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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Sprawling winter storm hits more of Northeast US, dumping snow

8:18 pm February 2, 2021

Boston: Parts of northern New England were waiting their turn to be pummeled by a heavy winter storm Tuesday, while residents of the New York City region were digging out from under piles of snow that shut down public transport, cancelled flights and closed coronavirus vaccination sites. The National Weather Service said a foot (31 centimeters) or more could […]

Russia arrests 3,000 during wide protests backing Navalny

8:26 pm January 31, 2021

Moscow: Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, thousands of people took to the streets Sunday across Russia’s vast expanse to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up the nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin. More than 3,000 people were detained by police, according to a monitoring group. Russian authorities mounted a massive […]

A 17-year-old daredevil could be China’s next Olympic star

10:32 pm January 30, 2021

Aspen: When sports fans hear the name Eileen Gu over the next 12 months — and they will hear it a lot — it will not be by accident. Hard work, laser-focused planning, an unworldly wealth of talent and a splendid bit of timing could turn this 17-year-old freeskier, who hails from San Francisco but whose mother is from China, […]

Biden to meet Putin in Geneva on June 16: White House

Putin signs extension of last Russia-US nuclear arms treaty

11:41 pm January 29, 2021

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill extending the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States a week before the pact was due to expire. Both houses of the Russian parliament voted unanimously Wednesday to extend the New START treaty for five years. Putin and US President Joe Biden had discussed the nuclear accord a day earlier, and the Kremlin said they agreed […]

China envoy urges EU to develop its ‘strategic autonomy’

11:59 pm January 27, 2021

Brussels: China‘s envoy to the European Union on Wednesday urged the 27-nation bloc to deepen its ties with his country even further and said that he hoped the EU’s desire for ”strategic autonomy” will guide its foreign policy in the future. The EU is China’s biggest trading partner, but they are also economic competitors, and as Beijing has become […]