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Russia-Ukraine War LIVE Updates: With the war going on for the 67th consecutive day, Zelensky urged Russian soldiers not to fight in Ukraine.

A Ukrainian service member inspects a destroyed Russian Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine. — A Ukrainian service member inspects a destroyed Russian Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine.(Reuters)

Updated on May 01, 2022 08:51 AM IST

Russia-Ukraine War LIVE Updates: The fighting between Russian and Ukraine forces continues for the 67th consecutive day. After having failed to capture Kyiv, Russian forces have now focussed on wresting eastern and southern regions of the war-hit country. A Russian rocket attack destroyed an airport runway in Ukraine’s third largest city Odesa, the Ukrainian army said. Odesa’s regional governor said that the rocket was fired from Russian-occupied Crimea, adding there were no reports of injuries. Ukraine’s national grid operator said it has has restored “reliable” power supply in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, around the site of the 1986 nuclear reactor disaster.

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May 01, 2022 08:51 AM IST

Finland getting ready to cut off Russian gas supplies in May

Finland is preparing to cut off natural gas supplies from Russia in May, the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper reports. Russian energy giant Gazprom has asked the Finnish state-owned energy company Gasum to give a response before May 20 regarding Russia’s request to receive payments for gas in rubles.
May 01, 2022 08:16 AM IST

Russian missiles target southern and eastern Ukraine, claim Ukrainian officials

Russia pounded southern and eastern Ukraine with missile strikes on Saturday, Ukrainian officials said, while some women and children evacuated a steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol where they had holed up for more than a week, Reuters reported. Moscow has turned its focus to Ukraine’s south and east after failing to capture the capital Kyiv in a nine-week assault that has flattened cities, killed thousands of civilians and forced more than 5 million to flee abroad.
May 01, 2022 07:39 AM IST

Angelina Jolie makes surprise Ukraine visit, meets children

Hollywood actor and UN humanitarian Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, the Lviv regional governor said on Telegram. Full report
May 01, 2022 07:24 AM IST

Blinken, Ukrainian foreign minister discuss return of US diplomats, aid package

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday discussed the return of American diplomats to Ukraine as well as an aid of USD 33 billion to the war-torn country with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, ANI reported. “Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to follow up on their April 24 meeting in Kyiv,” US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said in a state department readout.
May 01, 2022 07:18 AM IST

Russia using troll factory to spread disinformation: UK

The British Foreign Office said on Sunday Russia is using a troll factory to spread disinformation about the war in Ukraine on social media and target politicians across a number of countries including Britain and South Africa, Reuters reported. It said the research exposed how the Kremlin’s disinformation campaign was designed to manipulate international public opinion of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, boost support for it and recruit new sympathisers.

New Covid test rule in Beijing, 5th wave fear in South Africa: World roundup

South Korea will join the list of nations who have done away with mask mandates for public places. Meanwhile, cases are rising again in South Africa, prompting fear of a fifth Covid wave. Here are top 8 updates on global Covid-19 situation

A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman to be tested for Covid-19 coronavirus along a street in Beijing on Saturday.(AFP)

Published on May 01, 2022 08:25 AM IST

ByIshika Yadav | Edited by Swati Bhasin

After Pak PM faces unwelcoming slogans in Saudi, case filed against Imran Khan

Video clips doing rounds on social media had shown some pilgrims shouting slogans against incumbent prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and his delegation at the Prophet’s Mosque, calling them ‘chor’ (thieves) and ‘gaddar’ (traitors).

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has been booked by the Pakistan Punjab police.(AFP)

Published on May 01, 2022 08:21 AM IST

Kim Jong Un’s latest warning on nuclear weapons: What is known so far

Since he took over as the supreme leader in 2011, North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Un is believed to have conducted over 100 missile launches which include intercontinental launches, and four nuclear tests.

Kim Jon Un is reviving North Korea’s nuclear brinkmanship, which is aimed at forcing the United States to accept the idea of the former country as a nuclear power.(via Reuters)

Updated on May 01, 2022 07:27 AM IST

Ukraine War LIVE: Russian missiles target southern & eastern regions

Russia-Ukraine War LIVE Updates: With the war going on for the 67th consecutive day, Zelensky urged Russian soldiers not to fight in Ukraine.

Updated on May 01, 2022 08:51 AM IST

Angelina Jolie makes surprise Ukraine visit, meets children

According to Maksym Kozytskyy, Jolie — who has been a UNHCR Special Envoy for Refugees since 2011 — had come to speak with displaced people who have found refuge in Lviv, including children undergoing treatment for injuries sustained in the missile strike on the Kramatorsk railway station in early April.

Actor and UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie poses for a picture with children, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Lviv, on April 30, 2022. (via Reuters) — Actor and UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie poses for a picture with children, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Lviv, on April 30, 2022. (via Reuters)

Published on May 01, 2022 06:23 AM IST

Afghanistan: Second bombing in two days in Kabul on eve of Eid al-Fitr holiday

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on Saturday, according to the group’s telegram channel. “One woman was killed and three more injured,” Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for Kabul’s commander, told Reuters.

An Ambulance is seen near the site of explosions at Khalifa Sahib Mosque in Kabul, on April 29, 2022. (REUTERS) — An Ambulance is seen near the site of explosions at Khalifa Sahib Mosque in Kabul, on April 29, 2022. (REUTERS)

Published on May 01, 2022 06:17 AM IST

Sri Lanka: Oppn to bring no-confidence motion against govt, says report

Earlier, on April 9, Sri Lanka’s Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) announced that it will move an impeachment motion against President Gotabaya Rajapaksha if it fails to provide immediate relief to the people of the island nation adversely impacting the economic crisis.

Sri Lankan protesters wear masks of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa's family members during a march demanding Gotabaya resign, at the ongoing protest site outside president's office in Colombo, on April 29, 2022. (AP) — Sri Lankan protesters wear masks of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s family members during a march demanding Gotabaya resign, at the ongoing protest site outside president’s office in Colombo, on April 29, 2022. (AP)

Published on May 01, 2022 05:49 AM IST

The three bodies found in a pit were “brutally killed” by Russian soldiers — each shot in the head, the police said in a statement.

Russian forces also on Saturday kept up their relentless shelling on the east of the country, killing at least one person and injuring 12 more.(REUTERS)

Published on Apr 30, 2022 10:54 PM IST

Pakistan to keep energy subsidies unchanged against IMF advice

The IMF said on Monday that Pakistan had agreed to roll back unfunded subsidies to the oil and power sectors ahead of the resumption next month of a review of the $6 billion package signed in July 2019.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. (AFP) — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. (AFP)

Published on Apr 30, 2022 10:51 PM IST

UK Tory MP resigns after admitting watching porn in parliament

The 65-year-old, who has been an MP since 2010, had already been suspended from the Conservatives and faced at least two parliamentary probes after he was publicly outed Friday in the scandal.