries to storm Mariupol plant to take on ‘last fighters’

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Russia resumed its assault on the last Ukrainian defenders holed up in a giant steel works in Mariupol, a Ukrainian official said on Saturday, days after Moscow declared victory in the southern port city and said its forces did not need to take the plant. Russian forces were hitting the Azovstal complex with air strikes and trying to storm it, presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said, adding “the enemy is trying to strangle the final resistance of Mariupol’s defenders”. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/Mvt5zle via

IMF will support Sri Lanka’s efforts to overcome current crisis: Official

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