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US funding to WHO fell by 25pc during pandemic

US funding to WHO fell by 25pc during pandemic

-- 2022-01-26 12:33:20

US financial contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO) have fallen by 25 per cent during the coronavirus pandemic, provisional data show, with Washington's future support to the United Nati...

India's jobs crisis exasperates its youth

India's jobs crisis exasperates its youth

-- 2022-01-26 12:27:20

Srijan Upadhyay supplied fried snacks to small eateries and roadside stalls in the poor eastern Indian state of Bihar before COVID-19 lockdowns forced most of his customers to close down, many without...

All-glass House of Music blooms in Budapest park

All-glass House of Music blooms in Budapest park

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-26 12:21:13

With its serrated glass walls and perforated roof that allows natural light to permeate its halls, Budapest's futuristic new concert hall aims to create harmony between nature and music, giving visito...

US focuses on Europe's energy supplies in case Russia invades Ukraine

US focuses on Europe's energy supplies in case Russia invades Ukraine

-- 2022-01-26 09:46:40

US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he would consider personal sanctions on President Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine, as Western leaders stepped up military preparations and made plans to...

US judge apologises to Bangladeshi over shaming for overgrown lawn

US judge apologises to Bangladeshi over shaming for overgrown lawn

-- 2022-01-25 18:30:18

A Michigan judge of the United States has apologised to an expatriate Bangladeshi, a 72-year-old cancer patient, after she shamed him in court for not maintaining his yard. District Judge Alexis G Kr...

Seven Bangladeshi migrants on boat to Mediterranean island die

Seven Bangladeshi migrants on boat to Mediterranean island die

-- 2022-01-25 15:58:26

At least seven Bangladeshi migrants who were on a boat heading for the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa have died of hypothermia, Italy's ANSA news agency reported on Tuesday. The coastguard sighted...

Royal crown slips as Elizabeth prepares to mark 70 years as queen

Royal crown slips as Elizabeth prepares to mark 70 years as queen

-- 2022-01-25 15:43:58

Celebrations this year marking Queen Elizabeth's seven-decade reign will mask a less happy reality for the world's pre-eminent royal family: the British monarchy is being questioned in ways that were...

19 killed in blaze, brawl at karaoke bar in Indonesia's Papua

19 killed in blaze, brawl at karaoke bar in Indonesia's Papua

-- 2022-01-25 11:59:23

At least 19 people have died after a karaoke bar in Indonesia's West Papua was set ablaze following a brawl between rival gangs of youths in the area, police in the provincial capital of Sorong said o...

UK says 6,000 more people needed for trial of Merck Covid pill

UK says 6,000 more people needed for trial of Merck Covid pill

-- 2022-01-25 10:33:14

Britain said on Tuesday it needed to recruit 6,000 more people onto a trial of Merck's COVID-19 antiviral pill molnupiravir to inform how the drug can be rolled out more widely. Britain's MHRA medici...

Another journalist shot dead in Mexico's Tijuana

Another journalist shot dead in Mexico's Tijuana

-- 2022-01-24 22:02:53

A Mexican journalist was shot dead in the northern border city of Tijuana on Sunday, the state government said, becoming the second killed in the area within a week. Lourdes Maldonado, a journalist w...

WHO warns against assuming  Covid-19 pandemic reaching 'end game'

WHO warns against assuming  Covid-19 pandemic reaching 'end game'

-- 2022-01-24 21:52:38

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that it was dangerous to assume the Omicron variant would herald the end of Covid-19's acutest phase, exhorting nations to stay focused...

WikiLeaks' Assange gets chance to take US extradition case to UK Supreme Court

WikiLeaks' Assange gets chance to take US extradition case to UK Supreme Court

-- 2022-01-24 21:38:53

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday was given the chance to challenge at Britain's highest court a decision allowing him to be extradited to the United States to face 18 criminal charges includ...

NATO strengthens east European flank, Russia terms it as escalation of tensions

NATO strengthens east European flank, Russia terms it as escalation of tensions

-- 2022-01-24 20:49:17

NATO said on Monday it was putting forces on standby and reinforcing eastern Europe with more ships and fighter jets, in what Russia denounced as an escalation of tensions over Ukraine. Welcoming a s...

Pakistan gets female Supreme Court judge for first time

Pakistan gets female Supreme Court judge for first time

-- 2022-01-24 18:22:27

Pakistan has appointed a female Supreme Court judge for the first time in its history. Justice Ayesha Malik, 55, was selected by a commission that decides on the promotion of judges. As is typical f...

Pakistan not to allow unvaccinated people at mosques

Pakistan not to allow unvaccinated people at mosques

-- 2022-01-24 15:46:15

The government of Pakistan has decided to allow the people, who have completed full-vaccination against Covid-19, at mosques and other places of worship. The National Command and Operation Centre (NC...

