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Top 10 world news: US says diplomacy still open to end Ukraine standoff, and more

WION Web Team
New Delhi, IndiaUpdated: Feb 13, 2022, 07:53 PM IST
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In this combination of images, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken can be seen along with armed forces of Russia and Belarus and coronavirus testing in Korea can be seen Photograph:(Agencies)

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Here are the top 10 stories from across the world

The United States said diplomacy could still resolve a standoff with Moscow over Ukraine but added that the risk of a Russian invasion was high enough to warrant pulling US embassy staff out of Kyiv. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the UAE counterpart are expected to hold a virtual meeting in the coming week with key outcoming being the signing of the much-awaited free trade pact.

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The United States said on Sunday that path of diplomacy is still open to resolve Ukraine crisis. However, it underlined that the risk of Russian invasion was high enough. 

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The draft for the FTA or the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) was agreed in December while the negotiations started in October.

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Amid heightened tensions in Europe over the Ukraine crisis, a Russian submarine passed through Turkey's Bosphorus strait on Sunday (February 13) to sail to Black Sea.

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The US Commerce Department has added 33 Chinese entities to its so-called 'unverified list', which requires US exporters to go through more procedures before shipping goods to the entities.

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A middle-aged man was stoned to death by a mob in a village of Khanewal district in Pakistan’s Punjab province for allegedly desecrating the Quran.

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France has eased Covid restrictions for British travellers who are fully vaccinated. These travellers will now not be required to undergo Covid tests if they want to go France.

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The son and namesake of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos strengthened his lead over his closest rival ahead of the presidential election in May, results of a new poll released on Sunday showed.

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The San Francisco-based company aims to implant wireless brain-computer chips to help cure neurological conditions like Alzheimer's, dementia and spinal cord injuries and fuse humankind with artificial intelligence.

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Tunisia's president cemented his grip over the judiciary on Sunday with a decree that lets him dismiss judges or block their promotion, helping consolidate his power after he seized executive authority last summer in a move his foes call a coup.

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Commercial space efforts have been growing rapidly and captured lots of attention, especially launches of Elon Musk's SpaceX rockets that have been carrying astronauts for NASA.