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Ukraine says troops may retreat from eastern region as Russia advances
Ukrainian forces may have to retreat from their last pocket in the Luhansk region to avoid being captured, a Ukrainian official said, as Russian troops press an advance in the east that has shifted the momentum of the three-month-old war. A withdrawal could bring Russian President Vladimir Putin closer to his goal of capturing eastern …
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US official Nuland to visit Bangladesh amid Russia-Ukraine war
US President Joe Biden is sending Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland to Bangladesh amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Nuland will also visit India and Sri Lanka during the trip from Mar 19-23 “with an interagency delegation to underscore US commitment to, and cooperation with, Indo-Pacific partners”, the State Department said in a statement …
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Shahabuddin Ahmed, former Bangladesh president and chief justice, dies at 92
The former president had been suffering from complications due to old age for some time. He was hospitalised on Feb 21 after his condition deteriorated, his household aide Abdul Motalib told bdnews24.com. “He was living very carefully during the spike in coronavirus cases,” he said. “He never contracted it.” The former president had been suffering …
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Quad ministers convene to address Indo-Pacific ‘coercion’, climate, COVID
Climate change, COVID and China’s “coercion” in the Indo-Pacific top the agenda as foreign ministers of the Quad grouping of Australia, India, Japan and the United States meet in Melbourne on Friday, with talks also covering an escalating crisis between the West and Russia over Ukraine. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Australia …
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With buildup on land and sea, Russia closes in on Ukraine
Thousands of Russian troops on Thursday began 10 days of exercises in Belarus, and Ukraine warned of upcoming Russian naval drills so extensive they would block shipping lanes, as the Kremlin continued to tighten its military vise on Ukraine. In Moscow, Russia’s top diplomat, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, gave a bleak assessment of the diplomatic …
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