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Ukraine Will Fight Russia Until Victory: Zelensky In New Year Address

Ukraine will fight the Russian invasion until victorious, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his New Year address Saturday, paying tribute to all those taking part in the war effort. "We fight and will continue to fight. For the sake of the main word: 'victory'," he said, as his country saw the old year out. Hours after Ukraine suffered another wave of Russian missile attacks, Zelensky remained defiant in an emotional speech in which he heaped praise on all those people involved in the war in Ukraine. "I want to say to all of you: Ukrainians, you are incredible! See what we have done and what we are doing! "How our soldiers have been smashing this 'second army of the world' since the first days. "How our people stopped their equipment and infantry columns... "There are no small matters in a great war," Zelensky added. "There are no unnecessary ones. Each of us is a fighter. Each of us is a front. Each of us is the basis of

Ukraine Will Fight Russia Until Victory: Zelensky In New Year Address

Ukraine will fight the Russian invasion until victorious, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his New Year address Saturday, paying tribute to all those taking part in the war effort. "We fight and will continue to fight. For the sake of the main word: 'victory'," he said, as his country saw the old year out. Hours after Ukraine suffered another wave of Russian missile attacks, Zelensky remained defiant in an emotional speech in which he heaped praise on all those people involved in the war in Ukraine. "I want to say to all of you: Ukrainians, you are incredible! See what we have done and what we are doing! "How our soldiers have been smashing this 'second army of the world' since the first days. "How our people stopped their equipment and infantry columns... "There are no small matters in a great war," Zelensky added. "There are no unnecessary ones. Each of us is a fighter. Each of us is a front. Each of us is the basis of

Israel Not Bound By "Despicable" UN Vote On Palestine: Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel condemned and the Palestinians welcomed on Saturday a United Nations General Assembly vote asking the International Court of Justice to provide an opinion on legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories. The Friday vote presents a challenge for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who this week took office at the head of a government which has set settlement expansion as a priority and which includes parties who want to annex West Bank land on which they are built. "The Jewish people are not occupiers in their own land nor occupiers in our eternal capital Jerusalem and no UN resolution can distort that historical truth," Netanyahu said in a video message, adding that Israel was not bound by the "despicable decision." Along with Gaza and East Jerusalem, the Palestinians seek the occupied West Bank for a state. Most countries consider Israel's settlements there illegal, a view Israel disputes citing historical and Bi

Israel Not Bound By "Despicable" UN Vote On Palestine: Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel condemned and the Palestinians welcomed on Saturday a United Nations General Assembly vote asking the International Court of Justice to provide an opinion on legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories. The Friday vote presents a challenge for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who this week took office at the head of a government which has set settlement expansion as a priority and which includes parties who want to annex West Bank land on which they are built. "The Jewish people are not occupiers in their own land nor occupiers in our eternal capital Jerusalem and no UN resolution can distort that historical truth," Netanyahu said in a video message, adding that Israel was not bound by the "despicable decision." Along with Gaza and East Jerusalem, the Palestinians seek the occupied West Bank for a state. Most countries consider Israel's settlements there illegal, a view Israel disputes citing historical and Bi

North Korea Fires 4th Ballistic Missile Within 24 Hours: Report

North Korea fired a ballistic missile over the sea to the east of the Korean Peninsula in the early hours of Sunday, Yonhap news agency reported citing the South Korean military. The move comes not even 24 hours after North Korea launched three ballistic missiles on Saturday. The short-range ballistic missile was fired around 2:50 a.m. local time from Pyongyang, Yonhap said, citing South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff. The launch follows an unprecedented number of missile tests conducted by North Korea this year, as Pyongyang presses on with weapons development amid speculation it could test a nuclear weapon for a seventh time. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-World-news https://ift.tt/i9qXQo5

North Korea Fires 4th Ballistic Missile Within 24 Hours: Report

North Korea fired a ballistic missile over the sea to the east of the Korean Peninsula in the early hours of Sunday, Yonhap news agency reported citing the South Korean military. The move comes not even 24 hours after North Korea launched three ballistic missiles on Saturday. The short-range ballistic missile was fired around 2:50 a.m. local time from Pyongyang, Yonhap said, citing South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff. The launch follows an unprecedented number of missile tests conducted by North Korea this year, as Pyongyang presses on with weapons development amid speculation it could test a nuclear weapon for a seventh time. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-World-news https://ift.tt/i9qXQo5

