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Kremlin says Russia and NATO are now in “direct confrontation”

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia and NATO are now in "direct confrontation", the Kremlin said as the U.S.-led alliance marked its 75th anniversary on Thursday. NATO's successive waves of eastern enlargement

Taiwan condemns ‘shameless’ China’s thanks for global sympathy on quake

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan on Thursday condemned China as "shameless" after Beijing's deputy ambassador to the United Nations thanked the world for its concern about a strong earthquake on the island.

India’s position on PoK not of one party but of whole nation: Jaishankar

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) , April 4 (ANI): Reaffirming India's stand that Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) is an integral part of India, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said...

China played ‘pivotal role’ in promotion of Buddhism globally: Top Chinese Buddhist monk

Beijing, Apr 4 (PTI) China has held a major conference of influential Asian Buddhist monks where its top monk has affirmed that Beijing has...

Russia says backup power line to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has gone down

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A backup power line supplying the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine has gone down, the Russian-controlled management of the plant said on Thursday.

Taiwan earthquake cracks walls and shatters memories for one family

By Fabian Hamacher and Yimou Lee HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) - Linda Chen looked wistfully around her apartment in Taiwan's eastern city of Hualien, which her family believes is now too dangerous to

NATO marks 75th anniversary with flags, cake, message to US on Ukraine

By Andrew Gray, John Irish BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO foreign ministers celebrated the 75th anniversary of their alliance on Thursday with flags, cake and marching bands, while its secretary general

Czechs to give tens of millions of euros for Ukraine ammunition plan, PM says

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic will donate tens of millions of euros to an initiative it is leading to buy hundreds of thousands of artillery ammunition rounds for Ukraine, Prime Minister Petr

Russian drone attack kills four in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, cuts power supply

By Vitalii Hnidyi and Anastasiia Malenko KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian drone attack struck residential buildings in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and an energy facility in the surrounding

Resilient Taiwan responded fast to earthquake after years honing skills

By Yimou Lee HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) - When a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan's scenic and largely rural east coast county of Hualien on Wednesday, local official Chang Tung-yao knew exactly

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Negative campaigns by BJP, Congress aren’t just bad for democracy. It hurts Dalits, Muslims

The politics of fear impacts voting behaviour and has consequences on marginalised communities, particularly Muslims and Dalits. It hurts them in terms of long-term policy measures.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

Indian Coast Guard seizes Iranian fishing vessel, rescues six Indian crew members

The ICG said in a statement that the boat was seized and brought to Kochi for further investigation on May 6.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.