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Stocks plunge, oil rockets, gold tops $2,000 on Ukraine fears

HONG KONG, March 7, 2022 (AFP) - Equity markets plunged Monday, while oil prices soared to a near 14-year high and safe-haven gold broke $2,000 as investors grew increasingly fearful about the impact of the Ukraine war on the global economy. Trading floors were a sea of red in early exchanges

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Visa, Mastercard suspend operations in Russia

NEW YORK (AFP) – Card payment giants Visa and Mastercard announced Saturday they will suspend operations in Russia, the latest

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Ukraine shares footage that appears to show a Russian helicopter…

Footage appears to show the moment a Russian gunship helicopter was shot down by a man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) in

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‘Ratification of the MCC Compact enables work to continue’

KATHMANDU: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has acknowledged the Federal Parliament of Nepal’s decision to ratify the $500 million compact

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US President Jo Biden slams ‘dictator’ Putin and his war…

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2022 (AFP) – US President Joe Biden on Tuesday branded his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a “dictator”

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Ukraine in fierce fight against advancing Russian forces

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces put up fierce resistance to slow the advance of the larger and more powerful

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Russian President Vladimir Putin announces military operation in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday with explosions heard soon after in the capital

Queen Elizabeth II tests COVID-19 positive

The Queen Elizabeth II of UK has tested positive for Covid, Buckingham Palace has said. The monarch is experiencing “mild

38 sentenced to death over 2008 bombings in India: court

AHMEDABAD, India, Feb 18, 2022 (AFP-RSS) : An Indian court sentenced 38 people to death on Friday over a string

Canada truckers extend border blockade, fuel copycats abroad

Trucker-led protests against coronavirus restrictions in Canada shut down another US border crossing Thursday, as copycat movements gathered steam overseas