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[ad_1] President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order on Friday to move some $7 billion of the Afghan central banks’ assets frozen in the US banking system to fund humanitarian relief in Afghanistan and compensate victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks, according to a US official familiar with the decision. The […]

[ad_1] Flights to Hong Kong are down 90 per cent and hardly any are allowed to transit as the financial hub isolates itself from the world in the hope it can contain a coronavirus outbreak (File photo/Reuters) The other countries are Australia, Canada, France, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines. Reuters Last Updated:February 11, 2022, 18:54

[ad_1] Vaccinated travelers can enter Britain without taking any coronavirus tests starting Friday, after the government scrapped one of the final restrictions imposed over the past two years in response to COVID-19. British residents and visitors who have had at least two doses of an approved coronavirus vaccine now only need to fill out a

[ad_1] With Russia carrying out a massive military buildup near Ukraine and the West roundly rejecting Moscow’s security demands, a window for diplomacy in the crisis appears to be closing. But even as Moscow continues to bolster its forces and holds sweeping war games, President Vladimir Putin is keeping the window open for more negotiations

[ad_1] (From left) US secretary of state Antony Blinken, Australian foreign minister Marise Payne, Union external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi during a press conference of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) foreign ministers in Melbourne, Australia (Image: Reuters) The foreign ministers denounced North Korea’s ballistic tests but without taking names

[ad_1] Union minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that India is committed to developing robust bilateral relations with Quad member states and help achieve its vision of a free, open and fair Indo-Pacific. Jaishankar during the joint press conference echoed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s words saying that Quad remains a force for global good. “Robust

[ad_1] China will fully support Hong Kong with its “dynamic zero” coronavirus strategy, its office overseeing matters in the city said, as the territory is expected to hit a new record for daily infections on Friday. The global financial hub will report at least 1,325 new coronavirus cases on Friday, broadcaster TVB reported, a new

[ad_1] Union minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar speaks with Australian PM Scott Morrison (not pictured) at Melbourne Commonwealth Parliament Office, in Melbourne, Australia ahead of the Quad meeting (Image: Reuters) The Quad vaccine initiative has ensured delivery of more than 80 million vaccines in the Indo-Pacific region. News18.com Last Updated:February 11, 2022, 12:51 IST FOLLOW US ON:

[ad_1] An Indian national was among 12 civilians who were injured on Thursday by falling debris when Saudi Arabia’s Army destroyed a drone fired by Yemen’s rebels targeting an international airport, state media reported. The Saudi-led Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen termed it an act of war, the state-run SPA news agency reported. The