9:08 AMUS will ensure there is accountability for crimes by Russia: Sullivan
The United States will work with the world to ensure that there is full accountability for the crimes by Russia in Ukraine, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has said.
We had already concluded that Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine and the information from Bucha appears to show further evidence of the same. And as the president said, we will work with the world to ensure there is full accountability for these crimes, he told reporters at a White House news conference on Monday.
The United States (US) is also working intensively with its European allies on further sanctions to raise the pressure and cost on Putin and Russia.
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9:07 AMMoscow hopes Kiev won't listen to 'advisers' from afar: Russian FM
Moscow hopes Kiev will follow its national interests at Russia-Ukraine peace talks, but not listen to "advisers" from afar, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
"It is not the talks that influence the course of the operation, but external 'players' who are trying to hinder these negotiations and keep the clashes 'on the ground' going on for as long as possible," he told a press conference on Monday following talks with Arab League (AL) representatives on Ukraine, according to a statement published by the Russian Foreign Ministry.
"We know who gives such 'advice' to our Ukrainian neighbours. This is done with useless goals that have nothing to do with the interests of the Ukrainian people, the security of Ukraine, the security in the region of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and in our European region," he added.
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9:07 AMChina extends Belt and Road Initiative in Latin America
The US has realized that China is cutting lucrative deals in South America as more nations are joining China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
The revelation was made by US senators on Thursday during a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing, reported RT.
Speaking about the looming threat of Chinese influence in Latin America, they said that the South American nations have been distancing themselves from the US; a region long considered Washington's own backyard but which has recently been wooed by Beijing's deep pockets and big infrastructure projects.
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9:06 AMZelensky forms delegation to negotiate security guarantees with Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has formed a delegation to participate in talks with Russia on the preparation and approval of a draft 'Treaty on Security Guarantees of Ukraine'.
Under a presidential decree issued on Monday, MP David Arakhamia, who also leads the Ukrainian side in the peace talks with Russia, was appointed head of the delegation, reports Ukrayinska Pravda.
The other delegation members include Minister of Justice Denys Malyuska, Senior Presidential Advisor Mykhailo Podolyak, Minister of Defence Oleksiy Reznikov and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mykola Tochytsky.
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9:06 AMChina mainland reports 1,173 new local COVID-19 cases
The Chinese mainland reported 1,173 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the National Health Commission said Tuesday.
Of the local confirmed cases reported Monday, 792 were in Jilin, 268 in Shanghai, and 17 in Heilongjiang, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Besides, a total of 62 new imported COVID-19 cases were reported across the mainland.
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9:06 AMNo-confidence motion cannot be rejected: Pakistan Chief Justice
The Supreme Court of Pakistan adjourned Monday without ruling on the dissolution of parliament that has led to the ongoing political and constitutional crisis in the country.
A five-member bench resumed hearing on the case filed a day earlier when the Pakistani lawmakers were prevented from voting on the no-trust motion.
Pakistan Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial said that even if the speaker of the National Assembly cites Article 5 of the Constitution, the no-confidence motion cannot be rejected.
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9:05 AMSri Lanka caught in a 'strategic debt trap'
Sri Lanka, a flourishing island nation of 22 million, has finally fallen to China's debt-trap diplomacy.
As Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis in decades and struggles to pay loans, China turns a blind eye after ensnaring the island nation into a debt trap.
Sri Lanka is now facing the worst economic crisis since gaining independence in 1948. The recession is attributed to foreign exchange shortages caused by the clampdown on tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic. This has left the country unable to buy enough fuel, with people facing acute scarcity of food and basic necessities, heating fuel and gas.
As the economic crisis took hold of Sri Lanka, India has made a serious effort to bail out its beleaguered neighbour.
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9:05 AMUN chief says world continues on 'fast track to climate disaster'
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that time is running out for countries, corporations and others to adopt critical measures to reverse greenhouse gas emissions, but the crisis can be averted primarily by substituting renewable energy sources for fossil fuels.
He made these remarks in response to the sixth UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report issued on Monday.
"The jury has reached a verdict. And it is damning," Guterres said in a statement. "This report ... is a litany of broken climate promises. It is a file of shame, cataloguing the empty pledges that put us firmly on track towards an unlivable world. We are on a fast track to climate disaster."
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9:01 AMNot in India's interest to increase Russian energy imports, happy to reduce their reliance: US
The United States believes that it's not in India's interest to increase Russian energy imports and other commodities, said White House Press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday as Washington continues to mount pressure on countries around the world to shun cheaper Russian oil.
Responding to a question on India's import of Russian oil, Psaki said the US expects every country around the world should abide by the sanctions that we announced on Russia.
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