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China urges Ukraine-Russia to exercise 'maximum restraint'
The remarks were made by Yang Jiechi, who heads China's Central Foreign Affairs Commission, during the seven-hour meeting with US National Security Adviser (NSA) Jake Sullivan in the Italian capital on Monday. "All parties should exercise maximum restraint, protect civilians and prevent a large-scale humanitarian crisis," the BBC quoted Jiechi as saying.
US Fed expected to raise rates this week amid skyrocketing inflation
The consumer price index (CPI) last month surged 7.9 per cent from a year earlier, the largest 12-month growth since the period ending January 1982, Xinhua news agency quoted the Labour Department as saying. At a congressional hearing earlier this month, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that he was inclined to support a 25-basis-point rate hike at the March policy meeting, the first move since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Zelensky writes letter to family of American journo killed in Ukraine
Renaud, the 51-year-old journalist who had been working in the region, was killed by Russian forces on Sunday during a firing, in which two more correspondents were also injured. He is the first casualty among foreign journalists in the ongoing war. Zelensky in his letter on Monday said that the "talented and brave journalist lost his life while documenting human tragedy, devastation and suffering of the millions of Ukrainians".
Zelensky submits bill to extend martial law in Ukraine
According to the Verkhovna Rada, or Parliament, the bill presented on Monday suggests the extension of the law from 5.30 a.m. on March 26, Ukrayinska Pravda reported. Zelensky first declared the martial law February after Russia launched its military invasion of Ukraine. In a televised address to the nation, the President announced that all able-bodied men from 18-60 years old were not allowed to leave Ukraine as the country began a general mobilisation of all reserve forces.
Threats of terrorists acquiring WMDS 'no longer theoretical', India warns
"Preventing terrorist groups from acquiring and using weapons of mass destruction must be a central priority and responsibility of this Council and the international community," A. Amarnath, a counsellor in India's Permanent Mission to the UN, said on Monday. Various UN reports have shown that the "threat of terrorists acquiring WMDs is no longer in the theoretical realm", he said at a Security Council briefing by a panel set up to monitor the problem.
Abducted Mayor taken to Luhansk: Ukraine military
According to the latest update by the military administration of Zaporizhzhya region, where Melitopol is located, said Fedorov is in currently in Luhansk, "where he is incriminated with terrorism", the Ukrayinska Pravda newspaper reported. "Armed Russian troops surrounded the square and pushed people away. The occupying forces accompanied their actions with warnings from loudspeakers to ban rallies," it added.
Blue Origin to fly SNL's Pete Davidson to space on March 23
Blue Origin on Monday announced that its fourth human flight for the New Shepard programme will include Saturday Night Live fame Pete Davidson. This NS-20 flight, which is the 20th in the Jeff Bezos-owned company's history, is tentatively slated for liftoff at 8.30 a.m. CDT (7 p.m. IST) on March 23, from Launch Site One in west Texas.
Julian Assange denied permission to appeal extradition to US
A Supreme Court spokesperson said that the appeal "did not raise an arguable point of law", Xinhua news agency reported. In December 2021, Britain's High Court ruled that Assange can be extradited to the US, as it overturned a lower court ruling based on concerns about Assange's mental health and risk of suicide in a maximum-security prison in the US. Assange's lawyers had sought to appeal against the High Court's decision at the Supreme Court.
Next UN secretary-general should be female: General Assembly president
Just four women have been elected president of the General Assembly in its 76 sessions. However, no woman has ever been chosen as the secretary-general. This needs to be corrected, Shahid told the opening of the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, Xinhua news agency reported."The UN cannot call for the implementation of gold standards throughout the world as far as gender equality and women's empowerment is concerned, but not implement this standard at home," he said.
Russia-Ukraine peace talks continue daily: head of Russian delegation
"The negotiations with Ukraine are being held every day, seven days a week, in a format of video conferences," Medinsky posted on his Telegram account on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported. Medinsky said video meetings save time and are more efficient. "We are striving to do everything that is possible to fulfill the tasks set by (Russian President) Vladimir Putin for Russia's peaceful future," he wrote. The fourth round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine occurred earlier on Monday through video link.
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