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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference (AP)

U.S. Senate unanimously condemns Putin as war criminal

Russia calls its actions a 'special military operation' to demilitarise and 'denazify' Ukraine

16 March 2022 10:48 AM IST

A Ukrainian soldier passes by a destroyed a trolleybus and taxi after a Russian bombing attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 14, 2022. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia pounds Ukrainian cities as two sides plan more talks

The talks ended without a breakthrough after several hours, with an aide to Zelenskyy saying the negotiators took a...

15 March 2022 12:18 PM IST

Residents queue to undergo nucleic acid tests for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Shenzhen, in Chinas southern Guangdong province on March 14, 2022. (AFP)

Nearly 30 million under lockdown in China as coronavirus surges

China reported 5,280 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, more than double the previous day's tally as the Omicron variant...

15 March 2022 10:59 AM IST

Residents line up for coronavirus screening during the COVID-19 lockdown in Changchun in northeastern Chinas Jilin province. (Photo: AP)

Major Chinese cities impose COVID-19 restriction as cases spike

The latest spike is being described as the severest COVID-19 outbreaks in two years

14 March 2022 8:28 AM IST

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a close view of Chernobyl nuclear facilities, Ukraine, during the Russian invasion. (Photo: AP)

Power restored to Ukraine's Chernobyl plant, seized by Russian forces:...

An explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 killed hundreds and spread a radioactive cloud west across...

14 March 2022 8:09 AM IST

Workers wait to collect deliveries for a lockdown community in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

China returns to mass shutdowns as COVID-19 cases surge

Meanwhile, an outbreak of the omicron variant in Shanghai saw schools shuttered again

13 March 2022 3:07 PM IST

Air raid alerts added by Google for Android phones in Ukraine

The company is enabling it at the request of the Ukrainian govt

13 March 2022 1:06 PM IST

McDonald's, Starbucks, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola suspend business in Russia

The companies announced on Tuesday that they were temporarily suspending their business in response to the country's...

9 March 2022 9:07 AM IST

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (AFP file image)

China says friendship with Russia is 'rock solid'

Cooperation between the two countries brings benefits and well-being to the two peoples, said Chinese Foreign Minister...

7 March 2022 1:58 PM IST

A Ukrainian man rides his bicycle near to a factory and a store burning after been bombarded in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Russia announces opening of humanitarian corridors in Kyiv, other...

Russian forces, for humanitarian purposes, are declaring a 'regime of silence' from 10:00 am on 7 March, the Russian...

7 March 2022 12:01 PM IST

People cross an improvised path under a destroyed bridge while fleeing the town of Irpin, Ukraine, Sunday, March 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Oleksandr Ratushniak)

Ukraine says Russia steps up shelling of residential areas

Russia has made significant advances in southern Ukraine and along the coast, but many of its efforts have become...

7 March 2022 10:19 AM IST

Ukrainian soldiers drive on an armored military vehicle in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (AP/Emilio Morenatti)

Putin says Ukraine's future in doubt as cease-fires collapse

Putin continued to pin the blame for the war squarely on the Ukrainian leadership and slammed their resistance to the...

6 March 2022 10:24 AM IST