British PM orders probe into Muslim lawmaker's discrimination claim

British PM orders probe into Muslim lawmaker's discrimination claim

-- 2022-01-24 15:09:00

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered an inquiry into claims by a lawmaker who said she was fired from a ministerial job in the government partly because her Muslim faith was making colleag...

Burkina Faso President Kabore detained at military camp

Burkina Faso President Kabore detained at military camp

-- 2022-01-24 14:21:07

Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore has been detained at a military camp by mutinying soldiers, two security sources and a West African diplomat said on Monday, following heavy gunfire around his resid...

US asks diplomats' families to leave Ukraine, on war fears

US asks diplomats' families to leave Ukraine, on war fears

-- 2022-01-24 12:33:27

The US State Department announced Sunday it was ordering diplomats' family members to leave Ukraine, as US President Joe Biden weighed options for boosting America's military assets in Eastern Europ...

Fourth dose of Covid vaccine raises resistance to serious illness for people over 60: Israel

Fourth dose of Covid vaccine raises resistance to serious illness for people over 60: Israel

-- 2022-01-24 10:42:54

A fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine given to people over 60 in Israel made them three times more resistant to serious illness than thrice-vaccinated people in the same age group, Israel's Health Ministr...

Iran nuclear deal unlikely without release of four US prisoners, negotiator says

Iran nuclear deal unlikely without release of four US prisoners, negotiator says

-- 2022-01-24 09:52:41

The United States is unlikely to strike an agreement with Iran to save the 2015 Iran nuclear deal unless Tehran releases four US citizens Washington says it is holding hostage, the lead US nuclear n...

The World Bank is sponsoring graduate studies in the development field

The World Bank is sponsoring graduate studies in the development field

FE Online 2022-01-23 17:11:20

The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) is open to citizens of certain developing countries with relevant professional experience and a history of supporting their countries...

Ghana explosion leaves survivors with cuts and questions

Ghana explosion leaves survivors with cuts and questions

-- 2022-01-23 14:20:45

Nancy Nyarko was preparing porridge at her roadside stall near the edge of the village of Apiate in Ghana's western mining region when she heard a loud noise close by. Looking up, she saw a motorbike...

South Korea logs second-highest daily Covid count ahead of holiday

South Korea logs second-highest daily Covid count ahead of holiday

-- 2022-01-23 14:02:24

South Korea posted its second-highest daily number of coronavirus cases on Sunday, despite extended COVID-19 curbs and a high vaccination rate, raising concerns of further spread during the upcoming L...

Beijing to maintain ‘full emergency mode’ as Winter Olympics loom

Beijing to maintain ‘full emergency mode’ as Winter Olympics loom

-- 2022-01-23 12:37:36

China's capital Beijing urged all its local districts on Saturday to maintain "full emergency mode" as the city continued to report new local coronavirus cases, less than two weeks before the start...

Global Covid cases surpass 348m

Global Covid cases surpass 348m

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-23 11:45:53

Amid the rising Omicron cases across the world, the overall number of Covid cases has surpassed 348 million. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 348,592,351 w...

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern cancels her wedding amid new omicron cuyrb

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern cancels her wedding amid new omicron cuyrb

-- 2022-01-23 11:00:08

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden has cancelled her wedding as the nation imposes new restrictions to slow the community spread of the COVID-19 omicron variant, she told reporters on Sunday, Re...

Russia-Ukraine tensions: UK warns of plot to install pro-Moscow ally

Russia-Ukraine tensions: UK warns of plot to install pro-Moscow ally

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-23 10:34:18

The UK has accused President Putin of plotting to install a pro-Moscow figure to lead Ukraine's government. The Foreign Office took the unusual step of naming former Ukrainian MP Yevhen Murayev as a...

Germany's navy chief quits over Putin comments

Germany's navy chief quits over Putin comments

-- 2022-01-23 10:14:47

Germany's navy chief stepped down on Saturday after drawing criticism for saying Russian President Vladimir Putin deserved respect and that Kyiv would never win back annexed Crimea from Moscow....

Ukrainians near Russian border ‘prepare for worst’ as talks yield no progress

Ukrainians near Russian border ‘prepare for worst’ as talks yield no progress

-- 2022-01-22 20:30:22

Residents in Ukraine's second-biggest city Kharkiv said they hoped for the best but would prepare for the worst, as Russia massed tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine's borders and diplomatic talk...

US opposes plans to strengthen WHO

US opposes plans to strengthen WHO

-- 2022-01-22 19:10:29

The United States, the top donor of World Health Organization (WHO), is resisting proposals to make the agency more independent, four officials involved in the talks said, raising doubts about the Bid...