Russia detained more than 5,000 people protesting President Vladimir Putin's attack on Ukraine in dozens of cities Sunday -- an unprecedented number as Moscow clamps down on anyone opposing the Kremlin's military assault on the country.

HONG KONG: Equity markets plunged Monday, while oil prices soared to a near 14-year high and safe-haven gold broke US$2,000 as investors grew increasingly fearful about the impact of the Ukraine war on the global economy.

LVIV, Ukraine: Statues wrapped in foam and fireproof material can be seen all around the historic city of Lviv, where the race is on to protect cultural treasures against possible Russian bombardment.

MUMBAI: The former chief executive of India's National Stock Exchange has been arrested in a bizarre corporate misgovernance scandal featuring a supposed Himalayan yogi.

Investor confidence in the Stock Exchange of Thailand over the next three months has risen on expectations of further foreign fund inflows, despite concerns about the Ukraine crisis and US monetary tightening, a capital market group said on Monday.

Queues formed at gold shops around the country on Monday after the global gold price soared to its highest in more than a year and local prices set a record high.

Australian cricket great Shane Warne's death on Koh Samui last week was due to natural causes, police said on Monday, citing the results of an autopsy.

There were 65 more Covid-19 fatalities and 21,162 new cases recorded during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Monday morning.

A summary of the latest developments in Russia's war in Ukraine:-

The Russian military will hold fire and open humanitarian corridors in several Ukrainian cities including the capital Kyiv at 10am Moscow time (2pm Bangkok time) on Monday, Russia's defence ministry said.