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Amnesty urges South Asian governments to ensure equitable access to Covid vaccines

Amnesty urges South Asian governments to ensure equitable access to Covid vaccines

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-04-13 15:21:33

Governments in South Asia must ensure that vulnerable groups are not excluded from access to Covid-19 vaccines, said Amnesty International in a report on Tuesday, while urging the international commun...

Global coronavirus deaths near 3 million

Global coronavirus deaths near 3 million

-- 2021-04-13 11:03:26

The pandemic continues to devastate countries across the world. In fact, Covid-19 has already claimed over 2.9 million lives and infected more than 136 million people globally. The total case count r...

Floyd's brother offers 'spark of life' testimony at Chauvin murder trial

Floyd's brother offers 'spark of life' testimony at Chauvin murder trial

REUTERS 2021-04-13 09:46:27

Prosecutors on Monday neared the end of their case in the murder trial of former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin, calling George Floyd’s younger brother to the stand for emotional testimony...

Indian panel approves Russian vaccine for emergency use

Indian panel approves Russian vaccine for emergency use

Reuters 2021-04-12 20:05:58

An expert panel of India's drugs regulator has recommended emergency use approval of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, two sources said on Monday, which could make it the nation's third to be ap...

Detained Suu Kyi seeks permission to meet lawyers in person

Detained Suu Kyi seeks permission to meet lawyers in person

-- 2021-04-12 16:01:40

The leader of Myanmar's ousted government, Aung San Suu Kyi, asked a court on Monday to be allowed to meet her lawyers in person as she faces charges filed since she was overthrown in a Feb 1 coup, on...

Prince Harry reaches Britain for Prince Philip's funeral

Prince Harry reaches Britain for Prince Philip's funeral

-- 2021-04-12 15:26:52

Prince Harry, whose explosive interview alongside his wife Meghan plunged the royal family into its biggest crisis in decades, has arrived back in Britain for Prince Philip's funeral on Saturday. Phi...

Iran's Zarif blames Israel for Natanz nuke incident

Iran's Zarif blames Israel for Natanz nuke incident

Reuters 2021-04-12 12:49:09

Iran blames its regional arch-foe Israel for Sunday’s incident at the Natanz nuclear site and will take its revenge, state TV quoted Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as saying on Monday. I...

Illegal driftnet use widespread in Indian Ocean: Greenpeace

Illegal driftnet use widespread in Indian Ocean: Greenpeace

-- 2021-04-12 12:19:57

Greenpeace has uncovered widespread use of illegal driftnets in the northwest Indian Ocean, which it says are decimating marine life in what is one of the world’s most ecologically vulnerable fi...

India overtakes Brazil to become world's second worst-hit country by coronavirus

India overtakes Brazil to become world's second worst-hit country by coronavirus

Reuters 2021-04-12 11:18:57

India reported a record 168,912 COVID-19 infections overnight, data from the health ministry showed on Monday, overtaking Brazil to become the second-most affected country globally by the coronavirus....

China, Russia undermine international Myanmar response, alleges EU's top diplomat

China, Russia undermine international Myanmar response, alleges EU's top diplomat

Reuters 2021-04-12 11:13:39

The European Union’s top diplomat said on Sunday Russia and China were hampering a united international response to Myanmar’s military coup and that the EU could offer more economic incent...

Jordan's King Abdullah, estranged Prince Hamza make joint appearance

Jordan's King Abdullah, estranged Prince Hamza make joint appearance

-- 2021-04-12 10:39:25

Jordan’s King Abdullah and former crown prince and half-brother Prince Hamza made their first joint appearance since a rift shook the country, attending a ceremony on Sunday marking 100 years of...

Cambodia condemns US group for adding smiles to images of Khmer Rouge victims

Cambodia condemns US group for adding smiles to images of Khmer Rouge victims

-- 2021-04-12 10:26:55

Cambodia condemned images published by US media group VICE featuring newly colourised photographs of the Khmer Rouge “killing fields” victims, saying the images were an insult to the dead...

Four migrants found dead on boat off Canary Islands

Four migrants found dead on boat off Canary Islands

-- 2021-04-12 10:17:57

At least four people were found dead on a migrant boat off the Canary Island of El Hierro on Sunday, the Spanish Red Cross said. The vessel was spotted by a fishing boat around 120 miles (193 km) to...

French government condemns attack on Muslim centre

French government condemns attack on Muslim centre

FE REPORT 2021-04-12 09:32:18

The French government on Sunday condemned the defacing of an Islamic cultural centre in western France with Islamaphobic slogans, and said an attack on Muslims was an attack on the Republic. The tags...

India bans exports of Remdesivir drug as new COVID-19 cases hit another record

India bans exports of Remdesivir drug as new COVID-19 cases hit another record

REUTERS 2021-04-11 20:19:44

India on Sunday banned the export of anti-viral drug Remdesivir and its active pharmaceutical ingredients as demand rocketed due to a record surge in COVID-19 infections and led to crippling shortages...

