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US warns Moscow not to divert power from Ukraine N plant

KYIV, Aug 26 (AFP/TASS): Washington on Thursday warned Russia against diverting energy from a nuclear plant, Kyiv says, was cut off from its grid, as calls for an independent inspection of the facility mount.Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is under occupation by Moscow's troops and was disconnected from the national power...

Veteran politician Ghulam Nabi Azad quits Congress

NEW DELHI, Aug 26 (Reuters): A veteran leader of India's main opposition Congress party quit on Friday, issuing a scathing resignation letter in which he blamed the scion of the influential Gandhi family for the decline of the party that dominated Indian politics for decades.After ruling for much of India's...

Two held in connection with murder of politician

NEW DELHI, Aug 26 (BBC): Police in India have arrested two men in connection with the murder of politician and former TikTok star Sonali Phogat.The arrests came on Thursday evening after a post-mortem revealed "multiple blunt force injuries" on her body. Phogat, 42, was visiting the western state of Goa...

Nostalgia for Johnson as Truss, Sunak battle

NORWICH, Aug 26 (AFP): Some back Liz Truss to be the next leader of Britain's ruling Conservative party while others favour Rishi Sunak. But in the background, some Tory activists regret that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is leaving so soon, and are concerned for the future.A few hundred local party...

Afghan female journalist struggles for women 'heroes' from exile

BERLIN, Aug 26 (Reuters): It was when the Taliban came to arrest her and her brother in October that Fawzia Saidzada, an Afghan journalist and women's rights activist, finally decided it was time to flee.The 30-year-old managed to get out the next day after promising the Taliban she would inform...

Turkey dismisses concerns over a US sanctions warning

ISTANBUL, Aug 26 (Reuters): The US Treasury's warning to Turkey that its companies risked being sanctioned if they did business with sanctioned Russians was "meaningless," Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati said on Friday, assuring businesspeople there was no need for concern.NATO-member Turkey has sought to strike a balance between Moscow and...

News in Brief (2022-08-27)

Million Covid deaths in 2022: WHOGENEVA, Aug 26: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Thursday that a million people had died from Covid-19 in 2022, calling it a "tragic milestone" when all the tools existed to prevent deaths. Nearly 6.45 million deaths have been reported to the WHO since the...