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Ukraine death toll 'thousands higher' than reported, says UN

Ukraine death toll 'thousands higher' than reported, says UN

-- 2022-05-10 16:57:18

Thousands more civilians have been killed in Ukraine during nearly 11 weeks of war there than the official UN death toll of 3,381, the head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country sai...

Kuwaiti Emiri decree accepts government resignation

Kuwaiti Emiri decree accepts government resignation

REUTERS 2022-05-10 14:19:31

A Kuwaiti Emiri decree accepted the resignation of the government on Tuesday, more than a month after it was submitted, state news agency KUNA reported. The decree asked the government to stay...

Russia not planning to close embassies in Europe

Russia not planning to close embassies in Europe

REUTERS 2022-05-10 11:39:04

Russia is not planning to proactively close its embassies in Europe in response to unfriendly measures by the West and the expansion of sanctions against Moscow, the RIA news agency reported on Tuesda...

Ecuador's latest prison riot leaves at least 43 dead

Ecuador's latest prison riot leaves at least 43 dead

-- 2022-05-10 10:22:31

Dozens of inmates were killed during a riot early on Monday as rival gangs clashed in a jail in the Ecuadorean city of Santo Domingo, the government said, the latest episode of prison violence that ha...

Two journalists killed in Mexico

Two journalists killed in Mexico

-- 2022-05-10 10:06:07

Two Mexican journalists were killed on Monday in the eastern state of Veracruz, the state attorney general's office said, adding to the toll in one of the deadliest years on record for media workers i...

New York Times wins 3 Pulitzer Prizes; Reuters wins for feature photography

New York Times wins 3 Pulitzer Prizes; Reuters wins for feature photography

-- 2022-05-10 10:00:48

The New York Times won three Pulitzer Prizes and was named as a finalist five more times on Monday, while its rival the Washington Post took the public service award and Reuters claimed the prize for...

Marcos, son of strongman, triumphs in Philippines presidential election

Marcos, son of strongman, triumphs in Philippines presidential election

-- 2022-05-10 09:05:23

Ferdinand Marcos Jr clinched a stunning runaway victory in the Philippines' presidential election on Monday in the first win by a majority since a 1986 revolution that toppled his late father's two-de...

Russian forces step up missile strikes in Ukraine, say Kyiv officials

Russian forces step up missile strikes in Ukraine, say Kyiv officials

-- 2022-05-09 22:34:21

Russian forces stormed the Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine's strategic port of Mariupol on Monday and stepped up missile strikes elsewhere, Ukrainian officials said, as President Vladimir Putin oversa...

Ukraine will not give up a single piece of land, says Zelensky

Ukraine will not give up a single piece of land, says Zelensky

-- 2022-05-09 22:25:42

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that Kyiv would defeat Russia's invasionand not give up a single piece of land, as he marked victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. Zelensky...

Biden's Japan visit may coincide with launch of US Indo-Pacific economic plan

Biden's Japan visit may coincide with launch of US Indo-Pacific economic plan

-- 2022-05-09 22:15:14

US President Joe Biden's visit to Japan this month is expected to coincide with the formal launch of a new US economic strategy for the Indo-Pacific, even as China seeks "very aggressively" to fill a...

Protestors set ablaze residence of several politicians in Sri Lanka

Protestors set ablaze residence of several politicians in Sri Lanka

-- 2022-05-09 21:53:12

Anti-government protesters in Sri Lanka on Monday set on fire the official residences of Sri Lanka’s Moratuwa Mayor Saman Lal Fernando and the members of parliament Sanath Nishantha, Ramesh Path...

UAE plans unemployment insurance scheme to strengthen labour market

UAE plans unemployment insurance scheme to strengthen labour market

-- 2022-05-09 20:55:44

The United Arab Emirates will introduce a form of unemployment insurance, the cabinet said on Monday, the latest reform by the Gulf country as it strives to attract talent and investment amid increasi...

Russia's ambassador to Poland doused in red substance by protesters

Russia's ambassador to Poland doused in red substance by protesters

-- 2022-05-09 20:49:11

Russia's ambassador to Poland was doused in a red substance on Monday by people protesting against the war in Ukraine as he went to lay flowers at the Soviet Military Cemetery in Warsaw to mark the 77...

Curfew imposed across Sri Lanka after clashes in commercial capital

Curfew imposed across Sri Lanka after clashes in commercial capital

-- 2022-05-09 18:57:30

Supporters of Sri Lanka's ruling party stormed a major protest site in the country's commercial capital Colombo on Monday, attacking anti-government demonstrators and clashing with police who used tea...

Sri Lanka prime minister resigns amid economic crisis

Sri Lanka prime minister resigns amid economic crisis

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-09 17:28:30

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday offered his resignation amid the island nation's worst economic crisis since independence that has led to widespread protests, a Sri Lankan gover...

