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Norway plans third vaccine dose for all adults

Norway plans third vaccine dose for all adults

-- 2021-11-12 19:48:10

Norway will offer a third COVID-19 vaccine dose to everyone aged 18 and older and will give municipalities the option of using digital "corona passes" as a way to beat back a surge in COVID-19 infecti...

Saudi Arabia to grant citizenship to talented, innovative expatriates

Saudi Arabia to grant citizenship to talented, innovative expatriates

-- 2021-11-12 19:41:18

Saudi Arabia on Thursday said it will grant Saudi citizenship to highly talented and innovative expatriate residents, in a major shift for the kingdom as it tries to end dependence on oil. King Salma...

Antarctic penguin accidentally travels 3,000km to New Zealand

Antarctic penguin accidentally travels 3,000km to New Zealand

-- 2021-11-12 19:02:03

A penguin has found itself on the shores of New Zealand, at least 3,000 kilometres (1,864 miles) away from its natural habitat of Antarctica. The Adélie penguin, who has now been affectionatel...

Three killed, 15 injured in mosque blast in Afghanistan

Three killed, 15 injured in mosque blast in Afghanistan

-- 2021-11-12 18:55:19

At least three people were killed and 15 wounded on Friday after a bomb blast at a mosque in Spin Ghar district of the eastern Nangarhar province on Friday, a local official said. The official, on co...

1.0m Afghan children at risk of dying amid acute malnutrition

1.0m Afghan children at risk of dying amid acute malnutrition

-- 2021-11-12 18:27:59

Around 3.2 million children are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in Afghanistan by the end of this year, with 1.0 million of them at risk of dying as temperatures drop, a World Health Organi...

Britain allows Julian Assange to get married in prison

Britain allows Julian Assange to get married in prison

-- 2021-11-12 18:14:10

British prison authorities have allowed Julian Assange to marry his partner Stella Moris in Belmarsh prison. The Wikileaks founder and Ms Moris have two sons together, those were reportedly conceived...

US journalist jailed for 11 years in Myanmar

US journalist jailed for 11 years in Myanmar

-- 2021-11-12 17:15:36

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday jailed American journalist Danny Fenster for 11 years, his lawyer and his employer said. Fenster, 37, managing editor of online magazine Frontier Myanmar,...

WAN-IFRA Women in News names three leaders as 2021 laureates

WAN-IFRA Women in News names three leaders as 2021 laureates

-- 2021-11-12 17:07:14

The Women in News programme of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers has announced the recipients of its 2021 editorial leadership award from Africa, Southeast Asia and the Arab regi...

Dubai ruler says UAE to host COP28 climate conference in 2023

Dubai ruler says UAE to host COP28 climate conference in 2023

-- 2021-11-12 16:05:00

The ruler of Dubai said in a tweet on Thursday the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been selected to host the COP28 international climate conference in 2023, reports Reuters. "We will put all our capab...

US journalist Fenster gets 11-year imprisonment in Myanmar

US journalist Fenster gets 11-year imprisonment in Myanmar

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-12 14:38:35

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday jailed American journalist Danny Fenster for 11 years, his lawyer and his employer said. Fenster, 37, managing editor of online magazine Frontier Myanmar,...

Global Covid cases near 252m

Global Covid cases near 252m

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-12 10:49:03

The total Covid case count mounted to 251,885,689 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,079,013, as of Friday morning. The US has recorded 46,847,655 cases to date and more than 759,636 peopl...

Biden, Xi expected to meet virtually on Monday

Biden, Xi expected to meet virtually on Monday

-- 2021-11-12 10:15:28

US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to hold a virtual summit on Monday, sources said, amid tensions over trade, human rights and military activities, Reuters reports. Wa...

Australia reach the final, defeat Pakistan by 5 wickets

Australia reach the final, defeat Pakistan by 5 wickets

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-11 23:49:47

Australia won the second semi-final with 5 wickets and carried themselves to the final against New Zealand on the 14th in Dubai.  In response to the target of 177 runs, Australia had a nervy sta...

China's Communist Party passes resolution on party history, feats

China's Communist Party passes resolution on party history, feats

-- 2021-11-11 19:06:51

China's ruling Communist Party approved a resolution on its history and achievements, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday, a measure seen as further consolidating the authority of Preside...

Woman, partner caned over extramarital affair in Indonesia

Woman, partner caned over extramarital affair in Indonesia

-- 2021-11-11 18:30:39

A woman in the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh has been given 17 lashings in public, for having an extramarital affair, along with her partner. She was pictured falling to the floor in agony while being...

