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China Denies Accessing Data After TikTok Hit With Huge EU Fine
- May 03, 2025 18:28 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
China on Saturday denied it required companies to hand over data after TikTok was hit with a massive fine in the European Union for its handling of personal data.
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Nobody Can Guarantee Kyiv's Safety If Ukraine Attacks Moscow: Russia
- May 03, 2025 17:19 pm IST
- Reuters
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said on Saturday that nobody could guarantee that the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv would survive to see May 10 if Ukraine attacked Moscow during World War Two victory celebrations on May 9.
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Zelensky Says Ukraine Won't Play Putin's "Games" With Short Truce
- May 03, 2025 16:32 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed a three-day truce ordered by Russian leader Vladimir Putin as theatrics but said Kyiv was ready for a full ceasefire.
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US, Ukraine May Wait Decade Or More To See Revenue From Minerals Deal
- May 02, 2025 15:56 pm IST
- Reuters
The financial payoff from a new minerals deal between Ukraine and the US is likely to take a decade or longer as investors face many hurdles to getting new mines into production in the war-ravaged country.
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British Great-Grandma Now Holds Record Of Being Oldest At 115
- May 01, 2025 16:19 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
A British woman, Ethel Caterham, became the world's oldest person aged 115 on Thursday after the death of a Brazilian nun who had held the record, according to research groups.
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Ukraine Minerals Deal Means Trump Forced Kyiv To Pay For US Aid: Russia
- May 01, 2025 14:46 pm IST
- Posted by: Divyam Sharma
Senior Russian security official Dmitry says signing of a minerals deal between Ukraine and the United States meant US President Donald Trump had forced Kyiv to pay for US aid.
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German Couple Confines Their Children To Home For 3 Years, Arrested
- May 01, 2025 12:10 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
After a resident reported the home this month, police said they discovered that more people lived there than the one man listed on the civil register.
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Investment Fund, Control Of Rare Metals: Inside US-Ukraine Crucial Mineral Deal
- May 01, 2025 10:33 am IST
- Edited by: Sanstuti Nath
- (with inputs from Reuters)
After months of tense negotiations, the United States and Ukraine have signed an "economic partnership agreement" on the joint exploitation of Kyiv's energy and mineral resources, which are vital for new technologies and largely untapped.
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Ukrainian Journalist Tortured, Had Organs Removed In Russian Custody: Report
- Apr 30, 2025 22:01 pm IST
- Edited by: Anushree Jonko
Belousov also noted that Roshchyna's body showed signs of an autopsy having been performed before it was returned to Ukraine, and that some of her organs were missing.
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Amid Trump's Threats To Buy Greenland, A Quiet Visit By Team Of US Investors
- Apr 30, 2025 21:34 pm IST
- Edited by: Abhishek Chakraborty
Donald Trump wants to annex Greenland one way or another. After trying to build diplomatic pressure over the last few months and failing at it, Washington is trying a new approach.
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Facing Trump, Microsoft Vows To Protect Europeans' Data
- Apr 30, 2025 18:11 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
Microsoft on Wednesday committed to boosting its presence in Europe and protecting European citizens' data against a backdrop of rising "geopolitical volatility".
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"Can't Be Resolved In A Day": Russia On Ukraine Conflict Amid US Pressure
- Apr 30, 2025 16:28 pm IST
- Reuters
President Vladimir Putin is open to peace in Ukraine and intense work is going on with the United States, but the conflict is so complicated that the rapid progress which Washington wants is difficult to achieve, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
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If US Pulls Out Support To Ukraine, Can Europe Help Kyiv Fight On?
- Apr 30, 2025 13:23 pm IST
- Associated Press
President Donald Trump is pushing Ukraine to cede territory to Russia to end the war, threatening to walk away if a deal becomes too difficult - and causing alarm bells in Europe about how to fill the gap.
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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Career Diplomat Serious Contender To Be Next Pope
- Apr 30, 2025 12:14 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
A seasoned diplomat who worked with Pope Francis for 12 years, Cardinal Pietro Parolin is well-known in Rome and abroad, and a serious contender to be the next pontiff.
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"Spain Sets Up Commission To Probe Blackout": Prime Minister
- Apr 29, 2025 19:17 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
Spain has set up a commission to investigate the causes of a sweeping blackout that paralysed the Iberian Peninsula, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday.
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AstraZeneca Moves Some Production To US Amid Tariff Threat
- Apr 29, 2025 18:27 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced Tuesday that it has begun moving some of its European production to the United States, ahead of President Donald Trump's possible tariffs on the sector.
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Will Cardinals Choose Another Outsider Like Francis To Be Next Pope?
- Apr 29, 2025 18:25 pm IST
- Reuters
When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total Vatican outsider. He had never been a Vatican official, instead spending decades in local ministry. And he came from Argentina, the first pope from the Americas.