Новости за 29.02.2024

CHICAGO, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Thursday as the U.S. Treasury's bond yields weakened.

The men and women working and fighting for Russia are the true elite of the country, President Vladimir Putin has said

GAZA, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- At least 112 Palestinians were killed and 760 others wounded by an Israeli attack on civilians waiting to receive humanitarian aid in the west of Gaza City, according to Palestinian medical and security sources.

At least 104 Palestinians were killed in Gaza City on Thursday as Israeli troops opened fire on people trying to get food from humanitarian aid trucks, but accounts of the attack remained at odds.

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U.S. lawmakers sharply criticized Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday over the failure to inform the White House about his hospitalization earlier this year for complications from cancer treatment.

Both Democrats and Republicans expressed dismay over the secrecy, but the House Armed Services Committee hearing ultimately shed little light on why information had been withheld from other top o

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 29 (ANI): The Nashik police has registered an offence under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against UBT Shiv Sena leader Sudhakar Badgujar after he was seen partying with Salim Kutta, a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim and a convict in the 1993 serial bomb blast case, an official said. Meanwhile, the spokesperson and deputy leader of Shiv Sena Sheetal Mhatre on

New Delhi [India], February 29 (ANI): Union Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thrusday launched the "Coal Logistics Plan and Policy" organized by the Indian National Committee World Mining Congress with the patronage of the Ministry of Coal in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. "Addressing the event, Pralhad Joshi underscored the imperative need for efficient logistics to meet the escalating energy de

The European Union took a major step towards mending ties with member state Poland on Thursday by announcing it would begin releasing billions of euros in funding. The aid had been frozen over policies the bloc said amounted to backsliding on fundamental democratic principles.

Policies enacted by the US and EU have discredited Western banking and its currencies, according to the Russian president

The Russian president said the escalatory rhetoric of US and EU officials betrays their lack of understanding of what is at stake

Currently, 90% of the country's growth comes from non-resource-based industries, according to the president

New Delhi [India], February 29 (ANI): Union Minister of Women and Child Development of India, Smriti Irani on Thursday thanked Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates for his continued support to the Prime Minister's flagship scheme- 'Poshan Abhiyaan'. Smriti Irani also pointed out that handheld devices now are available to 1.2 million Anganvadis across the country. "It's only in India that Bill Gates can go from making 'Khichdi'

Ajmer (Rajasthan) [India], February 29 (ANI): BJP MP Ghanshyam Tiwari on Thursday said the Rajasthan government has urged the Centre to ask the CBI to file an appeal challenging the acquittal of Abdul Karim Tunda in the 1993 serial blast case. Speaking to ANI on Thursday, Tiwari said, "The case was probed by the CBI and it was their lawyers, who argued for the agency when the case went to trial. The Rajasthan government h

SAO PAULO, 29th February, 2024 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates, represented by the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of the UAE, participated in the first G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting under Brazil's presidency held on 28th and 29th February in Sao Paulo.

BERLIN, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- Real wages in Germany in 2023 showed a "slightly positive trend for the first time since 2019," rising by 0.1 percent year-on-year, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Thursday.

New Delhi [India], Februrary 29 (ANI): Microsoft Co-founder and phillanthropist Bill Gates on Thursday said that a lot of fantastic work is going on in the field of Artificial Intelligence adding that country is poised to a lot of the leadership work in the sphere of Artificial Intelligence. In an interview with ANI, Bill Gates said, "Well, there's a lot of fantastic AI work going on in this country. You have innovators l

NAIROBI, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- The value of Kenya's tea exports increased 31 percent in 2023, a record high, boosted by a rise in volumes exported and a decline in the value of the local currency, officials said Thursday.

New Delhi [India], February 29 (ANI): Bill Gates, co-founder of tech giant Microsoft, investor and philanthropist, on Thursday spoke about his long friendship with investment guru Warren Buffet and noted that they talk about good things going on in the world and the growth of the Indian economy is definitely a real positive. In an interview with ANI, Gates said the strength of India today, in terms of economic growth and

New Delhi [India], February 29 (ANI): Bill Gates, co-founder of tech giant Microsoft, investor and philanthropist, on Thursday spoke about his long friendship with investment guru Warren Buffett and noted that they talk about good things going on in the world and the growth of the Indian economy is definitely a real positive. In an interview with ANI, Gates said the strength of India today, in terms of economic growth and

New Delhi [India], February 29 (ANI): India continues to be an outlier and remains the fastest-growing major economy and global agencies will reappraise their estimate of potential GDP growth in India, which is close to 7 per cent, if not higher, Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran has said. In a virtual media briefing after third quarter GDP growth figures were released, Nageswaran said that India stands out as t

(Photo credit: David Yeazell-USA TODAY Sports) The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season continues in earnest on Sunday in Sin City, and William Byron already has a leg up on the competition. With two superspeedway races behind him, the Daytona 500 winner is eager to see how his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet will perform with NASCAR's intermediate speedway rules package in the Pennzoil 400 Presented by Jiffy Lube at Las

FUJAIRAH, 29th February, 2024 (WAM) -- Under the directives of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, the Fujairah Adventure Centre announced the opening of the "Fujairah Adventure Park" on Thursday.

GUANGZHOU, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The island of Hengqin in south China's Guangdong Province started a new customs operation on Friday that allows most goods to be moved there tax-free from the neighboring Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR).

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank Group has announced a major overhaul to its guarantee business that will deliver simplicity, improved access, and faster execution through a new, convenient marketplace.

New Delhi [India], February 29 (ANI): Calling urbanisation as one of the defining trends of the 21st century, Union Housing Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday that two-thirds of the world's population will live in cities by 2050, according to an official statement from the Ministry of HousingUrban Affairs. Hardeep Singh Puri said that cities are going to be central in achieving various global goals, particularly