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Ukraine seeks Russia’s explanation on build-up of troops along border

Ukraine seeks Russia’s explanation on build-up of troops along border

-- 2022-02-14 21:20:34

Ukraine has called for a meeting with Russia through the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) with an aim to get an explanation about Russia’s military activities along th...

US-Canada bridge to reopen after police clear protesters

US-Canada bridge to reopen after police clear protesters

-- 2022-02-14 11:20:35

North America's busiest trade link will reopen for traffic on Sunday (local time), ending a six-day blockade, a top US official said, after Canadian police cleared the protesters fighting to end Covid...

New Zealand PM labels anti-vaccine mandate protests 'imported' as protesters defy calls to leave

New Zealand PM labels anti-vaccine mandate protests 'imported' as protesters defy calls to leave

-- 2022-02-14 10:48:41

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday she felt demonstrations against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate now entering their second week were an "imported" phenomenon, and nothing like any...

Vietnam to end Covid restrictions on international flights from Feb 15

Vietnam to end Covid restrictions on international flights from Feb 15

-- 2022-02-14 10:35:46

Vietnam will remove its COVID-19 restrictions on international passenger flights with all markets starting Feb 15, with no limitation on the number of flights, the state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper reporte...

Israeli inquiry checking NSO database

Israeli inquiry checking NSO database

-- 2022-02-14 08:51:20

A high-level Israeli inquiry into alleged warrantless wiretaps by police is examining a database provided by NSO Group, the manufacturer of the powerful hacking tool Pegasus, the Justice Ministry said...

Nuclear talks more difficult as West "pretends" to take initiative: Iran official

Nuclear talks more difficult as West "pretends" to take initiative: Iran official

-- 2022-02-14 08:47:28

A senior Iranian security official said on Monday that progress in talks to salvage Iran's 2015 nuclear deal was becoming "more difficult" as Western powers only "pretended" to come up with initiative...

Russia may create pretext to attack Ukraine, says US

Russia may create pretext to attack Ukraine, says US

-- 2022-02-14 08:43:10

Russia could invade Ukraine at any time and might create a surprise pretext for an attack, the United States said on Sunday, as it reaffirmed a pledge to defend "every inch" of NATO territory, Reuters...

Diplomatic path remains open to end Ukraine standoff with Russia, says Blinken

Diplomatic path remains open to end Ukraine standoff with Russia, says Blinken

-- 2022-02-13 21:18:55

The United States said the diplomatic path remained open to end a standoff with Moscow over Ukraine but said the risk of Russian military action was high enough to warrant pulling US embassy staff out...

Pakistani villagers lynch man over blasphemy allegation

Pakistani villagers lynch man over blasphemy allegation

-- 2022-02-13 20:36:13

A mob lynched a man because he had allegedly burnt pages of Muslim holy book the Koran in central Pakistan and dozens of people have been arrested, police and officials said on Sunday. Pakistan&rsquo...

Five United Nations staff abducted in southern Yemen

Five United Nations staff abducted in southern Yemen

-- 2022-02-13 11:36:51

Five United Nations staff have been abducted in southern Yemen while returning to Aden after a field mission, the United Nations said on Saturday. The staff were abducted on Friday in the Governora...

Chelsea win the FIFA Club World Cup

Chelsea win the FIFA Club World Cup

Abrar Chowdhury 2022-02-13 11:30:01

Isn’t it absolutely beautiful that what you once lost in life comes back to you at a different point in time?  This is the case with Chelsea and FIFA Club World Cup. Chelsea only got the c...

Norway to end most Covid lockdown measures

Norway to end most Covid lockdown measures

-- 2022-02-13 10:48:51

Norway will scrap nearly all its remaining COVID-19 lockdown measures as high levels of coronavirus infections are unlikely to jeopardise health services, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Satu...

Australia evacuates embassy in Kyiv

Australia evacuates embassy in Kyiv

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-13 10:14:03

Australia said on Sunday it was evacuating its embassy in Kyiv as the situation on the Russia-Ukraine border deteriorated quickly, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison calling on China to not remain "ch...

Ukraine invasion would bring decisive response, Biden tells Putin

Ukraine invasion would bring decisive response, Biden tells Putin

-- 2022-02-13 09:19:46

US President Joe Biden told Russia's Vladimir Putin on Saturday that the West would respond decisively to any invasion of Ukraine, adding such a step would produce widespread suffering and isolate Mos...

Hindu hardliners protest against Kashmir tweets in Modi's home state

Hindu hardliners protest against Kashmir tweets in Modi's home state

-- 2022-02-13 09:06:33

Hundreds of Hindu nationalist protesters marched in the Indian state of Gujarat on Saturday, prompting the closure of stores owned by several multinational companies caught up in a furore over social...

