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North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan

North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan

-- 2022-10-04 21:57:37

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan, in what appears to be a deliberate escalation to get the attention of Tokyo and Washington. The missile travelled 4,500km (2,800 miles) before fa...

UK warns Russia over use of nuclear weapons

UK warns Russia over use of nuclear weapons

-- 2022-10-04 21:18:26

Britain's foreign minister James Cleverly on Tuesday said Russian President Vladimir Putin's sequence of strategic errors must stop and the use of nuclear weapons would lead to consequences, reports R...

Russian court fines TikTok for not deleting LGBT content

Russian court fines TikTok for not deleting LGBT content

-- 2022-10-04 19:22:46

A Russian court on Tuesday fined TikTok for failing to delete LGBT material, the country's latest crackdown on Big Tech companies. The Tagansky District Court in Moscow issued the 3.0 million ruble (...

Girls, young women shut out when participating in politics – global survey

Girls, young women shut out when participating in politics – global survey

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-10-04 17:27:23

Girls and young women worldwide consistently feel excluded from politics, according to a new global study. Plan International in the survey of 29,000 girls and women aged 15-24, from 29 countries, fo...

Three scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics for work on quantum mechanics

Three scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics for work on quantum mechanics

-- 2022-10-04 16:19:07

Scientists Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for ‘experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneer...

Mobile phone critic Pope Francis meets Apple chief Tim Cook

Mobile phone critic Pope Francis meets Apple chief Tim Cook

-- 2022-10-04 15:29:02

Pope Francis, who has often said people should limit their use of cellphones and give preference to personal communication, granted a private audience on Monday to Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook. Coo...

Ukraine estimates $35b in environment damage from Russia invasion

Ukraine estimates $35b in environment damage from Russia invasion

-- 2022-10-04 15:24:33

Environmental damage in Ukraine caused by Russia's invasion was estimated at around 36 billion euros ($35.3 billion), with millions of hectares of natural reserves under threat, Ukraine's environment...

South Africa's rail and port workers to strike this week over wages: Unions

South Africa's rail and port workers to strike this week over wages: Unions

REUTERS 2022-10-04 15:15:56

Workers at South Africa's state-owned logistics firm Transnet will go on strike starting this Thursday over a wage dispute, two labour unions said, in a move that could halt the export of key minera...

Prices of petrol and diesel fall in Sudan: Ministry statement

Prices of petrol and diesel fall in Sudan: Ministry statement

REUTERS 2022-10-04 13:20:11

Petrol prices in Sudan fell on Tuesday from 700 Sudanese pounds to 522 pounds ($0.9235) per litre, the country's energy ministry said in a statement following its monthly pricing review. Diesel price...

Prices of petrol and diesel fall in Sudan

Prices of petrol and diesel fall in Sudan

-- 2022-10-04 12:43:17

Petrol prices in Sudan fell on Tuesday from 700 Sudanese pounds to 522 pounds ($0.9235) per litre, the country's energy ministry said in a statement following its monthly pricing review. Diesel...

Right-wing wins in Brazil's Congress show staying power of 'Bolsonarismo'

Right-wing wins in Brazil's Congress show staying power of 'Bolsonarismo'

-- 2022-10-04 12:11:11

A strong election night for allies of President Jair Bolsonaro have given his party the most seats in both chambers of Congress, highlighting the enduring strength of his conservative movement even if...

Saudi prince has immunity in Khashoggi killing lawsuit, say lawyers

Saudi prince has immunity in Khashoggi killing lawsuit, say lawyers

REUTERS 2022-10-04 11:34:11

Lawyers for Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, facing a US lawsuit over the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, told a court on Monday the crown prince's appointment as prim...

North Korea fires missile over Japan

North Korea fires missile over Japan

-- 2022-10-04 10:52:08

Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years on Tuesday, prompting a warning for residents to take cover and a temporary suspension of train operatio...

Ecuador prison clash leaves at least 15 dead, 20 injured

Ecuador prison clash leaves at least 15 dead, 20 injured

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-04 10:31:51

A clash between inmates armed with guns and knives inside the Latacunga prison in central Ecuador on Monday left at least 15 people dead and 20 injured, authorities said. Officials attributed the fig...

Trump sues CNN claiming defamation, seeks $475 million in punitive damages

Trump sues CNN claiming defamation, seeks $475 million in punitive damages

REUTERS 2022-10-04 10:11:29

Former US president Donald Trump sued CNN for defamation on Monday, seeking $475 million in punitive damages and claiming the network had carried out a "campaign of libel and slander" against him. Tr...

