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Foreign ministers from Russia, Ukraine meet for first time since invasion

Foreign ministers from Russia, Ukraine meet for first time since invasion

-- 2022-03-10 13:30:36

Foreign ministers from Russia and Ukraine will meet in Turkey on Thursday in the first high-level talks between the two countries since Moscow invaded its neighbour, with Ankara hoping they could ma...

Ukraine prepares potential move of data and servers to another country

Ukraine prepares potential move of data and servers to another country

-- 2022-03-10 12:54:22

The Ukrainian government is preparing for the potential need to move its data and servers abroad if Russia's invading forces push deeper into the country, a senior cybersecurity official told Reuters...

Consumer inflation in US likely to hit another 40-year high in February

Consumer inflation in US likely to hit another 40-year high in February

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-10 12:37:25

Consumer inflation in the United States likely set another 40-year high in February — and it won’t even reflect the oil and gas spikes of the past week, which will likely catapult prices e...

BJP set to win India's biggest state election as vote counting starts

BJP set to win India's biggest state election as vote counting starts

-- 2022-03-10 11:00:37

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party is set to keep control of India's most populous state on Thursday as officials begin the count in a state assembly vote that will offer clues to the national mood...

Russia could be planning chemical attack in Ukraine, White House says

Russia could be planning chemical attack in Ukraine, White House says

-- 2022-03-10 10:33:33

Russia could be planning a chemical or biological weapon attack in Ukraine - and "we should all be on the lookout", the White House has said. Press secretary Jen Psaki said Russia's claims ab...

Time to get tougher with Russia's Putin, UK tells West

Time to get tougher with Russia's Putin, UK tells West

-- 2022-03-10 10:17:15

British foreign minister Liz Truss will call on the West on Thursday to get tougher with Russian President Vladimir Putin for shattering "the architecture of global security" over Ukraine and to tight...

Ukraine accuses Russia of genocide after bombing of children's hospital

Ukraine accuses Russia of genocide after bombing of children's hospital

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-10 10:07:54

Russia's war in Ukraine entered its third week on Thursday with none of its key objectives reached despite thousands of people killed, more than two million made refugees, and thousands forced to cowe...

Ukraine says Russia breaks ceasefire, holds hostage over 400,000 people in Mariupol

Ukraine says Russia breaks ceasefire, holds hostage over 400,000 people in Mariupol

-- 2022-03-09 21:49:44

Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of breaking a ceasefire to prevent the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in the besieged port of Mariupol, where the Red Cross has described...

US has a military biological programme in Ukraine, Moscow alleges

US has a military biological programme in Ukraine, Moscow alleges

-- 2022-03-09 21:29:48

Russia on Wednesday sought the explanation of the United States about a military biological programme in Ukraine, claimed by Moscow. However, Washington has already dismissed the allegation as "absur...

New ceasefire brings little progress in evacuating Ukrainian civilians

New ceasefire brings little progress in evacuating Ukrainian civilians

-- 2022-03-09 19:23:37

Russia announced a new ceasefire in Ukraine on Wednesday to let civilians flee besieged cities, but there were only limited signs of progress in providing escape routes for hundreds of thousands of pe...

Ukraine warns of radiation leak risk after power cut at occupied Chernobyl plant

Ukraine warns of radiation leak risk after power cut at occupied Chernobyl plant

-- 2022-03-09 18:31:22

Radioactive substances could be released from Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant because it cannot cool spent nuclear fuel after its power connection was severed, Ukraine’s state-run nuclea...

Kamala Harris will travel to Poland amid Russia-Ukraine conflict

Kamala Harris will travel to Poland amid Russia-Ukraine conflict

-- 2022-03-09 17:51:06

US Vice President Kamala Harris will collaborate with Poland and Romania on the next steps to respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and reassure them of Washington's support during her meetings with...

Venezuela frees two US citizens in an apparent goodwill gesture after talks

Venezuela frees two US citizens in an apparent goodwill gesture after talks

-- 2022-03-09 16:30:07

Venezuela released two jailed US citizens on Tuesday in an apparent goodwill gesture toward the Biden administration following a visit to Caracas by a high-level US delegation. One of the freed priso...

IMF likely to approve $1.4b in emergency funding for Ukraine

IMF likely to approve $1.4b in emergency funding for Ukraine

-- 2022-03-09 16:15:45

The International Monetary Fund's executive board is poised to approve on Wednesday $1.4 billion in emergency funding for Ukraine to help it respond to Russia's invasion, IMF Managing Director Kristal...

NATO countries must act together on fighter jets for Ukraine, says Poland

NATO countries must act together on fighter jets for Ukraine, says Poland

-- 2022-03-09 15:29:19

Any supply of fighter jets to Ukraine must be done through NATO, top Polish officials said on Wednesday, after Washington rejected Poland's offer to fly all its MIG-29 jets to a US airbase with a view...

