Views: 5 |Kathmandu, March 2 — Nepal made the fastest progress among South Asian countries in closing gender-based gaps, according to a World Bank report released on Tuesday. Amidst the global pandemic that threatened progress towards gender equality, the Himalayan republic outpaced all countries in the region in the Women, Business and the Law 2022 […]
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Views: 1 President Biden praised the Ukrainian people as a “wall of strength” against the invasion launched last week by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s in his opening remarks of the State of the Union address on Tuesday. “Six days ago, Russia’s Vladimir Putin sought to shake the foundations of the free world thinking he could
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Views: 3 Former president Donald Trump has lashed out at the press and much of the party he remains the de facto leader of for reporting on and criticising his decision to praise Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. © Getty trumpputin-second.jpgIn a emailed statement sent out by his political action committee because he is banned
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Views: 4 | (Bloomberg) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is entering a new phase, promising a more deadly time ahead for the country’s civilians and its remarkably determined army, according to Western military officials. © Photographer: SERGEY BOBOK/AFP Russian infantry mobility vehicles GAZ Tigr destroyed as a result of fight in Kharkiv, located some 50 km
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Views: 1 Russia, careening toward economic crisis under the weight of devastating Western sanctions, has put its nuclear forces on alert as the Kremlin’s siege of Ukraine intensifies. © John R. Wright/AFP/Getty Images A U.S. airman guards an F-35 Lightning II fighter at Siauliai air base in Lithuania. The United States and its NATO partners have
Views: 1 From Russia to North Korea to Zimbabwe, the impact of diplomatic sanctions has long been questioned. But Bangladeshi activists have no doubts: extrajudicial killings have suddenly stopped since punitive US measures were imposed two months ago, they say. © Munir uz zaman The mother of Sajedul Islam Suman says her son disappeared in 2013,
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Views: 1 YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s junta showed off its military strength with a parade in the capital Naypyitaw on Saturday, with its leader Min Aung Hlaing defending last year’s coup as necessary to protect the country from enemies, both domestic and foreign. © Reuters/Stringer . FILE PHOTO: Myanmar celebrates 76th anniversary of the founding of
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Views: 2 British troops helping with training in Ukraine will leave the country this weekend, the armed forces minister said as he warned that Russia could now launch an attack “at no notice”. James Heappey said the small number of UK personnel sent to train Ukrainian troops on the anti-tank missiles “will be withdrawn,” alongside
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Views: 1 SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee said on Saturday that a total of eight new COVID-19 cases were detected among games-related personnel on Feb. 11. © Reuters/TYRONE SIU Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics All of the cases were among those already in the “closed loop” bubble that separates all event personnel
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Views: 5 CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Russia could invade Ukraine during the current Beijing Winter Olympics so Americans should leave the Eastern European country immediately, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. © Provided by Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens during a joint press availability at the Quad meeting of foreign
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