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Saudi Arabia announces fresh travel ban on travellers from 16 countries

Saudi Arabia announces fresh travel ban on travellers from 16 countries

-- 2022-05-22 18:50:59

Saudi Arabia has announced a fresh travel ban on citizens for 16 countries due to Covid-19 cases in those countries, The General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) of the kingdom said on Saturday. Th...

Spain swelters as temperatures soar above May average

Spain swelters as temperatures soar above May average

-- 2022-05-22 14:06:03

People waved fans, glugged water and splashed themselves at fountains in Spain on Saturday as the country sweltered under unseasonably high temperatures pushing close to 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in...

Israel confirms 1st monkeypox case

Israel confirms 1st monkeypox case

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-22 10:59:24

The Israeli Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed the country's first monkeypox case after the viral disease has recently been detected across North America and Europe. A man in his 30s returning...

Ukraine rules out ceasefire as fighting intensifies in Donbas

Ukraine rules out ceasefire as fighting intensifies in Donbas

-- 2022-05-22 10:23:11

Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or concessions to Moscow while Russia intensified an offensive in the eastern Donbas region and stopped providing gas to Finland, as Polish President Andrzej Duda prepare...

France faces shortage of mustard, price increases by 10pc

France faces shortage of mustard, price increases by 10pc

-- 2022-05-21 21:18:37

French shoppers are facing a sour sight in supermarkets this summer - no mustard. The nationwide shortage is due to a lack of mustard seeds needed to produce the condiment. Severe drought in Canada,...

Russia bans entry of US President Joe Biden

Russia bans entry of US President Joe Biden

-- 2022-05-21 20:40:42

Russia said on Saturday it was banning entry to 963 Americans including US President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and CIA chief William Burns.The travel bans have only symbolic impact...

Zelensky says only 'diplomacy' can end Ukraine war

Zelensky says only 'diplomacy' can end Ukraine war

-- 2022-05-21 20:19:26

The war in Ukraine can only be resolved through diplomacy, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said - despite a current deadlock in negotiations between the two sides. Speaking on Ukrainian te...

North Korea didn’t respond to vaccine offer: Biden

North Korea didn’t respond to vaccine offer: Biden

-- 2022-05-21 20:08:12

US President Joe Biden says North Korea has not responded to a US offer of Covid vaccines, as the country battles its first acknowledged outbreak. Nearly 2.5 million people have been sickened by "fev...

Anthony Albanese set to become Australia's next prime minister

Anthony Albanese set to become Australia's next prime minister

-- 2022-05-21 20:05:00

Anthony Albanese, one of the longest-serving politicians in Australia, is set to become the next prime minister of the country after leading the Labor Party to its first election victory in almost a d...

Australian PM Morrison concedes defeat, steps down as party leader

Australian PM Morrison concedes defeat, steps down as party leader

-- 2022-05-21 19:35:36

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded defeat after an election on Saturday and the opposition Labor Party was set to end almost a decade of conservative rule, possibly with the support of...

BRICS countries renew pledge to strengthen environmental cooperation

BRICS countries renew pledge to strengthen environmental cooperation

-- 2022-05-21 18:58:27

The BRICS countries pledged to step up policy dialogues and jointly conduct research to foster environmental cooperation in climate change, biodiversity, and marine conservation at a meeting on Friday...

Russia confirms halt of gas supply to Finland

Russia confirms halt of gas supply to Finland

-- 2022-05-21 18:54:48

Russian energy giant Gazprom confirmed a complete suspension of gas supply to Finland's state-owned gas company Gasum starting Saturday due to its non-payment in rubles, says a report on Xinhua agency...

Biden signs $40B for Ukraine assistance during Asia trip

Biden signs $40B for Ukraine assistance during Asia trip

-- 2022-05-21 18:53:56

President Biden on Saturday signed legislation to support Ukraine with an additional $40 billion in US assistance as the Russian invasion approaches its fourth month. The legislation, which was passe...

New Pakistani FM seeks better ties with US

New Pakistani FM seeks better ties with US

-- 2022-05-21 18:32:13

Pakistan's new foreign minister says the United States and his country must move beyond past tensions over Afghanistan and are entering a new engagement after years of strained relations under former...

Australia heads towards a hung parliament, TV stations report

Australia heads towards a hung parliament, TV stations report

-- 2022-05-21 18:30:54

Australia's ruling conservative coalition cannot win enough seats to form a government, two television stations projected on Saturday after the government lost ground to climate-focused independents a...