Unbeaten Pakistan meet revived Australia in the second semi-final

Unbeaten Pakistan meet revived Australia in the second semi-final

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-11 18:16:35

The in-form Pakistan will be up against the mighty Aussies in the second semi-final of ICC T20 World Cup 2021 at Dubai tonight.  The match to decide who will face the Kiwis on the 14th will star...

Fears grow for child refugees gathered at Belarus-Poland border

Fears grow for child refugees gathered at Belarus-Poland border

-- 2021-11-11 17:25:11

Children – among the thousands stranded on the border – suffer from hunger and hypothermia, at least one has died, reports Al Jazeera. When Ibrahim*, a 37-year-old Syrian, sought shelter...

Heavy rains in India, Sri Lanka leave 41 dead, authorities say

Heavy rains in India, Sri Lanka leave 41 dead, authorities say

-- 2021-11-11 13:59:53

Heavy rains across southern India and Sri Lanka have killed at least 41 people, authorities said on Thursday, with weather forecasters expecting the downpours to ease in the next few days as stricken...

US, China unveil deal to ramp up cooperation on tackling climate change

US, China unveil deal to ramp up cooperation on tackling climate change

-- 2021-11-11 09:48:47

The United States and China, the world's two largest emitters of carbon dioxide, unveiled a deal to ramp up cooperation tackling climate change, including by reducing methane emissions, protecting for...

Mitchell, Neesham heroics put New Zealand into the Final

Mitchell, Neesham heroics put New Zealand into the Final

Rakimul Huq 2021-11-10 23:50:32

New Zealand defeat England by 5 wickets to play their first-ever T20 World Cup final. They knock out favourites England and complete what could be called a revenge for both the previous ODI and T20...

Draft deal looks beyond UN conference for real climate advances

Draft deal looks beyond UN conference for real climate advances

-- 2021-11-10 23:15:47

The British hosts of the UN climate conference have called on countries to raise their ambitions to cut greenhouse gas emissions by next year, acknowledging that current pledges fall short of what is...

Eight nations join Afghan talks in India, Pakistan and China stay away

Eight nations join Afghan talks in India, Pakistan and China stay away

-- 2021-11-10 22:54:38

India on Wednesday hosted senior security officials from Russia, Iran and five Central Asian countries to discuss the ramifications of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in talks that were boycotted...

Battle of glory, battle of solace

Battle of glory, battle of solace

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-11-10 19:50:33

After an intriguing 22 days and 42 matches of cricket, World T20 2021 has reached its penultimate stage.  The last 3 games are here. Every team now has only 2 hurdles to cross to win the trophy....

Nearly 240m children with disabilities around world: UNICEF

Nearly 240m children with disabilities around world: UNICEF

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-10 19:44:32

The number of children with disabilities globally is estimated at almost 240 million, according to a new UNICEF report. Children with disabilities are disadvantaged compared to children without disab...

Xi says China is ready to work with US to manage differences

Xi says China is ready to work with US to manage differences

-- 2021-11-10 16:50:51

China is ready to properly manage differences with the United States, President Xi Jinping has said, ahead of a virtual meeting with US President Joe Biden. In a letter read on Tuesday by China's amb...

Aid group says 4,000-5,000 Afghans crossing into Iran daily

Aid group says 4,000-5,000 Afghans crossing into Iran daily

-- 2021-11-10 16:46:24

As many as 4,000-5,000 Afghans have been crossing into Iran daily since the Taliban seized Kabul in August and hundreds of thousands more are expected to arrive in the coming winter, the Norwegian Ref...

India could resume vaccine deliveries to COVAX in a few weeks

India could resume vaccine deliveries to COVAX in a few weeks

-- 2021-11-10 11:17:41

India could resume deliveries of Covid-19 shots to global vaccine-sharing platform COVAX in a few weeks for the first time since April, two health industry sources said, ending a suspension of supplie...

At least 16 UN staff, dependents detained in Ethiopia

At least 16 UN staff, dependents detained in Ethiopia

-- 2021-11-10 11:11:05

At least 16 United Nations staff and dependents have been detained in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, a UN spokesperson said on Tuesday, amid reports of widespread arrests of ethnic Tigrayans. "...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala ties the knot

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala ties the knot

-- 2021-11-10 09:49:25

Malala Yousafzai, the campaigner for girls' education and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who survived being shot aged 15 by a Taliban gunman in her native Pakistan in 2012, has got married, she said on...

‘World heading for 2.4C of warming after latest pledges’

‘World heading for 2.4C of warming after latest pledges’

-- 2021-11-09 22:15:32

New national pledges to tackle climate change this decade would lead to around 2.4 degrees Celsius of global warming this century, far above safe levels, analysts predict. Climate Action Tracker (CAT...