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Russia protects its own interests, international law: Vladimir Putin
"Russia consistently defends international law," the President said during a large military parade with some 12,000 participants in Moscow. Putin once again warned against attempts to falsify history and attempts to relativise the actions of "traitors and criminals", Xinhua news agency reported.
Sadiq Khan wins 2nd term as London Mayor
"I will always be a Mayor for all Londoners, working to improve the lives of every single person in this city," the BBC quoted the 51-year-old Labour Party member, first elected as Mayor in 2016, was quoted as saying after the results were declared on Saturday night.
Conference on Europe's future to begin in France
French President Emmanuel Macron, who called for a debate on reforming the European Union (EU), is due to give a speech at the opening of the event, reports dpa news agency. The conference is due to run until spring 2022 and is to involve citizen dialogues, with the aid of a platform online. Some 20 leaders throughout Europe, including German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, called on Europeans to get involved.
India's Covid situation nothing short of heartbreaking: Kamala Harris
"Generations of my family come from India. My mother (Shyamala Gopalan) was born and raised in India. And I have family members who live in India today. The welfare of India is critically important to the US," Vice President Kamala Harris said in her pre-recorded message played at a diaspora event hosted by the State Department's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) on Friday.
UK's Labour Party suffers huge losses in local polls
The Conservatives won a parliamentary by-election in the north England constituency of Hartlepool, taking the seat from Labour for the first time since 1974 when the constituency was created, reports Xinhua news agency. Adding pains to Keir Starmer's Labour Party, its losses in local elections continued to mount as vote results were announced one after another.
44 killed in 'bloody' battles in Yemen's Marib
"Houthi fighters carried out large-scale military operations from different directions against several sites of pro-government forces in western Marib," the official told Xinhua news agency on Saturday. Pro-government local tribesmen also engaged in the armed confrontations with the Houthi attackers who used heavy weapons including artillery shelling, he added.
Australia's borders to remain closed indefinitely: PM Morrison
Morrison said in a media interview that there is no "appetite" among Australians to re-open the country's borders to international travellers as Covid-19 continues to spread throughout the world, reports Xinhua news agency. "I don't see an appetite for that at the moment," . "All I know is once you let it (Covid-19) back in again, you cannot get it out. You've crossed that threshold," the Prime Minister added.
3 injured in New York City Times Square shooting
The shooting took place at around 5 p.m. on Saturday at 44th Street and 7th Avenue in Manhattan, Xinhua news agency reported citing the police as saying. The injured persons were sent to a nearby hospital and are expected to survive, and police believed that none of the victims knew each other or the shooter.
Iranian FM urges US to help revive nuclear deal
"As we try to revive JCPOA in Vienna, it's necessary to remember how it all started. Three years ago today, a disgraced buffoon violated U.S. obligations," Zarif tweeted on Saturday referring to the withdrawal by the previous US government under Donald Trump. "Today, President Joe Biden has to decide whether the US continues lawlessness or adheres to law. Onus is on the US, not Iran," Xinhua news agency quoted Zarif as further saying.
2 arrested over attack on ex-Maldivian President
State-owned PSM News reported on Saturday that 21-year-old Mujaz Ahmed and 32-year-old Thahumeen Ahmed were arrested in connection to an attack that took place outside Nasheed's residence in Male on May 6, reports Xinhua news agency. Nasheed was admitted to the ADK Hospital, where he underwent multiple life-saving surgeries.
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