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With India's back to back support, China announces humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka
The China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) has stated that the Beijing was aware about Sri Lanka's economic difficulties and as a traditionally friendly and close neighbour, has decided to provide emergency humanitarian assistance to the country to help it cope with these difficulties.
Macron accuses Le Pen of dependance on Putin in TV debate
The second and final round of the election, which has whittled down to a straight contest between the two finalists after the rest of the field were eliminated on April 10, will be held on Sunday. Given the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia and its President Vladimir Putin became central topics on which the two contestants crossed swords. Macron accused Le Pen's National Rally party of taking a loan in 2014 from a Russian bank which was "close to power" (in the Kremlin).
UK's Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 96th b'day
On Twitter, The Royal Family account released a photograph to mark her birthday, showing the Queen with two ponies. "Taken last month in the grounds of Windsor Castle, The Queen is pictured with two of her fell ponies, Bybeck Katie and Bybeck Nightingale," the account said.
N.Korean websites slam S.Korea-US military drills
Earlier this week, South Korea and the US kicked off their combined springtime military training that does not include any field troop maneuvers, reports Yonhap News Agency. The drills will continue until April 28. "This is a reckless, dangerous play with fires of war and a clear exercise for the invasion of the North, driving the Korean Peninsula's political situation that is already unstable to an extreme," Uriminzokkiri, a North Korean propaganda outlet, said in a commentary posted on its website. It added that inter-Korean relations and the political situation on the peninsula have been thrown into "the worst state".
EU currently preparing 6th package of sanctions against Russia: Zelensky
In his latest video address posted on Thursdau, Zelenksy said he discussed the sanctions with President of the European Council Charles Michel during their meeting in Kiev earlier on Wednesday. "We are working to make it truly painful for the Russian military machine and the Russian state as a whole. I emphasize in all negotiations that sanctions are needed not as an end in themselves, but as a practical tool to motivate Russia to seek peace," the President was quoted as saying in the video.
Alleged intruder at Peruvian Embassy in US shot dead by Secret Service
The suspect was found smashing windows of the Peruvian Ambassador's residence in the Forest Hills neighbourhood of northwest D.C., Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee told reporters on Wednesday evening. The ambassador's relatives were inside and called the police just after 8 a.m., Xinhua news agency quoted Contee as saying.
Turkey supports Palestinian cause despite efforts to develop ties with Israel: Prez
Turkey will not abandon its support for Palestinians because of its political, cultural and economic relations with Israel, the Turkish President was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency. "This does not mean that we will turn a blind eye to the occupation in Jerusalem and other Palestinian territories," he said. The effective way to defend the Palestinian cause is to have a "reasonable, consistent and balanced" relationship with Israel, Erdogan added.
Russia successfully test-fires Sarmat strategic missile
The missile was fired from a silo at 15:12 Moscow Time at the Plesetsk state test cosmodrome in northwest Russia's Arkhangelsk region, the country's Defense Ministry was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency. The training warheads reached a given area at the Kura test ground on the Kamchatka Peninsula and the tasks were completed in full, it said in a statement.
World faces human catastrophe due to Russia-Ukraine war: David Malpass
Speaking to the BBC on Wednesday, Malpass said that if the war continues, there will be record increases in food prices which would push hundreds of millions people into poverty and lower nutrition. "It's a human catastrophe, meaning nutrition goes down. But then it also becomes a political challenge for governments who can't do anything about it, they didn't cause it and they see the prices going up.
Macron-Le Pen go head to head in televised debate
The two hour and 45 minutes debate on Wednesday night was the first time that the same candidates squared off in two consecutive elections, the first being in 2017, reports the BBC. Le Pen, who lost to Macron in 2017, termed the issue of cost of living as her biggest priority, saying she "will permanently cut VAT on energy" and "will also cut taxes, no income tax for under-30s".
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