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Washington, Apr 1: Russian and US diplomats packed their bags today amid a diplomatic crisis between Moscow and the West, with post-Cold War tensions peaking in the wake of a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain.
About 50 men, women and children left Russia's hilltop embassy in Washington in a blue bus believed ... read more
Los Angeles, Mar 31: President Donald Trump blasted California Gov Jerry Brown today for his pardon of five ex-convicts facing deportation, including two who fled the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia with their families four decades ago.
In a tweet , Trump referred to Brown as "Moonbeam," referencing a nickname a newspaper c... read more
Gaza City, Apr 2 : A Palestinian succumbed to his wounds Monday three days after being shot by Israeli forces when a mass protest led to clashes, Gaza's health ministry said, raising the death toll to 17...... read more
Paris, Apr 2: France braced today for the start of three months of rolling rail strikes, the first in a series of walkouts affecting everything from energy to garbage collection as President Emmanuel Macron's reform agenda comes up against resistance.
Staff at state rail operator SNCF will walk off the job from 7.00 pm (local ti... read more
Beijing, Apr 2 : China has slapped new tariffs on 128 US products, including pork and fruits, worth about USD 3 billion in response to the duties on imports of steel and aluminium imposed by the Trump administration, its Ministry of Commerce said today..... read more
Washington, Apr 3 : The strategically important trilateral dialogue between India, Japan and the US will be held in New Delhi this week ahead of a summit between American President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this month..... read more
Moscow, Apr 4 : The head of Russia's SVR foreign intelligence agency said today the poisoning of Russian former spy Sergei Skripal in Britain was a "grotesque provocation" by the British and US security services..... read more
Beijing, Apr 4 : China today said it was ready take countermeasures in retaliation against the new round of tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump, expressing firm opposition to the new duties targeting USD 50 billion worth of Chinese products..... read more