North Korea explains its intercontinental ballistic missile test
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Pyongyang sees confrontation with the US as an “inevitability”

North Korea says it test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday in order to prepare for “the long-standing confrontation” with Washington. It was the first time Pyongyang has launched a long-range missile of this type since 2017.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the test of the missile, a Hwasong-17, because of the “daily-escalating military tension in and round the Korean peninsula” and the “inevitability of the long-standing confrontation with the US,” state-run news agency KCNA said....

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Ukraine and Rus­sia con­duct sol­dier-for-sol­dier pris­on­er swap
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Ukrain­ian gov­ern­ment says this was first equal ex­change of cap­tured troops since Rus­sia’s in­va­sion be­gan a month ago.
Published On 25 Mar 2022

‘Start­ing over’: FGM clin­ic gives hope to trau­ma­tised Egyp­tians
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Re­store is Egypt’s first health cen­tre that of­fers treat­ment for sur­vivors of fe­male gen­i­tal mu­ti­la­tion.
Published On 25 Mar 2022

EU ne­go­tia­tors agree land­mark law to curb US big tech gi­ants
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The ‘Dig­i­tal Mar­kets Act’ is de­signed to pro­tect con­sumers and give ri­vals a bet­ter chance to sur­vive.
Published On 25 Mar 2022

West­ern pow­ers raise stakes for Rus­sia, pledge new Ukraine aid
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West promis­es more aid for Ukraine, but pledges fall short of Kyiv’s calls for a no-fly zone, an em­bar­go on Russ­ian oil.
Published On 25 Mar 2022

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Ethiopia: Tigrayan fight­ers agree to ‘ces­sa­tion of hos­til­i­ties’
The Tigray Peo­ple’s Lib­er­a­tion Front has agreed to the Ethiopi­an gov­ern­ment’s call for a hu­man­i­tar­i­an truce.
Published On 25 Mar 2022

50% of foreign companies in Hong Kong plan to relocate
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According to a new poll, over half of the European companies in Hong Kong aim to shift their operations a

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Japan's hardcore train fans accused of going off the rails
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Crowding, confrontations and full-on attacks.

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US announces new sanctions after North Korea's ICBM test
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The United States imposed new sanctions Thursday on entities and people in Russia and North Korea after Pyongyang's latest ICBM missile test.

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EU negotiators agree landmark law to curb Big Tech
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Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states agreed on Thursday on a landmark law to curb the market dominance of US big tech gian

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Climate Change: Ice shelf the size of Rome collapses in East Antarctica; scientists sound the alarm
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Within days of record high temperatures in East Antarctica, an ice shelf the size of Rome collapsed completely in East Antarctica.

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An ice shelf about the size of Rome completely collapsed in Antarctica
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According to satellite data, an ice sheet the size of Rome has totally disintegrated in east Antarctica.

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India cancels UK delegation visit – media
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London is trying to persuade India to take action against Russia amid the Ukraine conflict

A visit of a high-ranking UK delegation to India, consisting of members of different political parties and led by House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, was called off at the last moment by the Indian authorities, The Guardian reported on Thursday.

According to the article, the delegation of 10 high-ranking British officials had been in discussions with India since January and had plans to v...

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Chinese Foreign Minister visits India to discuss Ukraine
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It’s the first high-level meeting held between the two countries since tensions increased in 2020 over a border conflict

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in New Delhi on Thursday night for a diplomatic visit, where he is expected to meet his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the Indian foreign ministry announced. This is the first visit of a high-ranking Chinese official to India since border clashes in Ladakh in 2020.

Wang Yi previously held talks with India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, according to...

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Prankster Lexus who tricked UK defence secretary reveals details to RT
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He said the footage of the video call was only edited to keep sensitive British national security information from the public

One of the Russian pranksters behind the call to UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, Alexey Stolyarov, AKA Lexus, dismissed London’s claim that the conversation was Russian propaganda. The team did not doctor the footage, only editing it with the sole purpose of keeping sensitive UK national security information from the public, Lexus told RT on Thursday.

Alexey Stolyarov, AKA Lexus, and fellow prankster Vladimir Kuznetsov, AKA Vovan, posed as Ukrainian Prime Minister De...

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US, EU an­nounce plan to re­duce Eu­ro­pean re­liance on Russ­ian gas
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New joint task force to work on slash­ing the bloc’s de­pen­dence on Russ­ian fos­sil fu­els.
Published On 25 Mar 2022

Umar Khalid: Amnesty slams de­nial of bail to In­di­an ac­tivist
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Rights group slams In­dia’s re­peat­ed de­nial of bail to Umar Khalid who is ac­cused of ‘con­spir­a­cy’ be­hind the Del­hi ri­ots.
Published On 25 Mar 2022