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OPEC keeps outlook on global oil demand growth for 2024-25

OPEC kept its outlook on growth of global oil demand for 2024 and 2025 unchanged at 2.2 mln barrels per day and 1.8 mln barrels per day, respectively, the cartel said in its April report.In absolute terms, global oil demand may reach 104.46 mln barrels per day in 2024, and 106.31 mln barrels per day...

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Over 14,000 kids killed in Gaza since war began

At least 14,350 minors have died in the Gaza Strip since the start of a new round of escalation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7 last year, accounting for about 44% of the total number of victims, according to data released by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics to mark the ...

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Over 600 people trapped in mountains in Taiwan quake

At least 611 people remain trapped in the mountainous Tianxiang region of eastern Taiwan, an emergency response center dealing with the aftermath of a powerful earthquake said.TASS from Hong Kong reports; the people were staying at a hotel in the Taroko National Park when the quake struck. Subsequen...

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Israel to move Rafah residents before launching operation in Gaza

Israel plans to relocate 1 mln Palestinians from Rafah before launching military operation on south Gaza city and remaining Hamas stronghold; Brussels is purposely stalling talks with Kiev on Ukraine’s accession to the EU as European Parliament elections loom; and opposition mayoral wins in Tu...

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Moscow urges int’l bodies to stop covering up Kiev role in Bucha events

Russia is calling upon international organizations to stop covering up for the Kiev regime and its role in perpetrating the events almost two years ago in the Kiev suburb of Bucha, and instead to push for a thorough investigation, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a commen...

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Russia halts rescue operation at Pioneer mine, 13 trapped miners feared dead

The rescue operation at the Pioneer gold mine in the Amur Region in Russia’s Far East has officially been halted, ending the search for the group of miners trapped underground after a mine accident, who are now presumed dead.The accident occurred on the morning of March 19, when 13 mine worker...

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Turkish opposition beats ruling party for first time in 20 years in municipal elections

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lost for the first time in the past 20 years to the main opposition force, the Republican People's Party (CHP), in nationwide municipal elections.According to unofficial preliminary data reported by T...

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Russia-China trade hits all-time high

Russia is doing more and more business with countries of the Global South, with the country's flourishing trade with China a prime example of this, Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk said at a meeting with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Zhao ...

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US trying to make the world forget about barbaric bombings of Yugoslavia: Russia

The US administration is trying to make the global community forget about barbaric bombings of Yugoslavia on orders of White House 25 years ago, the Russian embassy in the United States said in a statement on its Telegram channel."A quarter of a century ago, on orders of the White House, the Fe...

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China to continue support to Russia Envoy

Moscow and Beijing will continue to stand "back to back," supporting each other, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui told TASS in an interview."On Monday, [Chinese President] Xi Jinping congratulated [Russian President Vladimir] Putin on re-election to the post of the president ...

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China to continue support to Russia Envoy

Moscow and Beijing will continue to stand "back to back," supporting each other, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui told TASS in an interview."On Monday, [Chinese President] Xi Jinping congratulated [Russian President Vladimir] Putin on re-election to the post of the president ...

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Putin leads Russian presidential vote with 87.32pc

With 99.43% of ballots counted as of 7:00 a.m. Moscow time (4:00 a.m. GMT), Russian presidential race frontrunner and incumbent President Vladimir Putin leads the 2024 presidential race with 87.32% of the vote, according to information published on the Russian Central Election Commission’s off...

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West did everything to disrupt Russian presidential election

Moscow’s Western opponents actively tried over the past year to disrupt the Russian presidential election, Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS on Saturday."Our opponents stirred up not just a week or a month ago. It seems to me that over the past year the...

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Presidential poll in Russia begins

A presidential vote has begun in Russia: over the next three days, Russians will elect their president for the next six years.It will be the first presidential vote to employ the latest technologies, tested during earlier lower-level polls: a three-day voting period and a remote vote. For the first ...

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Putin calls Russians to take part in presidential polls

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on Russians to take part in presidential election on March 15-17."We need to confirm our consolidation, our determination to go forward together. Each vote counts. That is why I am calling on you to realize your right to vote in the coming three days,...

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No military threat from Russia: NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) does not currently see any military threat from Russia against the bloc's member-states, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a press conference in Brussels. "We don't see any imminent military threat [from Russia] against an...

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Over 80pc of Russians approve of Putin’s work: poll

About 83% of the polled Russians give a positive assessment of the work of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a survey conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM).According to the survey, 83% of the respondents said that they evaluate Putin's endeavors positively. The level of R...

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Medvedev calls Biden a US disgrace

US President Joe Biden should not have mentioned his predecessor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, because, unlike Roosevelt, he only disgraces the US, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said, commenting on the State of the Union address."In the State of the Union address, Biden ...

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Three Israeli troops killed in Gaza

Three soldiers of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) were killed and 14 more wounded in southern Gaza, the Jerusalem Post reported citing IDF's press office.According to the daily, "the Israeli troops were operating in a two-story building wherein they expected to confront terrorists when the...

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‘Ukraine loses up to 410 troops in Donetsk area’

Units of Russia's Battlegroup South have improved their frontline position in the Donetsk area, making the enemy lose up to 410 troops, Battlegroup Spokesman Vadim Astafyev gold TASS."Units of Battlegroup South, backed by aircraft and artillery forces, have improved their frontline position...