Zelensky Says Ukraine Advancing In Some Parts Of Donbas

Ukrainian forces are holding their positions against Russian troops in the eastern Donbas region and making small advances in some areas, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday. "On the whole, we are holding our positions," Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. "There are also some areas of the front where we are advancing a bit." Zelenskiy also said Ukraine, subject to waves of Russian air attacks, had strengthened its anti-aircraft capability and would further strengthen it in the new year to protect both itself and the entire European continent. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-World-news https://ift.tt/h6ZlnOH

Zelensky Says Ukraine Advancing In Some Parts Of Donbas

Ukrainian forces are holding their positions against Russian troops in the eastern Donbas region and making small advances in some areas, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday. "On the whole, we are holding our positions," Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. "There are also some areas of the front where we are advancing a bit." Zelenskiy also said Ukraine, subject to waves of Russian air attacks, had strengthened its anti-aircraft capability and would further strengthen it in the new year to protect both itself and the entire European continent. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-World-news https://ift.tt/h6ZlnOH

After Criticism, Chinese Officials Discuss Covid Situation With WHO

China's health officials on Friday discussed with the WHO experts on the current massive surge of the COVID virus in the country after the organisation's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asked Beijing to share more information and defended the decision of countries like India to screen travellers from the pandemic affected country. The Chinese officials and World Health Organisation experts exchanged views on the current COVID-19 situation, treatment, and vaccinations, China's National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement after the online meeting. They agreed to continue technical exchanges to help end the epidemic worldwide as soon as possible, it said. Millions of Chinese were infected in the current surge of Omicron variants in China, causing alarm over the world. Earlier on Thursday, Tedros tweeted: "As I said at our most recent press conference -- in order to make a comprehensive risk assessment of the #COVID19 situation on the ground in #China, @WHO ne

Google Voice to Alert Users With 'Suspected Spam Caller' Warning for Suspicious Calls

Google Voice will now make it more easy for a user to ignore spam calls with the launch of a new update. Google has now added a warning to its Voice feature which will alert the user by flagging “Suspected spam caller” label on calls that may seem suspicious. The user can also remove a number from the spam list by simply marking a call to be not spam. The enhanced secure calling feature adds to Google Voice's recent addition of Wi-Fi and network cellular switching. According to a recent announcement by the tech giant, Google Voice will now protect its users from unwanted calls and potentially harmful scams by displaying a red “suspected spam caller” label on all calls that will appear suspicious. The selection of numbers as spam will be done using advanced artificial intelligence. The spam label for a number will be displayed on the caller screen as well as in the call history. The user will have a choice to let a call remain spam or remove it by confirming the identity of the

After Criticism, Chinese Officials Discuss Covid Situation With WHO

China's health officials on Friday discussed with the WHO experts on the current massive surge of the COVID virus in the country after the organisation's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asked Beijing to share more information and defended the decision of countries like India to screen travellers from the pandemic affected country. The Chinese officials and World Health Organisation experts exchanged views on the current COVID-19 situation, treatment, and vaccinations, China's National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement after the online meeting. They agreed to continue technical exchanges to help end the epidemic worldwide as soon as possible, it said. Millions of Chinese were infected in the current surge of Omicron variants in China, causing alarm over the world. Earlier on Thursday, Tedros tweeted: "As I said at our most recent press conference -- in order to make a comprehensive risk assessment of the #COVID19 situation on the ground in #China, @WHO ne

Chinese Jet Came Within 20 Feet Of American Military Aircraft: US

A Chinese fighter jet flew dangerously within 20 feet (six meters) of a much larger US air force surveillance aircraft over the South China Sea, the US military said Thursday. In the December 21 incident, a Chinese Navy J-11 fighter pilot "performed an unsafe maneuver during an intercept of a US Air Force RC-135 aircraft," the US Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement. The Chinese pilot flew in front of and within 20 feet of the nose of the US aircraft, "forcing the RC-135 to take evasive maneuvers to avoid a collision," it said. The RC-135, "was lawfully conducting routine operations over the South China Sea in international airspace," the US command said. The incident came as China has sent increasingly large groups of warplanes out over the sea towards Taiwan in a show of force, as Beijing stiffens its claim of sovereignty over the US-backed, self-ruled island. Last weekend, China flew 71 warplanes, including dozens of fighter jets, in military e

Caring With Covid: Infected Doctors In China Battle Virus Surge

Doctors working despite being infected, beds filled with dozens of elderly straining to breathe -- on the front lines of China's worst-ever Covid outbreak, hospitals are struggling. Many Chinese were jubilant after Beijing announced the end of mandatory quarantines this week, effectively drawing the curtain on years of hardline virus controls that had isolated the world's most populous country. But as China opens up, cases are surging. The healthcare system is straining and crematoriums are struggling to deal with the influx of bodies. At Nankai Hospital in Tianjin, around 140 kilometres (90 miles) southeast of the capital Beijing, AFP on Wednesday saw more than two dozen mostly elderly patients lying on gurneys in public areas of the emergency department. Most were hooked up to intravenous drips, and some appeared to be experiencing breathing difficulties. A few seemed to be unconscious or not fully responsive. "Yes, they all have Covid," a doctor told AFP. &qu

Elephant Fatally Gores Handler In Malaysia Park

An elephant fatally gored its handler in a nature reserve on the Malaysian side of the island of Borneo, on Christmas Day, park officials said Thursday. The handler was tending to an injured elephant calf when another captured elephant suddenly gored him "very severely" in the chest, Augustine Tuuga, the director of the park in Sabah state, told AFP. He added that Fred Lanson, 49, "died on the spot." The accident occurred on December 25 in the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park in the northeast of the island of Borneo. "This is really an unfortunate incident," Sabah's minister of tourism, culture and environment, Jafry Ariffin, told AFP, adding there would be an investigation. The park is a sanctuary for 16 Bornean elephants, an endangered species, with only six handlers caring for them. In December 2011, a wild elephant killed an Australian tourist in the Tabin Wildlife Reserve in eastern Sabah. Bornean elephants, a native species of the island, are a subs

Caring With Covid: Infected Doctors In China Battle Virus Surge

Doctors working despite being infected, beds filled with dozens of elderly straining to breathe -- on the front lines of China's worst-ever Covid outbreak, hospitals are struggling. Many Chinese were jubilant after Beijing announced the end of mandatory quarantines this week, effectively drawing the curtain on years of hardline virus controls that had isolated the world's most populous country. But as China opens up, cases are surging. The healthcare system is straining and crematoriums are struggling to deal with the influx of bodies. At Nankai Hospital in Tianjin, around 140 kilometres (90 miles) southeast of the capital Beijing, AFP on Wednesday saw more than two dozen mostly elderly patients lying on gurneys in public areas of the emergency department. Most were hooked up to intravenous drips, and some appeared to be experiencing breathing difficulties. A few seemed to be unconscious or not fully responsive. "Yes, they all have Covid," a doctor told AFP. &qu

"Grandma, We've Been Hit": Russian Strikes Rattle Kyiv

Georgiy Yatsenko was hiding in the basement trying to comfort his anxious grandchildren on Thursday morning when an explosion rocked his normally sleepy street in southern Kyiv. The blast blew out all his windows but the scene that greeted him when he stepped outside was even more frightening -- half a dozen houses almost completely destroyed by Russia's latest missile barrage targeting Ukraine. "The main thing is that people are alive," he said as he watched excavators try to clear the resulting mess of bricks, wooden planks and power lines. Ukrainian officials said air defence systems downed all 16 missiles that targeted Kyiv on Thursday -- part of a broader assault that also hit the second city Kharkiv in the east and the western city of Lviv on the border with Poland. Multiple witnesses said the explosion on Yatsenko's street in Kyiv's southern Bortnychi neighbourhood was probably caused by a missile fragment, not a direct hit. It made little difference t

RBI Suggests Common Approach to Crypto Assets to Avoid Potential Financial Risks

To address potential financial stability risks and protect investors, it is important to arrive at a common approach to crypto assets, the Financial Stability Report released by RBI said on Thursday. In this context, various options are being considered internationally, it said . One option is to apply the same-risk-same-regulatory-outcome principle and subject them to the same regulation applicable to traditional financial intermediaries and exchanges, the report said. Another option is to prohibit crypto assets , since their real life use cases are next to negligible and the challenge is that different countries have different legal systems and individual rights vis-à-vis state powers, it noted. A third option is to let it implode and make it systemically irrelevant as the underlying instability and riskiness will ultimately prevent the sector from growing, it said. The third option, however, is fraught with risks as the sector may become more interconnected with mainstream fina

"Grandma, We've Been Hit": Russian Strikes Rattle Kyiv

Georgiy Yatsenko was hiding in the basement trying to comfort his anxious grandchildren on Thursday morning when an explosion rocked his normally sleepy street in southern Kyiv. The blast blew out all his windows but the scene that greeted him when he stepped outside was even more frightening -- half a dozen houses almost completely destroyed by Russia's latest missile barrage targeting Ukraine. "The main thing is that people are alive," he said as he watched excavators try to clear the resulting mess of bricks, wooden planks and power lines. Ukrainian officials said air defence systems downed all 16 missiles that targeted Kyiv on Thursday -- part of a broader assault that also hit the second city Kharkiv in the east and the western city of Lviv on the border with Poland. Multiple witnesses said the explosion on Yatsenko's street in Kyiv's southern Bortnychi neighbourhood was probably caused by a missile fragment, not a direct hit. It made little difference t

US To Impose Mandatory COVID-19 Tests For Travellers From China

The United States will impose mandatory COVID-19 tests on travelers from China, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday, joining India, Italy, Japan and Taiwan in taking new measures after Beijing's decision to lift stringent zero-COVID policies. The officials told reporters that beginning on Jan. 5, all air passengers 2 years old and older will require a negative result from a test no more than two days before departure from China, Hong Kong or Macao. Passengers who test positive more than 10 days before a flight can provide documentation of recovery in lieu of the negative test result, the federal officials said. In an abrupt change of policy, China this month began dismantling the world's strictest COVID regime of lockdowns and extensive testing, putting its battered economy on course for a complete re-opening next year. The lifting of restrictions, following widespread protests against them, means COVID is spreading largely unchecked and likely infecting millions of peo

Japan Marks Record 415 Covid Deaths In Single Day

Japan on Wednesday recorded 415 COVID-19 deaths, the highest-ever count for a single day, health ministry data showed. The country counted 216,219 newly confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, up 4% from a week earlier, the data also showed, approaching the record high of some 260,000 a day in August. In the past seven days, Japan had the world's largest confirmed COVID-19 infections and the second-most deaths after the United States, according to a tally by the World Health Organization.   (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-World-news https://ift.tt/vNnyKEj

Japan Marks Record 415 Covid Deaths In Single Day

Japan on Wednesday recorded 415 COVID-19 deaths, the highest-ever count for a single day, health ministry data showed. The country counted 216,219 newly confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, up 4% from a week earlier, the data also showed, approaching the record high of some 260,000 a day in August. In the past seven days, Japan had the world's largest confirmed COVID-19 infections and the second-most deaths after the United States, according to a tally by the World Health Organization.   (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-World-news https://ift.tt/vNnyKEj

UK First Lady Akshata Murty Offers Glimpse Into Life At 10 Downing Street

Akshata Murty, the Indian wife of Rishi Sunak, plans to make 10 Downing Street a more accessible place during her tenure as UK First Lady and has offered a peek into the official residence of the British Prime Minister, according to a magazine feature released on Wednesday. The February issue of 'Tatler', which hits the stands next week, features Murty on its cover and profiles the former fashion designer and venture capitalist daughter of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy and author Sudha Murty. In 'No. 10's Chatelaine: Inside the Secret World of Mrs. Sunak', it goes behind the scenes with those involved in the flat's refurbishment as well as close friends and associates who have been given Murty's go-ahead to share some details of life at one of the world's famous addresses. "There will be a different vibe now," a friend tells the magazine, with reference to Murty's plans to move away from the more closed style of her predecessor - Bo

Amazon Working on Standalone App for Sports Content: Report

Amazon.com is working on a standalone app for watching sports content, the Information reported on Wednesday, citing a source with direct knowledge of the plan. Sports remains one of the biggest attractions for live viewing as US audiences increasingly switch from pay TV subscriptions to streaming apps . The move will likely complement Amazon 's effort to double down on sports programming through its Prime Video service, a key channel to attract consumers to its shopping platform. Amazon already owns the rights to stream games including National Football League's Thursday Night Football franchise and Premier League soccer matches in the UK, setting it up to better compete with sports streaming leader Walt Disney Co. Last week, Alphabet  unit YouTube also signed a multi-year deal to exclusively stream NFL's Sunday Ticket package of games in the United States. It was not clear when Amazon would roll out the sports app and whether it would go through with the plan, acc