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Italy PM urges India to play key role in ending Ukraine war

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is urging India to play a central role in facilitating a negotiating process to end the Russian war against Ukraine

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

In the Donbas, Russia's vast numbers of troops weigh heavily on Ukraine's defenders

Russia and Ukraine are believed to have suffered equally horrific losses in the war. But when it comes to troop strength, the math is on Russia's side. Its population is four times Ukraine's.

WEKU · Mar 2, 2023

Russia says it suspended nuclear pact because U.S. was using it to help Ukraine

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday that Moscow had been forced to suspend its participation in the New START nuclear arms control treaty because Washington was using it to help Ukraine attack Russian strategic sites.

Reuters · Mar 2, 2023

Muddy conditions could give Ukraine advantage in battle for Bakhmut

Ukraine’s battle to hold on to Bakhmut could be given a boost as freezing temperatures rise, creating a mudbath for Russian forces as they try to seize the key frontline city.

Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2023

Three dead in Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia apartment block in Ukraine

Civilians dead as attack overnight on five-storey building in the southern Ukrainian city caused its partial collapse

Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2023

War, anger cloud Ukrainian athletes' path to Paris Olympics

The path to the 2024 Paris Olympics for Ukrainian athletes is clouded by war, anger and pain

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

SpaceX Launches US, Russia, UAE Astronauts to Space Station

SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Thursday, including the first person from the Arab world going up for an extended monthslong stay. The Falcon rocket bolted from Kennedy Space Center shortly after midnight, illuminating the night sky as it headed up the East Coast,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 2, 2023

Ukraine dismisses Russian reports of deadly attack in Bryansk as 'provocation'

A senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Russian reports of a sabotage attack by Ukrainian forces in Russia's Bryansk region are a "deliberate provocation". Russian sources claimed that at least one person was killed. Follow our blog to see how the day's events unfolded. All…

France 24 · Mar 2, 2023

At G-20, high expectations for India as rising global power

With the foreign ministers of the Group of 20 leading economies meeting Thursday in New Delhi, host India is promoting itself as a rising superpower while leveraging its position on the global stage to bridge the gap between the West and Russia

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

Chelsea sale one year on: Roman Abramovich's next move and problems facing Todd Boehly

It is a year today since the Russian put his Premier League club up for sale because of the war in Ukraine. While Todd Boehly's group swiftly struck a £2.75bn deal to take over at Stamford Bridge, the new era remains an unsettling one

Daily Mirror · Mar 2, 2023