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Saudi king admitted to hospital for tests

Saudi king admitted to hospital for tests

-- 2022-05-08 16:25:28

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz was admitted to hospital on Saturday in the Red Sea city of Jeddah to undergo medical tests, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday, citing a stat...

Pro-Beijing elites endorse John Lee as Hong Kong's next leader

Pro-Beijing elites endorse John Lee as Hong Kong's next leader

-- 2022-05-08 12:30:51

Hong Kong's leader-in-waiting, John Lee, was endorsed for the city's top job on Sunday by a committee stacked with pro-Beijing loyalists, as the financial hub attempts to relaunch itself after several...

UK to provide 1.3 billion pounds of additional military support to Ukraine

UK to provide 1.3 billion pounds of additional military support to Ukraine

-- 2022-05-08 10:46:14

Britain said it would provide a further 1.3 billion pounds ($1.60 billion) in military support and aid to Ukraine, making the pledge ahead of a planned video call on Sunday by Group of Seven leaders w...

Nepali scales Mt Everest for record 26th time

Nepali scales Mt Everest for record 26th time

-- 2022-05-08 10:30:23

A Nepali sherpa scaled Mount Everest for a record 26th time, beating his own previous record set last year, a government official said on Sunday. Kami Rita Sherpa, 52, scaled the 8,848.86-metre (29,0...

Ukraine's ports must be reopened to avert looming famine threat, says UN

Ukraine's ports must be reopened to avert looming famine threat, says UN

-- 2022-05-07 21:38:45

Ports in Odesa of southern Ukraine, which have been closed because of war, must be reopened urgently to prevent the global hunger crisis from spinning out of control, says the United Nations World Foo...

Rescuers look for victims at Cuba hotel after blast kills 25

Rescuers look for victims at Cuba hotel after blast kills 25

-- 2022-05-07 21:30:04

Rescuers in Cuba's capital searched Saturday to find survivors of an explosion that killed at least 25 people and devastated a luxury hotel that once hosted dignitaries and celebrities, including Beyo...

Amazon tribes turn the tables on intruders with social media

Amazon tribes turn the tables on intruders with social media

-- 2022-05-07 20:34:50

It was dusk on April 14 when Francisco Kuruaya heard a boat approaching along the river near his village in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. He assumed it was the regular delivery boat bringing gasol...

Xiaomi officials face threats of ‘physical violence’ during probe in India

Xiaomi officials face threats of ‘physical violence’ during probe in India

-- 2022-05-07 17:40:49

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp has alleged its top executives faced threats of "physical violence" and coercion during questioning by India's financial crime-fighting agency, according to a cour...

Macron sworn in for second term as France's president

Macron sworn in for second term as France's president

-- 2022-05-07 16:30:51

Emmanuel Macron was sworn in for his second term as France's president on Saturday at a ceremony at the Elysee Palace, followed by the firing of cannons at the Invalides gardens. In a country where p...

Afghan women must cover their faces in public, says Taliban

Afghan women must cover their faces in public, says Taliban

-- 2022-05-07 15:52:23

The Taliban on Saturday ruled Afghan women must cover their faces, according to a decree from the group's supreme leader, an escalation of growing restrictions on women in public that is drawing a bac...

US offers $15m reward for information on Conti ransomware group

US offers $15m reward for information on Conti ransomware group

-- 2022-05-07 15:09:40

The United States on Friday offered a reward of up to $15 million for information on the Russia-based Conti ransomware group, which has been blamed for cyber extortion attacks worldwide, State Departm...

Taiwan says hopes world would sanction China if it invades

Taiwan says hopes world would sanction China if it invades

-- 2022-05-07 14:14:57

Taiwan hopes that the world would sanction China like it is sanctioning Russia for its war on Ukraine if Beijing invaded the island, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Saturday. Taiwan has joined in...

Beijing kicks off fresh round of Covid-19 tests

Beijing kicks off fresh round of Covid-19 tests

-- 2022-05-07 14:07:29

China's capital Beijing kicked off a fresh round of mass testing for Covid-19 on Saturday and shut more bus routes and metro stations, as it seeks to avert the fate of Shanghai, where millions of resi...

G7 leaders, Ukraine's Zelenskiy to hold talks on Sunday

G7 leaders, Ukraine's Zelenskiy to hold talks on Sunday

-- 2022-05-07 12:00:27

Group of Seven (G7) leaders including US President Joe Biden will hold a video call on Sunday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a show of unity the day before Russia marks its Victory Da...

