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48.7 million citizens registered to vote in France's Presidential polls
According to the institute on Thursday, 47.05 million people registered on municipal lists, 1.43 million registered overseas on consular lists, and 0.22 million registered in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia, Xinhua news agency reported. In metropolitan France and the 13 French overseas territories, 95 per cent of the citizens who are eligible to vote are registered on municipal lists, it said.
NATO approves deployment of four new battle groups
The four new battle groups deployed along eastern part of the NATO alliance were approved on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported. In total, there will now be eight NATO battle groups deployed along the eastern flank of the alliance, from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea.
The organisation's heads of states were called for an extraordinary meeting to discuss further support for Ukraine, in the context of the Russia-Ukraine conflict that started in February.
India abstains 6th, 7th time on Ukraine resolution; UNGA throttles S Africa resolution
The Assembly approved a resolution on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine proposed by that country criticising Russia's role, but it throttled another put forward by South Africa that did not mention Moscow. India's Permanent Representative T.S. Tirumurti said at the Assembly's emergency session that New Delhi abstained on the resolution proposed by Ukraine because it "did not fully reflect" India's expected focus on "on cessation of hostilities and on urgent humanitarian assistance".
Chinese Foreign Minister's visit gives rise to rumours that Taliban replaced PM Akhund
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Thursday denied rumours that the group's Prime Minister Mullah Hasan Akhund has been replaced by his deputy, Dawn reported. The rumours of Akhund being replaced emerged after China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Kabul unannounced on Thursday morning, for the first time since the Taliban takeover of the country in August last year.
Fund led by Biden's son involved in financing biolabs in Ukraine: Russia
The US Agency for International Development (USAID), the George Soros Foundation, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also provide financial support to the Pentagon programme, the Russian Defense Ministry added, RT reported. At the same time, the scientific curator is the US nuclear center at Los Alamos.
Seoul conducts missile drills in retaliatory move against N.Korea
The military shot the missiles from ground, sea and air from around the East Sea hours after the North launched an intercontinental ballistic missile into the sea, Yonhap News Agency quoted the JCS as saying. Assets mobilised were a Hyunmoo-2 ground-to-ground missile and one ATACMS missile as well as a Haesung-II ship-to-ground missile and two JDAM air-to-surface missiles, it said
Taliban say their government 'impoverished', seek people's help
The three-day cabinet meeting was held in Kandahar and was headed by the supreme leader of the Taliban, Mullah Hebtullah Akhundzada for the first time. The Amir al-Mu'minin or Supreme Leader said that if he could, he would set salaries for the Afghan men and women, adding that he understood the problems and hardships of his poor people, but that the economy of the Islamic Emirate was still weak, Bakhtar News reported.
Sri Lanka not able to print textbooks due to shortage of paper and diesel, power cuts
He told the Daily Mirror that there is also a delay in the distribution of printed textbooks to schools due to the current fuel crisis in the country. "The present power interruption has made a significant impact on textbook printing." Printing of textbooks in the days before the Covid-19 pandemic was not an issue. Some 38 million text books are to be distributed among the school children in Sri Lanka.
China to ramp up arms exports to Pakistan
China is aiming to increase its defence expansion in South Asia, which would further multiply its influence in the region. It should be noted that China's increase in defence cooperation comes at a time when the US and Europe are focused on the deteriorating situation arising out of the Russia–Ukraine conflict.
India, Russia and China ahead of US in hypersonic technology: Top American Senator
“We're in a situation where we have technological improvements. We used to dominate technology. That's no longer the case. Hypersonic, clearly, China and India, Russia have advantages on it,” Senator Jack Reed, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said. He also said that, for the first time in history, the nuclear competition involves not two but three countries, i.e., China, Russia and the US.
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