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Kiev, (UNI) Oleksandr Pavliuk, commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, said the country will face a “critical phase of war” in the next two months, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Friday. Russia will continue to focus on the offensives in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, but also may strike the northeastern districts of Kharkiv and…

Moscow, May 10 (UNI) A fire broke out at an oil refinery in the Russian region of Kaluga after a drone crashed there, emergency services told Sputnik on Friday, adding that no one was injured in the incident. “A fire broke out on the territory of the Pervii Zavod LLC [translates as First Plant] due…

Colombo, May 10 (UNI) Sri Lanka will hold presidential elections between September 17 and October 16, the country’s Election Commission said in a statement. “By virtue of the powers vested in the Election Commission to fix the date for the election, it will hold the presidential election between 17th September 2024 and 16th October 2024,”…

Moscow, May 10 (UNI) Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted a proposal to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia, to appoint Mikhail Mishustin as Russia’s Prime Minister, State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Friday. “President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has submitted a proposal to the State Duma on the candidacy of Mikhail Vladimirovich…

Istanbul, May 10 (UNI) Turkish authorities could block social media platform TikTok for violations, social network X may also “face consequences” for its refusal to appoint a representative in the country, Huseyin Yayman, the head of Turkey’s parliamentary commission on digital media, has said. In December 2023, TikTok vowed to update its content moderation rules…

Budapest, May 9 (UNI) Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here Wednesday for a state visit to Hungary. In a written speech upon his arrival, Xi said China and Hungary are good friends and good partners of mutual trust. “I am delighted to pay a state visit to the beautiful country of Hungary at the gracious…

Beijing, May 9 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Vanuatu Islands at 0308 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 15.14 degrees south latitude and 168.05 degrees east longitude.

Jerusalem, May 9 (UNI) Militants in Gaza fired eight rockets from the Rafah area toward the Kerem Shalom Crossing area in Israel shortly after it reopened on Wednesday, injuring one Israeli soldier, according to the Israeli army. The soldier sustained light injuries and received medical treatment at the scene, the army said in a statement….

Los Angeles, May 9 (UNI) The California Department of Public Health issued a warning Wednesday to consumers seeking Botox injections and to healthcare providers, saying counterfeit Botox has been found in multiple states, CBS reported. In a statement, the agency said injections of the counterfeit product being done in unlicensed and non-medical settings have already…