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Centre-right party tops France's regional elections: Exit poll
President Emmanuel Macron's ruling "The Republic on the Move" party, meanwhile, failed to anchor roots locally, Xinhua news agency quoted the poll as saying on Monday. For the President, who had dispatched 15 ministers to the battle and saw his troops painfully reaching 10 per cent at the national level, "it's a setback", commented French daily Le Figaro on Monday.
US ambassador to return to Moscow this week: State Department
"We remain committed to open channels of communication with the Russian government," Price told reporters in a phone brief. "Both as a means to advance US interests but also to reduce the risk of miscalculation between our two countries." He also said Russian ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov had returned to Washington DC, Xinhua reported.
US announces sharing plan for 55mn Covid vaccine doses
Among the 55 million doses, around 41 million will be shared through COVAX, including approximately 14 million doses for Latin America and the Caribbean, approximately 16 million for Asia, and approximately 10 million for Africa, according to a White House statemen. The rest, about 14 million doses, will be shared directly with "regional priorities and other recipients," including Afghanistan, Iraq, West Bank and Gaza.
'Pakistan encouraged Kashmir-centric terrorists to join Islamic State-Khorasan
"The Islamic State in Khorasan" written by Antonio Giustozzi and published in 2018, has revealed that in Pakistan literally hundreds of jihadist groups big and small operated in 2011-17, among which the largest were the LeT, Sepah-e Sahaba (SS), Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) with its various splinter groups, primarily Jamaat ul Ahrar), Jaish-e Mohammad (JeM), Lashkar-e Jhangvi (LeJ), Harakat-e Mujahidin and Jundullah.
US to China: Cooperate on Covid origin probes or face isolation
US President Biden had, last month, ordered intelligence agencies to reinvestigate the origins of the Covid pandemic in China as a way to prevent future pandemics. Led by Biden, world leaders at the recently concluded G7 also pushed for a 'transparent' investigation into the origins of Covid. However, the Biden administration will not take a hard line with China about cooperating in the investigations, Sullivan told CNN's "State of the Union," on Sunday.
US envoy hopes N.Korea will accept dialogue offer
He made the remarks during a trilateral meeting here with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts, Noh Kyu-duk and Takehiro Funakoshi, Xinhua news agency reported. "We continue to hope that North Korea will respond positively to our outreach and our offer to meet anywhere, anytime without preconditions," Yonhap News Agency quoted Kim said as saying.
Pakistan's Qureshi warns Afghan President to stop pointing fingers at the ISI
"Get of out that groove, please. Get out of that groove. Now, listen, if you remain stuck in this, believe me you will not be able to travel far. And we want you to travel far. We want reconciliation and peace," fumed Pakistani Foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi when he was confronted by the Afghan TV Channel Tolo News.
Pak plans global media outlet funded by China to counter West narrative
The leaked concept paper on Sino-Pak collaboration on building a global narrative was presented during a meeting between Chinese and Pakistan military delegates last month. The collaborative information war campaign has to be seen in the light of the recent Politburo meeting in China where President Xi Jinping acknowledged the negative impact of their 'wolf warrior' diplomats' targeted attacks on countries across the globe.
Biden to host Afghan Prez at WH on June 25
The visit "will highlight the enduring partnership between the US and Afghanistan as the military drawdown continues", Psaki said in a statement on Sunday. The US is committed to providing assistance to support the Afghan people and remains deeply engaged with Kabul to ensure "the country never again becomes a safe haven for terrorist groups who pose a threat to the US homeland", the Press Secretary added.
New Israeli PM warns Hamas against 'any more violence'
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has warned the Islamic Hamas movement that the Jewish state will not tolerate "any more violence" from the besieged Gaza Strip. Speaking at a memorial ceremony to commemorate the fallen soldiers during Israel's 2014 military campaign in Gaza, Bennett said on Sunday that his country "has lost its patience", reports Xinhua news agency
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