German pharmaceutical giant Bayer is suspending ‘non-essential’ business in Russia amid the crisis in Ukraine, the company said in a statement on Monday. The company noted, however, that it would continue to supply both Russia and Belarus with products in health and agriculture.
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The Ukrainian capital will vote later this week on whether to strip Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev of honorary citizenship, which he received in 1982, the Kiev city council announced on Monday. The vote will take place ahead of ‘Kiev Day’, traditionally celebrated on the last Sunday of the month, deputy chair Vladimir Bondarenko told the…
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At least 103 people have reportedly been killed by two explosions that ripped through a memorial to mark the fourth anniversary of the death of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Iran’s south-central city of Kerman on Wednesday, according to media reports.
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