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China weighs giving US total access to audits of most firms

Chinese authorities are preparing to give US regulators full access to auditing reports of the majority of the 200-plus companies listed in New York as soon as mid-this year

Scientists flag rice shortage concerns as world frets about food

Current yield trends will not allow the two countries to be self-sufficient in rice, according to a study published in Nature Food journal in March

Russia-Ukraine conflicts: UK agrees to join US in oil reserves release

Member countries of the International Energy Agency committed to another coordinated oil release in an extraordinary meeting on Friday, according to Japan's industry ministry.

Ukraine 'strikes back': Russian fuel depot on fire, says Moscow

Ukraine said it would neither confirm nor deny responsibility for the huge fire at the fuel depot in Belgorod, a Russian city near the border which has served as a logistics hub for Russian troops

India can contribute to peace efforts in Ukraine: Russian FM Sergei Lavrov

Describing India as an "important and serious" country, he said it does not come under any influence of the US

Moscow accuses Ukraine of air strikes on oil depot in Russian territory

Governor Gladkov's allegation was not confirmed by Ukrainian officials

Russians leave Chernobyl; Ukraine braces for renewed attacks

Ukraine's state power company, Energoatom, said the pullout at Chernobyl came after soldiers received significant doses of radiation

Russians leave contaminated Chernobyl; Ukraine braces for renewed attacks

Russian troops left the heavily contaminated Chernobyl nuclear site early Friday after returning control to the Ukrainians, authorities said.

Russia trying to regroup, resupply, reinforce in Ukraine, says NATO

NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg said that Russia is "trying to regroup, resupply and reinforce" its offensive in eastern Ukraine's separatist Donbas region.

Russians hear FIFA Congress plea from Ukraine to end the war

This is the second hike in a month. With this, the 19 kg commercial cooking gas will now cost Rs 2,253. The commercial LPG was increased by Rs 105 on March 1.

Asian shares slip on gloomy outlook as Ukraine, recession risks weigh

On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin struck back at Western sanctions on Moscow, threatening to halt contracts supplying Europe with a third of its gas unless they are paid in roubles.

Zelensky says Turkey ready to become guarantor of Ukraine's security

Ukraine and Russia concluded their fresh round of face-to-face peace talks in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Tuesday.

'No clear evidence' that Putin is scaling back military operations: Biden

The White House on Wednesday released unclassified intelligence findings that Putin is being misinformed by his advisors about how badly the Russian military is performing

Biden threatens biggest emergency oil reserve draw, Brent slips over 5%

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that 'unfriendly' countries, including all EU members, will need to set up ruble accounts to pay for gas deliveries from April

Kremlin decree: Foreign currency can still buy natural gas

A Kremlin decree published by state media says unfriendly countries" can continue to pay for natural gas in foreign currency through a Russian bank that will convert the money into rubles. President Vladimir Putin talked tougher Thursday, saying Russia will start accepting ruble payments for its gas supplies from unfriendly countries" starting Friday and contracts will be stopped if buyers don't sign up to the new conditions. He says to buy gas, customers would have to open ruble accounts in Russian banks." The decree Putin signed and published by state news agency RIA Novosti says a designated bank will open two accounts for each buyer, one in foreign currency and one in rubles. The buyers will pay in foreign currency and authorize the bank to sell that currency for rubles, which are placed in the second account, where the gas is formally purchased.

Around 40-50 Indians still in Ukraine, only few willing to return: Govt

The Ukrainian authorities had shut down the country's airspace for civilian aircraft after the Russian attack on February 24

Ukraine crisis: President Zelensky takes aim at imports of Russian diamonds

Zelenskyy's video address at the parliament elicited a long round of warm applause, but Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo reiterated the Western stance that NATO is not a party in the war

Ukraine conflict to hit Kudankulam nuclear project schedules: Centre

The construction of upcoming units of the Kudankulam nuclear power project is likely to be delayed due to the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict, the government told Rajya Sabha on Thursday. "The components and equipment to be imported from Ukraine and Russia may be delayed due to the logistical and ocean freight problems arising out of the conflict," Minister of State in the PMO Jitendra Singh said in a written reply to a question by Rajya Sabha member Abir Ranjan Biswas. The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) is being undertaken in cooperation with Russia, which is supplying 1,000 MW VVER type nuclear reactors. Two units of 1,000 MW each are already operational, while units 3&4 and 5&6 are currently under construction. "KKNPP 3&4 and KKNPP 5&6 have achieved an overall physical progress of 58.22 per cent and 8.12 per cent respectively as of February 2022," Singh said. Russian state-owned Rosatom is developing the nuclear power project at Kudankulam. KKNPP-1 ...

Convoy heads to Ukraine's Mariupol to attempt evacuation

A convoy of buses headed to Mariupol in another attempt to evacuate people from the besieged port city, while Russia pressed its attacks in several parts of Ukraine

Ukraine expects Russian assault in east after troops pushed back near Kyiv

Ukrainian forces are preparing for new Russian attacks in the southeast region where Moscow's guns are now trained after its assault on the capital Kyiv was repelled, President Zelenskyy said