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Syria: How Syria's war has hindered earthquake relief
Posted in Middle East News

Syria: How Syria’s war has hindered earthquake relief

Thousands of people have been killed in Syria by the earthquake that struck its border region with Turkey on Feb. 6 but aid has been…

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Olympics: Moscow says calls to ban Russian athletes from Olympics 'unacceptable'
Posted in Europe News

Olympics: Moscow says calls to ban Russian athletes from Olympics ‘unacceptable’

MOSCOW: Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin said on Saturday that calls from ministers of more than 30 countries to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from…

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Syria: UN chief pushes for more aid access to Syria from Turkey
Posted in Rest of World News

Syria: UN chief pushes for more aid access to Syria from Turkey

UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday pushed for more humanitarian aid access to northwestern Syria from Turkey, saying he would be “very…

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Austria expels four Russian diplomats, using language of spy cases
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Austria expels four Russian diplomats, using language of spy cases

VIENNA: Austria is expelling four Russian diplomats for behaving in a manner inconsistent with international agreements, a reason often invoked in spying cases, the Austrian…

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Amitabh Kant: India seeking to restructure multilateral fin institutions like IMF, WB in its G-20 presidency: Amitabh Kant
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Amitabh Kant: India seeking to restructure multilateral fin institutions like IMF, WB in its G-20 presidency: Amitabh Kant

India will be seeking to restructure multilateral financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank which are out of sync with present-day challenges,…

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