China launches hotline for netizens to report 'illegal' history comments

China launches hotline for netizens to report 'illegal' history comments

-- 2021-04-11 19:07:59

China’s cyber regulator has launched a hotline to report online comments that defame the ruling Communist Party and its history, vowing to crack down on “historical nihilists” ahead...

Prince Philips’s funeral an 'ideal opportunity' to end royal rifts, says Major

Prince Philips’s funeral an 'ideal opportunity' to end royal rifts, says Major

BBC 2021-04-11 18:08:51

Shared grief over the death of the Duke of Edinburgh is an "ideal opportunity" to mend any rifts within the Royal Family, ex-PM Sir John Major has said. Sir John, who was guardian to Princes William...

UAE selects first Arab woman for astronaut training

UAE selects first Arab woman for astronaut training

-- 2021-04-11 17:35:21

The United Arab Emirates has selected the first Arab woman to train as an astronaut, as the Gulf country rapidly expands into the space sector to diversify its economy. Emirati national Nora al-Matro...

Crime journalist shot dead near his home in Greece

Crime journalist shot dead near his home in Greece

-- 2021-04-11 17:27:37

Two gunmen on a motorbike shot and killed a prominent Greek crime journalist near his home in Athens on Friday, police said. George Karaivaz, a veteran journalist for private broadcaster STAR TV, was...

21 miners trapped after coal mine accident in China

21 miners trapped after coal mine accident in China

-- 2021-04-11 16:31:11

Eight miners have been rescued and 21 remain trapped in a coal mine that flooded in northwest China’s Xinjiang region, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday, citing a local emergen...

Iran reports electrical incident at Natanz nuclear site

Iran reports electrical incident at Natanz nuclear site

REUTERS 2021-04-11 15:09:15

A problem with the electrical distribution grid of Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility caused an incident at the site on Sunday, Iranian Press TV reported, a day after Tehran launched new advanced ur...

Ramsey Clark, former US attorney general who defended Gaddafi, Saddam, dead at 93

Ramsey Clark, former US attorney general who defended Gaddafi, Saddam, dead at 93

-- 2021-04-11 11:30:33

Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who helped shape US civil rights law during the Johnson administration but went on to travel the globe to fight human rights abuses by his own country as he sa...

China's graft watchdog rebukes 'mukbang' binge-eating, drinking videos

China's graft watchdog rebukes 'mukbang' binge-eating, drinking videos

REUTERS 2021-04-11 10:04:16

China’s corruption watchdog has called on online video-sharing platforms to take action against “mukbang” shows, in which people livestream themselves eating - or drinking - excessiv...

BBC receives complaints of 'too much' Prince Philip coverage

BBC receives complaints of 'too much' Prince Philip coverage

REUTERS 2021-04-11 09:58:59

The British Broadcasting Corporation said on Saturday it had received complaints about the amount of coverage it dedicated to the death of Prince Philip after some viewers were upset that normal progr...

Caribbean residents wake to ash-covered streets, rumbling volcano

Caribbean residents wake to ash-covered streets, rumbling volcano

-- 2021-04-11 09:06:19

The tiny eastern Caribbean island of Saint Vincent was blanketed with a thin layer of ash and a “strong sulphur” smell hung in the air on Saturday, a day after a volcano spectacularly erup...

Java quake kills seven Indonesians

Java quake kills seven Indonesians

-- 2021-04-11 09:03:10

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Java island on Saturday, killing seven people, severely wounding two and damaging hundreds of buildings in several cities, the country’s d...

Myanmar security forces kill over 80 protesters

Myanmar security forces kill over 80 protesters

Reuters 2021-04-11 08:12:06

Myanmar security forces fired rifle grenades at protesters in a town near Yangon on Friday, killing more than 80 people, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) monitoring group and...

Over 70 killed by military in Myanmar's Bago

Over 70 killed by military in Myanmar's Bago

KYODO 2021-04-10 21:00:11

Over 70 people were killed in Bago in central Myanmar on Friday as the military opened fire on anti-coup protesters and others, local media reported Saturday. Soldiers reportedly surrounded residents...

Iran launches advanced uranium enriching machines to mark nuclear day

Iran launches advanced uranium enriching machines to mark nuclear day

-- 2021-04-10 20:33:55

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterated Iran's commitment to nuclear non-proliferation on Saturday while overseeing the launch of advanced centrifuges at the underground Natanz nuclear plant to ma...

European Union proposes six-month tariff freeze with United States

European Union proposes six-month tariff freeze with United States

-- 2021-04-10 20:09:17

The European Union has suggested that it and the United States suspend tariffs imposed on billions of dollars of imports for six months, EU trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis was quoted as telling Germany...