Hijab ban forces choice of religion or education, Indian Muslim students say

Hijab ban forces choice of religion or education, Indian Muslim students say

-- 2022-02-13 08:41:24

Ayesha Imthiaz, a devout Indian Muslim who considers wearing a hijab an expression of devotion to the Prophet Mohammad, says a move by her college to expel hijab-wearing girls is an insult that will f...

Thousands march in Kyiv to show unity against Russian threat

Thousands march in Kyiv to show unity against Russian threat

-- 2022-02-12 22:40:03

Several thousand Ukrainians rallied in Kyiv on Saturday to show unity amid fears of a Russian invasion, as Ukraine's leader told people not to panic and pushed back against what he said was a glut of...

India’s Hindu nationalists protest Kashmir tweets in Gujarat

India’s Hindu nationalists protest Kashmir tweets in Gujarat

-- 2022-02-12 21:10:42

Hundreds of Hindu nationalist protesters marched in the Indian state of Gujarat on Saturday, prompting the closure of stores owned by several multinational companies caught up in a furore over social...

Indian Muslim students say hijab ban forces choice of religion or education

Indian Muslim students say hijab ban forces choice of religion or education

-- 2022-02-12 17:54:26

Ayesha Imthiaz, a devout Indian Muslim who considers wearing a hijab an expression of devotion to the Prophet Mohammad, says a move by her college to expel hijab-wearing girls is an insult that will f...

Myanmar junta leader defends coup, denounces resistance to new regime

Myanmar junta leader defends coup, denounces resistance to new regime

-- 2022-02-12 16:58:28

Myanmar's junta showed off its military strength with a parade in the capital Naypyitaw on Saturday, with its leader Min Aung Hlaing defending last year's coup as necessary to protect the country from...

Police stop 500 vehicles trying to enter Paris in Covid-19 protest convoy

Police stop 500 vehicles trying to enter Paris in Covid-19 protest convoy

-- 2022-02-12 15:27:29

Police said they stopped 500 vehicles that were trying to get into Paris on Saturday in a 'freedom convoy' protest against COVID-19 restrictions. The vehicles were intercepted at three entry points i...

US sending 3,000 additional troops to Poland

US sending 3,000 additional troops to Poland

-- 2022-02-12 15:14:41

The United States will send 3,000 additional troops to Poland, Poland's Defence Minister said late on Friday, confirming an earlier Reuters report, as Russia held military exercises in Belarus and the...

Biden and Putin to speak amid Ukraine tension

Biden and Putin to speak amid Ukraine tension

-- 2022-02-12 13:11:22

US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will speak on Saturday as Western nations warned that a war in Ukraine could ignite at any moment. Putin requested the telephone call...

US decision on Covid vaccine for children under 5 postponed for at least 2 months

US decision on Covid vaccine for children under 5 postponed for at least 2 months

-- 2022-02-12 12:43:31

A US decision on Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for infants and children 6 months through 4 years of age has been postponed for at least two months after the Food and Drug Administration&...

US, allies tell citizens to leave Ukraine as Russia could invade 'at any time'

US, allies tell citizens to leave Ukraine as Russia could invade 'at any time'

-- 2022-02-12 11:12:17

The United States and its allies urged their citizens to leave Ukraine right away to avoid a Russian invasion, including a possible air assault, that Washington said on Friday could occur anytime. Mo...

US FDA authorises Eli Lilly's Covid antibody drug

US FDA authorises Eli Lilly's Covid antibody drug

-- 2022-02-12 10:53:27

The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorised Eli Lilly and Co's Covid-19 antibody drug for people aged 12 and older at risk of severe illness, adding a tool that has been found to wor...

China gives conditional approval for Pfizer's Covid-19 drug Paxlovid

China gives conditional approval for Pfizer's Covid-19 drug Paxlovid

-- 2022-02-12 10:21:49

China's medical products regulator said on Saturday it has given conditional approval for Pfizer's COVID-19 drug Paxlovid, making it the first oral pill specifically developed to treat the diseas...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon hits record high in January

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon hits record high in January

-- 2022-02-12 09:52:19

Brazil recorded the most deforestation ever in the Amazon rainforest for the month of January, according to government data on Friday, as destruction continues to worsen despite the government's recen...

Ukraine invasion any time as Russia masses more troops, says US

Ukraine invasion any time as Russia masses more troops, says US

-- 2022-02-12 08:45:07

Russia is now massing yet more troops near Ukraine and an invasion could come at any time, perhaps before the end of this month's Winter Olympics, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday,...

US says Russian invasion of Ukraine could come at any time

US says Russian invasion of Ukraine could come at any time

-- 2022-02-11 19:06:51

Russia is now massing yet more troops near Ukraine and an invasion could come at any time, perhaps before the end of this month's Winter Olympics, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday....