Top 10 news: Macron refuses Russian Covid test over fears of DNA theft, Blinken on Ukraine crisis, and more
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French President Emmanuel Macron refused a Kremlin request to take a Russian Covid test when he arrived to see President Vladimir Putin. There were many speculations as to why this was done. Also, Chinese authorities have claimed that a mentally ill woman who was found in chains is a victim of human trafficking.
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French President Emmanuel Macron refused a Kremlin request to take a Russian Covid test when he arrived to see President Vladimir Putin. There were many speculations as to why this was done.
As satellite images emerge showing fresh Russian deployments at several locations near Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday warned that Russia could invade the eastern European country "any time" during the ongoing Beijing Winter Olympics.
Chinese authorities have claimed that a mentally ill woman who was found in chains is a victim of human trafficking.
Blaming Pakistan’s bureaucratic system, Prime Minister Imran Khan admitted that his government could not bring the desired “changes” in the country.
A recent report by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that UK's economy grew by 7.5 per cent last year, after falling back in December due to the Omicron variant.
Despite multiple technical hurdles, Elon Musk said that he was "highly confident" about his SpaceX Starship and it will reach Earth's orbit for the first time this year.
Air is important for the survival of all beings. The quality of life we live depends a great deal on the quality of the air we breathe in; while we can survive days without food or water, we cannot survive for more than a few minutes without air.
India's finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday that the government has the sovereign right to tax profit made from cryptocurrency transactions.
Researchers in the US developed an inexpensive, nontoxic coating for fabrics that decreases the infectivity of COVID-19 by up to 90 per cent.
The first evidence of respiratory infection in a dinosaur, which lived over 150 million years ago, has been found by the researchers.