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Russia, Ukraine start new round of peace talks
Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday kicked off a fresh round of peace talks here in yet another attempt to reach a ceasefire in the ongoing Moscow-Kiev war. Shortly before the meeting started at the Dolmabahce Presidential Working Office in Istabul's Besiktas district, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the time had come for talks to yield concrete results, reports Xinhua news agency.
Growing political tension in Pak poses risks for economy
The political situation in Pakistan is one of the main domestic risks to the economy due to uncertainty over the growing tensions between the government and opposition alliance, endangering a fragile economic recovery, the Ministry of Finance warned. "The domestic and international scenario has begun to change which may have implications for the economic recovery
Time has come for the final push: Maryam to Imran
Maryam Nawaz, Vice President of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has said the time for giving Prime Minister Imran Khan the "final push" towards his defeat has come, Geo News reported. While addressing a 'jalsa' (gathering) of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) in Islamabad on Monday.
White House proposes $26 billion budget for NASA in 2023
The White House has requested a $26 billion budget for NASA in 2023, which is about $2 billion more than the space agency received for the current fiscal year. The budget would enable NASA to fund Artemis moon landings, Earth science, address climate change, drive economic growth, and more as the agency aims to send people to Mars by 2040, NASA officials said.
US Covid vaccinations hit 2-yr low amid Omicron sub-variant surge
Amid a resurgence due to the new Omicron sub-variant, the number of daily Covid-19 vaccinations in the US has fallen to the lowest level since the early days of the inoculation campaign in 2020. The seven-day average of vaccine doses of all types administered in the country dipped to 127,000 per day this week, Xinhua news agency reported citing data tracked by The Hill news outlet. This marked a steady decline since January, when more than 1 million shots per day were being administered.
Approval of Biden's handling of economy declining: Poll
The new NBC News poll said the other issues besides handling of the economy had topped January's survey, reports Xinhua news agency. Sixty-two per cent of respondents said their family incomes are falling behind the cost of living, 31 per cent said they were staying even, and 6 per cent said their incomes are going up faster than the cost of living, according to the poll conducted on March 18-22
India, Israel, UAE, US group's 'I2-U2' joins alphabet soup of diplomatic acronyms
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken used the I2-U2 moniker on Sunday for the four-member grouping that was launched last October at a virtual meeting comprising himself, India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Foreign Ministers Yair Lapid of Israel and Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the UAE. I2-U2 even has a populist ring rhyming with R2-D2, a robot in the Star Wars movie franchise.
Roman Abramovich experienced symptoms of poisoning during peace talks in Kiev
The Chelsea Football Club owner was reportedly poisoned just weeks ago after a meeting in Kiev while he acted as a 'peacemaker' in the Russian war in Ukraine, reports the Wall Street Journal. Following the meeting in Kiev, Abramovich, as well as two senior members of the Ukrainian team, developed symptoms that included red eyes, painful tearing as well as peeling skin on their faces and hands, sources told the newspaper.
Russian delegation arrives in Istanbul for peace talks with Ukraine
The plane carrying the Russian representatives landed at the Ataturk Airport, which is exclusively used for diplomatic missions, it said. According to Turkish diplomatic sources, the talks are expected to begin on Tuesday morning, Xinhua news agency reported. In a phone call on Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to hold the next round of negotiations in Istanbul.
US records nearly 30,000 weekly child Covid-19 infections
Reported Covid-19 cases among children spiked dramatically in 2022 during the Omicron variant surge, with over 4.9 million child cases reported since the beginning of January, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the report. Over 12.8 million children have tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic in the country, according to the report. Over 171,000 of these cases have been added in the past 4 weeks.
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