Zelensky proposes deal with allies to secure Russian compensation

Zelensky proposes deal with allies to secure Russian compensation

-- 2022-05-21 18:11:24

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday proposed a formal deal with the country's allies to secure Russian compensation for the damage its forces have caused during the war. Zelensky, who sa...

US, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Australia walk out of APEC talks

US, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Australia walk out of APEC talks

-- 2022-05-21 18:07:51

Representatives of the United States and several other nations walked out of an Asia-Pacific trade ministers meeting in Bangkok on Saturday to protest Russia's military action in Ukraine, officials sa...

Europe determined to cut fossil fuel ties with Russia

Europe determined to cut fossil fuel ties with Russia

-- 2022-05-21 17:19:55

Russia’s war with Ukraine has forced Europe to rethink its energy policy – especially its deep dependence on Russia for about one-third of its fossil fuel imports. The European Union is ne...

Shanghai inches towards Covid lockdown exit, Beijing plays defence

Shanghai inches towards Covid lockdown exit, Beijing plays defence

-- 2022-05-21 13:19:43

Shanghai cautiously pushed ahead on Saturday with plans to restore part of its transport network in a major step towards exiting a weeks-long COVID-19 lockdown, while Beijing kept up its defences in...

Russia advances in Ukraine's Donbas

Russia advances in Ukraine's Donbas

-- 2022-05-21 12:49:01

Russia moved nearer to control over Ukraine's Donbas region, claiming victory in the months-long battle for Mariupol's steel plant and launching a major offensive on the remaining Ukrainian-held terri...

Thousands queue for petrol, cooking gas in Sri Lanka

Thousands queue for petrol, cooking gas in Sri Lanka

-- 2022-05-21 11:51:30

Thousands of people queued for cooking gas and petrol in Sri Lanka's commercial capital on Friday and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devas...

North Korea reports over 200,000 fever cases for 5th day amid Covid wave

North Korea reports over 200,000 fever cases for 5th day amid Covid wave

-- 2022-05-21 11:22:39

North Korea on Saturday reported more than 200,000 new patients suffering from fever for a fifth consecutive day, as it fought its first confirmed coronavirus outbreak. The ongoing COVID wave, declar...

Chile will reopen Easter Island to tourists in August

Chile will reopen Easter Island to tourists in August

-- 2022-05-21 10:51:47

 Easter Island, one of Chile's biggest tourist attractions, will reopen to visitors starting Aug. 1 after access was restricted at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chile's government said...

What is monkeypox and where is it spreading?

What is monkeypox and where is it spreading?

-- 2022-05-20 22:11:59

European and American health authorities have identified a number of monkeypox cases in recent days, mostly in young men. It’s a surprising outbreak of a disease that rarely appears outside Afri...

Putin says cyber-attacks against Russia increases several times

Putin says cyber-attacks against Russia increases several times

-- 2022-05-20 21:05:52

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the number of cyber-attacks on Russia by foreign ‘state structures’ increased several times over and that Russia must bolster it...

India accuses China of illegal construction in border area

India accuses China of illegal construction in border area

-- 2022-05-20 21:02:15

India on Friday objected to China's construction of a second bridge across disputed Pangong Lake, an area it said has been under the "illegal occupation" of China since the 1960s. India's challenge c...

More than 100 cases of monkeypox reported in Europe

More than 100 cases of monkeypox reported in Europe

-- 2022-05-20 20:32:24

More than 100 cases of monkeypox, a viral infection more common to west and central Africa, have been reported in Europe, with German officials describing the outbreak as the largest ever in the regio...

Biden touts cooperation with Samsung on Asia trip

Biden touts cooperation with Samsung on Asia trip

-- 2022-05-20 20:10:54

Joe Biden's first stop on his inaugural trip to Asia as US president on Friday was a massive Samsung Electronics semiconductor plant, underscoring a message of economic security with an eye on China....

Finland not to get Russian gas from Saturday morning

Finland not to get Russian gas from Saturday morning

-- 2022-05-20 19:04:17

Russia's Gazprom has informed Finland that it will halt flows of natural gas from Saturday morning, Finnish state-owned gas wholesaler Gasum said on Friday. Gasum has refused to pay Gazprom Export in...

Russian forces bombard Ukraine's eastern region from land, air

Russian forces bombard Ukraine's eastern region from land, air

-- 2022-05-20 18:54:19

Russian forces bombarded areas of Ukraine's eastern Donbas region from land and air on Friday, destroying houses in residential districts and killing a number of civilians, Ukrainian officials said....