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'Blinken, Jaishankar discuss diplomatic efforts on Russian aggression'
The mention of Russian "aggression" in Price's statement assumes an ominous tone because Blinken said the same day that a Russian invasion "could begin at any time", even during the Beijing Winter Olympics now underway brushing aside speculation that Moscow would not launch an attack during the games. The Jaishankar-Blinken meeting took place as the White House unveiled its Indo-Pacific strategy that laid down "support India's continued rise and regional leadership" as one of its objectives.
2 dead, 9 police officers injured in shooting in US Phoenix
Five police officers were in the hospital after being shot in line of duty. Four of them were recovering and the fifth "was seriously hurt but on the road to recovery", Phoenix police Chief Jeri Williams told reporters on Friday. Police were called to the shooting at a home near 51st Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road. One officer was shot multiple times by the suspect as he approached to help, according to Williams.
Turkish forces kill 29 Kurdish militants in Syria
A total of 28 YPG members who attempted to attack the Operation Euphrates Shield zone and one fighter trying to attack the Operation Peace Spring region were "neutralized", Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying.
Thousands of NY City workers set to lose jobs over vaccine mandate
New York City requires its employees, including teachers, firefighters, police officers, among others, to present proof of vaccination as of Friday, according to rules passed in 2021. The vaccination rate among municipal workers in New York City stands at nearly 95 per cent as a number of exceptions were nodded in recent months on religious or medical basis, according to local media reports.
World's poor nations lag behind in Covid-19 vaccinations: report
Nearly 54 per cent of the world population is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, the newspaper quoted 'Our World in Data', an information partnership between the University of Oxford and the Global Change Data Lab charity, as saying, Xinhua news agency reported.
Diplomatic efforts underway to defuse Russia-Ukraine tensions
Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), on Thursday met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Brussels over Russia-Ukraine tensions, Xinhua news agency reported. Stoltenberg said in a press release that 'this is a dangerous moment for European security,' underlining that while NATO is prepared for the worst, it is still committed to finding a political solution.
Canadian PM Trudeau urges protesters to go home, vows to end blockades
The Prime Minister said that the police and all levels of government are preparing to take action against the demonstrators behind the blockades in Ottawa, Windsor and elsewhere, Xinhua news agency reported. Federal, provincial and municipal officials have been clear over recent days: the blockades and activities of the convoy are "illegal" and "unlawful", and must end.
Quad ministers call for elimination of terrorist safe havens, prosecution of terrorists
"We call on all countries to ensure that territory under their control is not used to launch terror attacks and to expeditiously bring to justice the perpetrators of such attacks," the Foreign Ministers of the Quad nations said in a joint statement after their meeting in Australia's Melbourne.
Pakistan blames India for Balochistan unrest
The Pakistan Foreign Office made it clear that there was strong evidence that India was involved in unrest in Balochistan, The News reported. Islamabad blamed New Delhi for its 'sinister campaign' to sabotage CPEC and also rejected the "unwarranted" and "preposterous" remarks it made on the Pakistan-China Joint statement of February 6, the report said.
'Chinese PLA stopping Ladakh locals from letting their cattle graze'
She put out a video on social media platforms purportedly showing that Chinese troops running after herds. Chodon lives in Koyal, a village on the banks of Senge Zangbu, a tributary of the Indus River, that divides the Himalayan region of Ladakh between India and China.
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