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EU agrees law to make airlines pay more to pollute

EU agrees law to make airlines pay more to pollute

-- 2022-12-07 20:15:31

The European Union reached a deal in the early hours of Wednesday on a law to increase the price that airlines have to pay when they emit planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions, adding pressure to th...

Taliban publicly execute man accused of murder

Taliban publicly execute man accused of murder

-- 2022-12-07 19:48:47

The Taliban administration on Wednesday put to death a man accused of murder in western Afghanistan, its spokesperson said, in the first officially confirmed public execution since the group took over...

150 Rohingya stranded on leaking boat off Thai coast

150 Rohingya stranded on leaking boat off Thai coast

-- 2022-12-07 19:25:57

At least 150 ethnic Rohingya are stranded at sea off Thailand after their boat broke down, activists said on Wednesday, adding that several may have died and urging authorities to rescue the survivors...

Ruling Nepali Congress party wins most seats, Deuba likely to remain PM

Ruling Nepali Congress party wins most seats, Deuba likely to remain PM

-- 2022-12-07 17:04:22

The ruling Nepali Congress party emerged as the single largest party in Nepal's general election last month, winning 89 seats in the 275-member parliament, and its leader Sher Bahadur Deuba is likely...

Germany arrests 25 suspected of far-right plot to overthrow state

Germany arrests 25 suspected of far-right plot to overthrow state

-- 2022-12-07 15:48:32

German authorities on Wednesday detained 25 members and supporters of a far-right group that the prosecutor's office said were preparing a violent overthrow of the state, with some members suspected o...

Argentina vice-president sentenced to six years in jail for corruption

Argentina vice-president sentenced to six years in jail for corruption

-- 2022-12-07 15:03:05

An Argentine court sentenced Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to six years in jail and disqualified her from holding public office in a high-profile corruption case on Tuesday. The power...

South Korea to order more truckers back to work on Thursday

South Korea to order more truckers back to work on Thursday

-- 2022-12-07 14:52:25

The South Korean government is expected to order truckers serving the petrochemical and steel sectors to return to work this week as a national strike by truckers entered its 14th day on Wednesday, me...

G7 makes new $15b offer to Vietnam to cut coal use

G7 makes new $15b offer to Vietnam to cut coal use

-- 2022-12-07 14:51:14

The Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations has made a new $15 billion offer to Vietnam to agree during a summit next week on funding to speed up its transition away from coal, three people familia...

China loosens anti-COVID restrictions in policy shift

China loosens anti-COVID restrictions in policy shift

-- 2022-12-07 14:44:03

China said on Wednesday it would allow COVID patients with mild symptoms to isolate at home as part of a set of new measures that marked a major shift in a tough anti-virus policy that has battered it...

Pandemic lockdowns linked to decline in US twin births: Study suggests

Pandemic lockdowns linked to decline in US twin births: Study suggests

REUTERS 2022-12-07 13:23:48

Reduced access to infertility treatments early in the pandemic may have contributed to a drop in twin births, data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest. The number of twin b...

Colorado gay club shooting suspect charged with hate crimes

Colorado gay club shooting suspect charged with hate crimes

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-07 10:48:38

The suspect accused of entering a Colorado gay nightclub clad in body armor and opening fire with an AR-15-style rifle, killing five people and wounding 17 others, was charged by prosecutors Tuesday w...

Trump Organization found guilty of tax fraud scheme

Trump Organization found guilty of tax fraud scheme

-- 2022-12-07 10:33:15

Donald Trump's real estate company was convicted on Tuesday of carrying out a 15-year-long criminal scheme to defraud tax authorities, adding to the legal woes facing the former US president as he cam...

Indonesia police station blast kills one, injures several

Indonesia police station blast kills one, injures several

-- 2022-12-07 10:27:55

One person was killed and several were wounded in an explosion at a police station in Indonesia's West Java province on Wednesday shortly after a man with a knife entered the building, police said. B...

Ukraine appears to show ability to strike far inside Russia

Ukraine appears to show ability to strike far inside Russia

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-07 10:26:48

A third Russian airfield was set ablaze by a drone strike, a day after Ukraine demonstrated an apparent new ability to penetrate hundreds of kilometres into Russia with attacks on two air bases....

Khamenei calls for overhaul of Iran's cultural system

Khamenei calls for overhaul of Iran's cultural system

-- 2022-12-07 10:21:40

Iran’s Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Tuesday called for "revolutionary reconstruction of the country's cultural system", state media reported, as nationwide protests kept up pressur...

