Written by Patricia Cohen The decision over the weekend to ban the purchase of newly mined and refined gold from Russia is the latest effort by the United States, Britain and their allies to notch up the wave of sanctions concentrated on Russia in response to its four-month-old invasion of […]
Month: June 2022
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Sri Lanka’s power and energy minister, on Tuesday said that “Sri Lanka will allow companies from oil-producing countries to import and sell fuel.” This is aimed towards ending a duopoly as the country tries to overcome a shortage of petrol and diesel that is exacerbating an economic crisis. The Cabinet […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Tajikistan on Tuesday and later visit Turkmenistan for a summit of Caspian Sea nations, his spokesman said, in the first foreign trip by the Russian leader since the invasion of Ukraine in February. Putin will hold talks with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon in […]
A federal grand jury on Monday convicted a New Yorker of importing illegal controlled substances from India and money laundering, a US attorney said. Ezhil Sezhian Kamaldoss, from Queens in New York, faces up to 50 years of imprisonment. “The defendant is now a convicted drug dealer. He lined his […]
Written by Priyanka Shankar “We will transform NATO’s response force and increase the number of our high readiness forces to well over 300,000,” NATO chief Stoltenberg told reporters in Brussels on Monday, as part of what he called “the biggest overhaul of our collective defense and deterrence since the Cold […]
India’s envoy to Washington, Taranjit Singh Sandhu said that “Prime Minister Narendra Modi understands the potential of the India-US relationship and has played a key role in building trust between the two countries.” He made this statement as he hailed the record USD 160 billion bilateral trade last year despite […]
Written by Shawn Hubler and Mitch Smith The battle over abortion shifted to the states Monday as a weekend of furious protest and prayerful thanksgiving in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade reversal gave way to a coast-to-coast wave of lawsuits, legislation and pitched political fights. With […]
MONTREAL — The federal border agency is not moving fast enough to fill staff shortages that have bogged down airport traffic and revved up passenger frustration, says the union representing customs officers. “With no end in sight to delays affecting travellers at airports and border crossings across the country, it’s […]