Trump realising Putin ‘lies’, Macron says, as Kyiv hit by record drone strikes

The Kremlin says people are beginning to experience “emotional overload” after the US president lashed out at continuing strikes on Ukraine. ​The Kremlin says people are beginning to experience “emotional overload” after the US president lashed out at continuing strikes on Ukraine. Unrest, Conflict and War, World Politics, Foreign Affairs, Government and Politics, Defence and National…

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India resumes visa services for Afghans

Amid warming up of ties with Taliban, India has relaunched visa services for Afghan nationals. Visas will be issued primarily for people with ailments on a case-to-case basis. A notification on the government’s official visa portal, indianvisaonline.gov.in, launched the ‘New AFGHAN Visa’ module for six categories of visa. However, highly-placed sources told ET that preference…

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Telstra and Optus are inconsistently blocking phones. The regulator doesn’t know how many

The communications regulator has not collected basic data on how telcos have implemented a new phone-blocking rule following the 3G network shutdown, despite flagging a potential “conflict of interest” inherent to it. ​The communications regulator has not collected basic data on how telcos have implemented a new phone-blocking rule following the 3G network shutdown, despite…

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