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Tokyo, March 16 (AFP/APP):A powerful 7.3-magnitude quake jolted eastern Japan on Wednesday night, rattling the capital Tokyo and prompting a tsunami advisory for parts of the northeast coast. The quake, which cut power to more than two million households, was centred off the coast of […]

Kyiv, March 16 (AFP/APP):The United States will unveil a new round of security assistance to Ukraine Wednesday. A White House official said President Joe Biden will unveil another $800 million worth of military aid, expected to include more of the anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles that […]

UNITED NATIONS ñ March 15 (ONLINE) Yemenís already dire hunger crisis is teetering on the edge of outright catastrophe, UN agency chiefs said Monday, as new data analysis from the war-ravaged country indicated potentially record food insecurity. Today, more than 17.4 million Yemenis are food […]

MINSK ñ March 15 (ONLINE) Lawmakers from the lower house of the Belarusian National Assembly, the House of Representatives, ratified a package of documents on military cooperation with Russia, the press office of the parliamentís lower house said in a statement on Tuesday. “Draft laws […]

KYIV ñ March 15 (ONLINE) Three European prime ministers were travelling to Kyiv on Tuesday, the first foreign leaders to visit the Ukrainian capital since Russia launched its invasion in a striking symbol of Ukraine’s success so far in fending off Russia’s assault. Czech Prime […]

Kyiv, March 15 (AFP/APP): Russian forces pressed in on Kyiv Tuesday with a series of strikes on residential buildings that killed four people in the Ukrainian capital, despite a fresh round of talks aimed at halting the war. In the highest-level EU delegation to go […]