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- The Onion
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Hindustan Times
42 minutes ago
- Hindustan Times
‘10 or 12 days': Trump gives Putin fresh deadline to end Ukraine war
US President Donald Trump on Monday said that he would reduce the 50-day deadline he gave to Russian President Vladimir Putin to reach a truce with Ukraine. He also added that a new deadline of about 10 or 12 days from today will be set. Since assuming office, Trump has worked towards striking a ceasefire deal between Ukraine and Russia. (AFP) While welcoming UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for a meeting at his luxury golf course in Scotland, Trump said, 'I am disappointed in President Putin, very disappointed in him.' He also talked about reducing the 50-day deadline, saying, ' We're going to have to look, and I'm going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number.' 'I'm going to make a new deadline of about 10 or 12 days from today,' Trump told reporters. Talking about the announcement of this deadline, Trump said that he will probably announce it tonight or tomorrow. 'But there's no reason to wait. If you know what the answer is,' he said, further expressing frustration with Putin for ignoring previous calls for a ceasefire. On July 14, Trump issued a 50-day deadline, which would have fallen on September 2, threatening to impose stiff economic penalties on Russia if it did not end hostilities with Ukraine. Warning about severe tariffs, Trump has said, '…if we don't have a deal in 50 days, tariffs at about 100 per cent.' The US president threatened that these would be secondary tariffs targeting Russia's remaining trade partners. He also expressed at the time that he was very unhappy about the situation. Even after the warning, Russia stepped up its air attacks on Ukraine with a record number of attacks in the recent week, including an assault by 728 drones on July 9 that damaged residential buildings and infrastructure, Bloomberg reported. Monday morning, Ukraine faced another Russian drone and missile attack with air raid alerts sounding across the country for six hours. Earlier in July, before the 50-day warning, Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Trump that Moscow would not 'give up' on its aims in Ukraine but remained open to continuing negotiations. A phone call happened between Trump and Putin, in which the Russian counterpart said that Russia will achieve its aims. Trump, on many occasions, has said that he is disappointed by the Russian president. In a recent interview with the BBC, he said that he is disappointed but not done with the Russian counterpart.
Mint
43 minutes ago
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Nayara Energy sues Microsoft over Russia's Rosneft-linked service suspension, cites ‘corporate overreach'
IT services giant Microsoft Corp has suspended services to Russian oil major Rosneft-backed Nayara Energy Ltd after the European Union's (EU) sanctions on Moscow. Following the suspension of Microsoft services, the Indian oil refinery company on Monday sued the US tech giant in the Delhi High Court. "Nayara Energy has initiated legal proceedings against Microsoft following the abrupt and unilateral suspension of critical services. Microsoft is currently restricting Nayara Energy's access to its own data, proprietary tools, and products - despite these being acquired under fully paid-up licences," the company said in a statement. "This decision, based solely on Microsoft's unilateral interpretation of recent European Union (EU) sanctions, sets a dangerous precedent for corporate overreach and raises serious concerns regarding its implications on India's energy ecosystem," Nayara added. Earlier this month, the EU imposed sanctions on Nayara as part of a new raft of measures against Russia over its war with Ukraine. Rosneft owns a 49.13 per cent stake in Nayara Energy, formerly known as Essar Oil Ltd. An investment consortium SPV, Kesani Enterprises Company, holds another 49.13 per cent stake in Nayara. Kesani is owned by Russia's United Capital Partners (UCP) and Hara Capital Sarl, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mareterra Group Holding (formerly Genera Group Holding S.p.A.). The Indian company owns and operates a 20 million tonnes a year oil refinery at Vadinar in Gujarat, as well as over 6,750 petrol pumps. Nayara, in its petition, has sought an interim injunction and resumption of Microsoft services to safeguard its rights and ensure continued access to essential digital infrastructure. "These steps are aimed at preventing any potential disruption to Nayara's ability to meet its obligations to Indian consumers and stakeholders," it said. The firm further said that while the sanctions originate exclusively from the EU, Microsoft, a US-headquartered corporation, decided to withdraw services from Nayara Energy without any legal requirement to do so under the US or Indian laws.