Ukraine forces break through Russian defences in south, advance in east

Ukraine forces break through Russian defences in south, advance in east

REUTERS 2022-10-04 10:00:18

Ukrainian forces have broken through Russia's defences in the south of the country while expanding their rapid offensive in the east, seizing back more territory in areas annexed by Moscow and threate...

Indonesia forms team to probe soccer stampede   

Indonesia forms team to probe soccer stampede  

-- 2022-10-03 21:04:23

Indonesia on Monday set up an independent team to investigate a stampede at a soccer stadium that killed 125 people, including 32 children, as the country's human rights commission questioned the poli...

Iran's Khamenei backs police over Mahsa Amini protests

Iran's Khamenei backs police over Mahsa Amini protests

-- 2022-10-03 20:03:45

Iran's supreme leader on Monday gave his full backing to security forces confronting protests ignited by the death of Mahsa Amini in custody, comments that could herald a harsher crackdown to quell un...

Somalia says co-founder of militant group al Shabaab killed

Somalia says co-founder of militant group al Shabaab killed

-- 2022-10-03 19:06:28

Somalia's government said one of the co-founders of Islamist militant group al Shabaab had been killed in a joint operation with international partners over the weekend, while the insurgents claimed r...

Fans 'died in the arms' of players in Indonesia stadium crush

Fans 'died in the arms' of players in Indonesia stadium crush

-- 2022-10-03 18:49:09

Football fans "died in the arms" of players during a crush at Indonesia's Kanjuruhan stadium, the home team coach has said, as the number of children killed in the tragedy rose to 32. Javier Roca sai...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng U-turns on plans to scrap 45p tax rate

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng U-turns on plans to scrap 45p tax rate

-- 2022-10-03 18:33:02

The UK government has U-turned on plans to scrap the 45p rate of income tax for higher earners, reports BBC. Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng told the BBC the proposals, announced just 10 days ago, had beco...

Fleeing Russians follow path of 1917 refugees to Istanbul

Fleeing Russians follow path of 1917 refugees to Istanbul

-- 2022-10-03 17:53:50

Vladimir Putin's military draft "changed everything" for the tens of thousands of Russians who have fled their country since the Russian leader's mobilisation was announced last month, according to re...

Five killed in fire at puja venue in India

Five killed in fire at puja venue in India

-- 2022-10-03 15:35:43

At least five people were killed and 66 others were injured after a huge fire broke out at a Durga Puja venue in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi. The blaze started on Sunday at around 9 pm local time,...

India scrambles fighter jets after report of bomb scare on flight from Iran

India scrambles fighter jets after report of bomb scare on flight from Iran

REUTERS 2022-10-03 14:51:12

India's air force (IAF) said on Monday it had scrambled fighter jets after receiving information of a bomb scare on an airline bearing Iranian registration transiting through Indian airspace. T...

Russia may start providing trade finance to importers of its grain: Farm minister

Russia may start providing trade finance to importers of its grain: Farm minister

REUTERS 2022-10-03 14:10:55

Russia may start providing trade finance to importers of its grain as sanctions imposed on Moscow since it sent troops to Ukraine affect this financial instrument, Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushe...

Iran lawmakers chant 'thank you, police' amid growing public fury over woman's death

Iran lawmakers chant 'thank you, police' amid growing public fury over woman's death

REUTERS 2022-10-03 13:12:55

Iranian lawmakers chanted "thank you, thank you, police" during a parliament session on Sunday, amid weeks of anti-government protests across Iran following the death of a young woman in police custod...

Cholera kills at least seven in Haiti

Cholera kills at least seven in Haiti

-- 2022-10-03 12:57:42

Haiti on Sunday said at least seven people have died of cholera in a surprise return of the disease that comes as the nation is paralyzed by a gang blockade that has triggered shortages of fuel and cl...

Pakistani hospital overwhelmed as water-borne illnesses spread

Pakistani hospital overwhelmed as water-borne illnesses spread

REUTERS 2022-10-03 10:58:24

The emergency ward at the main government hospital in Sehwan, a small town in southern Pakistan, is overwhelmed. On a recent visit, Reuters witnessed hundreds of people crammed into rooms and corrido...

King Charles will not attend climate change summit in Egypt

King Charles will not attend climate change summit in Egypt

-- 2022-10-02 20:31:13

Britain's King Charles will not attend a world leaders' climate change summit in Egypt next month, a royal source said on Sunday, as the new monarch steps back from his previous high-profile campaigni...

Pakistan’s Imran Khan may face legal action over leaked audio

Pakistan’s Imran Khan may face legal action over leaked audio

-- 2022-10-02 19:55:11

The cabinet of Pakistan has formally given the go-ahead to hold an inquiry into recently-emerged audio leaks purportedly featuring Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and his party lead...