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Putin discusses Ukraine in call with Saudi crown prince

MOSCOW, Mar 14 (Agencies): Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the telephone to discuss a possible settlement of the Ukraine conflict, the Kremlin said Friday.The call took place shortly after Putin on Thursday said he had "serious questions" about Washington's plan for a...

Canada's Carney to be sworn in as new PM

OTTAWA, Mar 14 (AFP): Former central banker Mark Carney will be sworn in as Canada's next prime minister on Friday with the country rattled by a breakdown in relations with the United States.He succeeds Justin Trudeau who announced his resignation in January after nearly a decade in power and following...

UN migration agency laying off around 20pc of HQ staff amid US aid cuts

GENEVA, Mar 14 (AFP): The UN migration agency, which has been hit hard by US foreign aid cuts, has launched more mass layoffs, impacting around a fifth of staff at its Geneva headquarters, employees said Friday.Fresh cuts at the International Organization for Migration are expected to impact at least 20...

World Food Programme to cut aid to 1.0m people in Myanmar

YANGON, Mar 14 (Arab News): The World Food Programme will be forced to cut off one million people in war-torn Myanmar from its vital food aid because of "critical funding shortfalls", it said Friday.The United States provided the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) with $4.4 billion of its $9.7 billion...

China, Russia back Iran as Trump presses Tehran for nuclear talks

BEIJING, Mar 14 (Reuters): China and Russia stood by Iran on Friday after the United States (US) demanded nuclear talks with Tehran, with senior Chinese and Russian diplomats saying dialogue should only resume based on "mutual respect" and all sanctions ought to be lifted.In a joint statement issued after talks...

Trump's adviser seeks to cut AFP, news agency contracts

WASHINGTON, Mar 14 (AFP): A senior adviser to US President Donald Trump said Thursday she was moving to cancel long-established contracts between three international news agencies and the federal body that oversees US government-funded news organizations.In a post on X announcing the move to cut the contracts with Agence France-Presse...

Benin's President Talon rules out third term

COTONOU, Mar 14 (AFP): Benin President Patrice Talon on Friday said he would not stand for an unconstitutional third term in office but would be watching the choice of his successor closely.The former businessman has been in charge of the small west African nation since 2016 and his second term...

NASA, SpaceX try again to launch rocket set to bring back stuck astronauts

WASHINGTON, Mar 14 (Reuters): NASA and SpaceX on Friday will count down to a long-awaited crewed rocket launch that will allow them to bring home US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months.SpaceX and the US space agency had...

Stargazers marvel at 'Blood Moon', rare total lunar eclipse

BELO HORIZONTE (Brazil), Mar 14 (AFP): Stargazers across a swathe of the world marvelled at a dramatic red "Blood Moon" during a rare total lunar eclipse in the early hours of Friday morning.The celestial spectacle was visible in the Americas and Pacific and Atlantic oceans, as well as in the...

Vietnam court jails eight for Hanoi fire that killed 56

HANOI, Mar 14 (AFP): A Vietnamese court jailed eight people on Friday over a fire that tore through a Hanoi apartment block in 2023, killing 56 in the country's deadliest blaze in two decades.The building had only a single exit and no emergency ladder on the outside and neighbours and...