Peskov’s remarks came after RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan spoke at the ‘Russian Donbass’ conference in Donetsk on Thursday, at which she appealed to the authorities to place the territory under Moscow’s control. “Russia takes a very responsible position in the effort to assist Ukraine in resolving its internal crisis,” Peskov …
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The new guidelines, released by India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Saturday, pertain to “cinemas, theaters and multiplexes,” allowing them to operate at full capacity from Monday provided they abide by a set of rules aimed at preventing the spread of the disease. These include physical distancing of “at …
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Sunday marks the start of the UK government’s British National Overseas (BNO) scheme for Hong Kongers, giving those in the Chinese city who hold BNO passports the opportunity to move to Britain via a five-year visa, which can become a path to citizenship. Up to 300,000 residents in the former …
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“I find that one of the key challenges we have seen in America, but also in Europe and Asia, is the kind of increasing conflict based on inequality,” Eide said. Black Lives Matter has become a very important worldwide movement to fight racial injustice. In his nomination papers, the MP …
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One of the worst literary cliches in the book is quoting some dead white man as an opening gambit – just to show your opponents how clever you are. As Oscar Wilde wrote: “I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies …
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When a posse of Middle East heavies decided to gang up on one of its neighbors, things did not look good for Qatar, busy preparing for its role as host to one of international sports biggest events, the FIFA World Cup. In the face of the combined might of Saudi …
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Plenty of unexpected events occurred in the wake of the pandemic, making 2020 one of the most volatile years ever. But one phenomenon that’s flown under the radar has been the shocking rise in suicides in the colourful world of India’s TV and film industry, Bollywood. Within a matter of …
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The entrance to the stadium, which has been serving as the mass vaccination site since mid-January, was sealed at around 2 p.m local time after a sparse crowd of protesters staged a rally near the gate. Footage on social media showed several dozen protesters turning up with signs that read …
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Writing in his column in the Daily Star, Merson cast doubt on Chelsea’s decision to bring in former PSG boss Thomas Tuchel, who will likely need a longer bedding in period than a figure such as Pochettino, who knows the league and its players well from his long and successful time as …
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Nurmagomedov’s head coach at American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, California, Javier Mendez, has said that there was only ever one fight that his fighter would be interested in at this stage in his career, and it’s the one fight the UFC has shied away from – a superfight against Canadian superstar …
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