Russia fighting for motherland in Ukraine, says Putin

Russia fighting for motherland in Ukraine, says Putin

-- 2022-05-09 16:56:40

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russian forces in Ukraine were fighting for the future of their motherland, in his annual address marking victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. Despite...

Britain to increase tariffs on Russian platinum, palladium in new sanctions

Britain to increase tariffs on Russian platinum, palladium in new sanctions

-- 2022-05-09 15:22:33

Britain announced on Sunday it will increase tariffs on platinum and palladium imports from Russia and Belarus in a new package of sanctions targeting 1.7 billion pounds ($2.10 billion) of trade, whic...

Philippines votes for new president

Philippines votes for new president

-- 2022-05-09 10:36:33

Polls opened in the Philippines on Monday in the country's most divisive presidential election in decades, with the prospect of a once-unthinkable return to the rule of the Marcos family, 36 years aft...

China says it conducted exercises near Taiwan

China says it conducted exercises near Taiwan

-- 2022-05-09 10:22:21

China's armed forces carried out another round of exercises near Taiwan last week to improve joint combat operations, the People's Liberation Army said on Monday, after the Chinese-claimed island repo...

Canada's Trudeau announces new weapons for Ukraine in visit to Kyiv

Canada's Trudeau announces new weapons for Ukraine in visit to Kyiv

-- 2022-05-09 10:01:51

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new weapons and equipment for Ukraine on Sunday after an unannounced visit to Kyiv, the capital. Trudeau, addressing a news conference after talks wit...

Putin to mark Soviet WW2 victory as Ukraine decries school bombing

Putin to mark Soviet WW2 victory as Ukraine decries school bombing

-- 2022-05-09 09:09:48

About 60 people were feared dead after a bomb struck a school in eastern Ukraine, authorities said, while Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to lead celebrations on Monday marking the Soviet Un...

Zelensky's iconic fleece jacket sold for around $111,000

Zelensky's iconic fleece jacket sold for around $111,000

-- 2022-05-08 23:33:09

A fleece jacket, worn and signed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, was sold for £90,000 (around $111,000) at a fundraiser campaign for Ukraine in London recently. "Today, the whole wor...

Saudi king to stay in hospital for some more time after successful colonoscopy

Saudi king to stay in hospital for some more time after successful colonoscopy

-- 2022-05-08 22:56:01

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz will stay in hospital for some more time to rest on doctors' advice after undergoing a colonoscopy on Sunday afternoon. Saudi Press Agency (SPA) gave the info...

US imposes sanctions on three Russian TV stations, 27 bank executives

US imposes sanctions on three Russian TV stations, 27 bank executives

-- 2022-05-08 22:30:26

The United States on Sunday unveiled sanctions against three Russian television stations, banned Americans from providing accounting and consulting services to Russians, and sanctioned executives from...

Evil returns decades after WW2, but Ukraine will prevail: Zelensky

Evil returns decades after WW2, but Ukraine will prevail: Zelensky

-- 2022-05-08 22:06:38

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that evil had returned to Ukraine but that Kyiv would prevail in an emotional address as Europe marks the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War T...

US first lady makes unannounced trip to Ukraine

US first lady makes unannounced trip to Ukraine

-- 2022-05-08 21:42:12

US first lady Jill Biden made an unannounced trip to Ukraine on Sunday to show support for its people in war with Russia, visiting a school that is serving as a temporary shelter and meeting Ukraine's...

Moscow's mood ahead of Victory Day mixes anxiety, resilience

Moscow's mood ahead of Victory Day mixes anxiety, resilience

-- 2022-05-08 19:15:40

Moscow residents appeared anxious but resilient as the country prepared on Sunday for its annual commemoration of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany with an economy reeling from the West's most stri...

Mosques in Mubani turn volume down after Hindu's demands

Mosques in Mubani turn volume down after Hindu's demands

-- 2022-05-08 19:07:33

Sitting in an office lined with books overlooking a giant prayer hall, Mohammed Ashfaq Kazi, the main preacher at the largest mosque in Mumbai, checked a decibel meter attached to the loudspeakers bef...

Philippines on high alert as all systems go for election

Philippines on high alert as all systems go for election

-- 2022-05-08 18:47:42

The Philippine police and military said on Sunday they were on high alert as last-minute preparations continued for the country's general election, even as the overall situation remained "relatively p...

60 feared dead as Russian shell hits Ukrainian school

60 feared dead as Russian shell hits Ukrainian school

-- 2022-05-08 17:14:57

As many as 60 people were feared to have been killed in the Russian bombing of a village school in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, the regional governor said on Sunday. Governor Serhiy Gaida...