South Koreans go to polls to elect new president

South Koreans go to polls to elect new president

-- 2022-03-09 12:01:42

South Koreans went to the polls on Wednesday to elect a new president who will shape Asia's fourth-largest economy riven by gender and generational divides, face off with a confrontational North Korea...

Russia pledges 'silence' for Ukrainians to flee battered cities

Russia pledges 'silence' for Ukrainians to flee battered cities

-- 2022-03-09 10:41:58

Russia said it is ready to provide humanitarian corridors on Wednesday for people fleeing Kyiv and four other Ukrainian cities, as the number of refugees created by the biggest assault on a European c...

Superyacht linked to Russian oligarch Abramovich leaves Barcelona

Superyacht linked to Russian oligarch Abramovich leaves Barcelona

-- 2022-03-09 10:30:25

A superyacht linked to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich left Barcelona on Tuesday where it had been undergoing repairs in a local shipyard, ship-tracking data showed. The 140-meter (460-foot) Solari...

Russia releases list of ‘unfriendly’ countries

Russia releases list of ‘unfriendly’ countries

-- 2022-03-08 21:44:21

Moscow has approved a list of countries and territories taking ‘unfriendly actions’ against Russia, its companies and citizens after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. From now on, Russi...

White House likely to ban oil imports from Russia, US senator says

White House likely to ban oil imports from Russia, US senator says

-- 2022-03-08 20:24:28

The White House is expected to impose a ban on US imports of oil from Russia as punishment for the invasion of Ukraine, Democratic US Senator Chris Coons said on Tuesday. In an interview with CNN, Co...

Malaysia to allow entry of vaccinated tourists without quarantine from April

Malaysia to allow entry of vaccinated tourists without quarantine from April

-- 2022-03-08 19:47:48

Malaysia will reopen its borders fully from April 1 and allow entry without quarantine for visitors vaccinated against Covid-19. Malaysia has since March 2020 maintained some of the tightest entry cu...

Ukraine helps evacuate 20,000 Indian students

Ukraine helps evacuate 20,000 Indian students

-- 2022-03-08 19:11:33

Ukraine's government has helped evacuate about 20,000 Indian students from areas attacked by Russian forces but another 2,000 foreign students are still trapped in besieged towns and cities, Ukrainian...

Pandemic forces 11m girls to drop out,  says UNICEF

Pandemic forces 11m girls to drop out, says UNICEF

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-03-08 18:21:45

Ongoing school closures, economic stress, and service disruptions are putting the health, wellbeing, and future of the most vulnerable girls at risk with a devastated impact on the lives of girls. &l...

Gunmen kill 62 vigilantes in Nigeria

Gunmen kill 62 vigilantes in Nigeria

-- 2022-03-08 17:41:47

Gunmen ambushed and killed at least 62 members of a volunteer vigilante group in Nigeria's northwestern Kebbi state, the head of the group and a police spokesman said, in the worst violence to hit the...

WHO says attacks on Ukrainian hospitals, ambulances increase rapidly

WHO says attacks on Ukrainian hospitals, ambulances increase rapidly

-- 2022-03-08 17:38:04

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that attacks on hospitals, ambulances and other health care facilities in Ukraine have increased rapidly in recent days and warned the country is running...

2.0m refugees fleeing Ukraine, UN says

2.0m refugees fleeing Ukraine, UN says

-- 2022-03-08 17:24:50

The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine reached 2.0 million on Tuesday, according to the United Nations, the fastest exodus Europe has seen since World War II. "Today the outflow of refugees from Ukra...

Arab women entrepreneurs defy odds with leap into sportswear

Arab women entrepreneurs defy odds with leap into sportswear

-- 2022-03-08 17:03:37

Nathaly Daou zigzags through an underground fabric store in Beirut, pulling out bolts of neon Lycra and patterned polyester before settling on a roll of white cotton. Finding affordable fabric for he...

Russian airstrike kills 21 civilians in Ukraine's Sumy city

Russian airstrike kills 21 civilians in Ukraine's Sumy city

-- 2022-03-08 16:46:57

At least 21 civilians, including two children, were killed in a Russian airstrike on a residential street in Ukraine's northeastern city of Sumy late on Monday, the regional prosecutor's office said i...

Ivory Coast apartment block collapses, six die

Ivory Coast apartment block collapses, six die

-- 2022-03-08 16:07:27

At least six people, including two children, died when an apartment block collapsed in Ivory Coast's commercial capital of Abidjan overnight, the fire brigade said on Monday. Rescuers used torches to...

Zelenskiy to address British lawmakers

Zelenskiy to address British lawmakers

-- 2022-03-08 15:27:23

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will address British lawmakers via videolink in the House of Commons on Tuesday, the first time a president of another country has addressed the main Westminste...