US judge dismisses Khashoggi lawsuit against Saudi prince

US judge dismisses Khashoggi lawsuit against Saudi prince

-- 2022-12-07 09:52:15

A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the fiance of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi against Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, citing President Biden's gr...

Al Jazeera files lawsuit at International Criminal Court over journalist’s killing

Al Jazeera files lawsuit at International Criminal Court over journalist’s killing

-- 2022-12-06 21:14:13

Al Jazeera on Tuesday said it has filed a lawsuit at the International Criminal Court against Israeli forces over the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot during...

Malaysia's Anwar says his govt to review plans for 5G network

Malaysia's Anwar says his govt to review plans for 5G network

-- 2022-12-06 13:37:45

Malaysia's newly appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday his administration will review a plan for a state-owned 5G network introduced by a previous government, as it was not formulated...

Beijing drops Covid testing burden

Beijing drops Covid testing burden

-- 2022-12-06 13:23:13

People in China's capital Beijing on Tuesday were allowed to enter supermarkets, offices and airports without having to show negative Covid tests, the latest in a mix of easing steps nationwide after...

Italy ageing faster than EU peers, population drops below 59 million

Italy ageing faster than EU peers, population drops below 59 million

REUTERS 2022-12-06 12:45:56

Italy's population has dropped below 59 million and the country is ageing at a much faster rate than its European Union peers, national statistical agency Istat said on Monday. A shrinking and ageing...

Prince Harry says UK royal household plays 'dirty game'

Prince Harry says UK royal household plays 'dirty game'

-- 2022-12-06 11:33:44

Prince Harry said Britain's royal household regularly leak stories about each other, calling it "a dirty game" in a new trailer released on Monday for the much-anticipated Netflix documentary series a...

272 civilians killed in Congo massacre last week

272 civilians killed in Congo massacre last week

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-06 11:12:26

Democratic Republic of Congo's government on Monday said 272 civilians were killed in a massacre in the eastern town of Kishishe last week, raising the death toll from a previous estimate of 50. Cong...

Global Covid cases surpass 650m

Global Covid cases surpass 650m

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-06 10:42:57

The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has now crossed 650 million. According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 650,329,085 while the death toll from the virus reached 6...

Ukraine warns of emergency blackouts after more missile hits

Ukraine warns of emergency blackouts after more missile hits

-- 2022-12-06 10:05:07

Ukraine warned there would be emergency blackouts once again in several regions as it repaired damage from missile attacks it said destroyed homes and knocked out power, while Moscow accused Kyiv of a...

Indian billionaire Adani becomes NDTV's biggest shareholder

Indian billionaire Adani becomes NDTV's biggest shareholder

-- 2022-12-05 21:43:03

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate on Monday raised its stake in New Delhi Television Ltd to more than 37 per cent through an open offer, making it the biggest shareholder of one of the co...

Taliban blame foreign Islamic State fighter for Pakistan embassy attack

Taliban blame foreign Islamic State fighter for Pakistan embassy attack

-- 2022-12-05 18:03:02

Afghanistan's Taliban said on Monday an Islamic State militant attack on Pakistan's embassy in Kabul was carried out with the involvement of unidentified foreign groups with the intention of sowing di...

Thousands on alert in Indonesia's Java after Mt. Semeru eruption

Thousands on alert in Indonesia's Java after Mt. Semeru eruption

-- 2022-12-05 15:06:20

Thousands of residents in Indonesia's East Java were on high alert on Monday after a violent eruption at the island's tallest volcano prompted authorities to impose an 8-kilometre no-go zone and force...

China's patchy COVID easing sows confusion but comforts investors

China's patchy COVID easing sows confusion but comforts investors

REUTERS 2022-12-05 13:19:37

A partial easing of the world's toughest COVID-19 curbs sowed confusion across China on Monday, even as global investors cheered the prospects of a broader policy shift in the wake of last month's his...

Ghana to swap domestic debt in fight to regain economic stability

Ghana to swap domestic debt in fight to regain economic stability

REUTERS 2022-12-05 13:16:11

Ghana will launch a domestic debt exchange on Monday, its Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said, expressing confidence that the move would help restore macroeconomic stability and end the West African...

India's capital blanketed in smog; private construction banned

India's capital blanketed in smog; private construction banned

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-05 13:15:58

India's capital, New Delhi, was engulfed in thick smog early on Monday as cooler weather exacerbated pollution and the government banned private construction in and around the city to try...