World

Many locals are fuming at the government's failure to prepare after winning rare breathing room with two years of an economically painful but largely successful zero-Covid strategy.
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has upended the status quo in traditionally non-aligned Finland and Sweden, ushering in an "historic" surge in support for NATO, "exceptional" arms exports and defiance to Moscow's demands.
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Jean-Jacques Kabeya is furious: like thousands of foreign students in Ukraine -- from Africa, Asia and the Middle East -- he has been stopped from leaving the country by its border guards.
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More than 120,000 Afghans and dual nationals were evacuated up to August 31 when the last US-led troops withdrew, two weeks after the hardline Islamists seized Kabul.
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Pakistan’s Ukraine Ambassador Dr Noel I Khokhar confirmed approximately 1,500 Pakistanis including 500 students are stuck in war-torn Ukraine, he says they are safely evacuated to safe zones. Sources say on Thursday. Dr Noel Israel…
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine risks making President Vladimir Putin an international pariah, but he does not fear such isolation -- quite the contrary, experts say.
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Many in Russia had been sceptical about Putin's plans to attack the pro-Western neighbour.
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Mostly women, they filled almost every seat in the halls or huddled on yellow camping stretchers alongside their suitcases, many anxiously scrolling the news from the frontline on their phones.
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Facebook said it has a team monitoring the situation, and has rolled out the account-locking feature in response.
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But Washington and its allies stopped short of enacting even tougher measures to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.
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Twitter acknowledged Wednesday it suspended in error some accounts relaying information about Russian military movements as the threat builds for an attack on Ukraine.
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MOSCOW, Feb 24 - President Vladimir Putin authorised "a special military operation" against Ukraine on Thursday morning to eliminate what he called a serious threat, saying his aim was to demilitarise Russia's southern neighbour.
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After an intense battle in court to end her almost 14-year long conservatorship, the pop star Britney Spears decided to take control of the narrative and tell her story in her words. Planning to write a tell-all memoir on her entire life…
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Biden announced what he called the "first tranche" of sanctions, including steps to starve Russia of financing and target financial institutions and the country's "elites."
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Johnson pushed ahead with the changes despite news that Queen Elizabeth II had tested positive for the first time, calling it "a reminder that this virus has not gone away"
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