Italy impounds luxury yacht linked to Russian president

Italy impounds luxury yacht linked to Russian president

-- 2022-05-07 11:10:35

The Italian government ordered police on Friday to impound a luxury yacht worth some $700 million that has been linked in the media to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The sleek, six-deck Scheheraza...

Explosion at Cuba's Hotel Saratoga leaves 22 dead

Explosion at Cuba's Hotel Saratoga leaves 22 dead

-- 2022-05-07 10:46:01

A deadly explosion hit a well-known hotel in downtown Havana on Friday, tearing a gash several floors high in the side of the building, killing at least 22 people and injuring upwards of 70, witnesses...

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency

-- 2022-05-07 10:24:29

Streets in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo were calm on Saturday after the president declared a state of emergency following escalating anti-government protests, reports Reuters. Details of th...

Uganda conducts preliminary studies on issuing digital currency

Uganda conducts preliminary studies on issuing digital currency

-- 2022-05-06 21:24:47

Uganda's central bank is considering whether to issue a digital currency and has not banned cryptocurrencies, but has concerns about risks from the technology including consumer protection and financi...

Blood clot risks: US limits use of J&J Covid-19 vaccine for adults

Blood clot risks: US limits use of J&J Covid-19 vaccine for adults

-- 2022-05-06 20:17:07

The US health regulator said on Thursday it was limiting the use of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine for adults due to the risk of a rare blood clotting syndrome, the latest setback to the sho...

Putin to send 'doomsday' warning to West

Putin to send 'doomsday' warning to West

-- 2022-05-06 20:00:24

President Vladimir Putin will send a "doomsday" warning to the West when he leads celebrations on Monday marking the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany, brandishing Russi...

UK police investigating Labour leader Starmer over lockdown rule-breach

UK police investigating Labour leader Starmer over lockdown rule-breach

-- 2022-05-06 19:37:31

British police said on Friday they were investigating a potential breach of Covid-19 rules in a 2021 gathering attended by Labour leader Keir Starmer, in light of "significant new information" they ha...

India plans rail route through Bangladesh to connect two states

India plans rail route through Bangladesh to connect two states

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-06 17:43:32

The government of India plans the establishment of a rail route to connect its northeastern state of Meghalaya with the rest of the country using the territory of Bangladesh. As per the plan, the rai...

Taiwan jets scramble as China air force enters air defence zone

Taiwan jets scramble as China air force enters air defence zone

-- 2022-05-06 17:33:55

Taiwan's air force scrambled on Friday to warn away 18 Chinese aircraft that entered its air defence zone, Taiwan's defence ministry said, part of what is a regular pattern of incursions that has ange...

Anti-government strike in Sri Lanka shuts schools, businesses

Anti-government strike in Sri Lanka shuts schools, businesses

-- 2022-05-06 16:42:32

Thousands of shops, schools and businesses closed on Friday as public and private sector workers in Sri Lanka went on strike, demanding the president and the government step down for their mishandling...

Beijing accuses Tokyo of hyping China threat

Beijing accuses Tokyo of hyping China threat

-- 2022-05-06 15:13:14

China's foreign ministry on Friday accused Japan of exaggerating a perceived threat from Beijing as an excuse to boost its own military might, after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned the in...

UK PM Johnson loses control of key London stronghold of Wandsworth

UK PM Johnson loses control of key London stronghold of Wandsworth

-- 2022-05-06 13:10:13

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party lost control on Friday of the traditional stronghold of Wandsworth borough in London for the first time in 44 years in local elections in Engl...

Indian opposition seeks higher compensation for Covid deaths

Indian opposition seeks higher compensation for Covid deaths

-- 2022-05-06 12:52:42

India's main opposition Congress party on Friday demanded a hefty rise in compensation for the families of those who died of Covid-19, after the World Health Organization estimated the country's toll...

Building collapse in China kills 53

Building collapse in China kills 53

-- 2022-05-06 10:00:00

At least fifty-three people died when a housing block collapsed in the Chinese city of Changsha last week, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Friday after days of rescue efforts. Rescuers have pulled...

Israel says Putin apologised for foreign minister's Hitler remarks

Israel says Putin apologised for foreign minister's Hitler remarks

-- 2022-05-06 09:44:55

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had apologised for his foreign minister's comments claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, Reuters repor...

Shanghai says Covid infections on downward trend for 2 weeks

Shanghai says Covid infections on downward trend for 2 weeks

-- 2022-05-06 09:39:38

The number of COVID-19 infections in China's financial hub of Shanghai has been on a "continuous downward trend" since April 22, the city's vice major Wu Qing said on Friday. "Currently, our city's e...