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BBC to close radio broadcasts in Bengali, 10 other languages

BBC to close radio broadcasts in Bengali, 10 other languages

BBC 2022-09-30 21:17:44

The BBC is proposing to close about 382 posts at the World Service as it tries to make £28.5m in annual savings for its international services. Radio broadcasts in 10 languages including Arabic...

Zelensky says Ukraine applying for NATO membership

Zelensky says Ukraine applying for NATO membership

-- 2022-09-30 20:56:01

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday Ukraine was formally applying for fast-track membership in the NATO military alliance. "We are taking our decisive step by signing Ukraine's appl...

Shashi Tharoor, a Gandhi loyalist, in race to lead India's opposition Congress party

Shashi Tharoor, a Gandhi loyalist, in race to lead India's opposition Congress party

-- 2022-09-30 20:24:32

An ex-United Nations diplomat and a veteran politician emerged on Friday as contenders to lead India's main opposition Congress party as it prepares to elect a new president from outside the Nehru-Gan...

Myanmar plane attacked, one injured  

Myanmar plane attacked, one injured  

-- 2022-09-30 19:09:27

A passenger plane of the state-owned Myanmar National Airlines was attacked during landing near Loikaw airport in eastern Myanmar on Friday morning, leaving one injured, according to local authorities...

Putin declares annexation of four Russian-controlled Ukrainian regions

Putin declares annexation of four Russian-controlled Ukrainian regions

-- 2022-09-30 19:05:47

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday presided over a ceremony to annex four Ukrainian regions partly occupied by his forces, escalating his seven-month war and taking it into an unpredictable ne...

Heavy gunfire in Burkina Faso capital, soldiers on streets

Heavy gunfire in Burkina Faso capital, soldiers on streets

-- 2022-09-30 17:51:48

Heavy gunfire rang out from the main military camp and some residential areas of Burkina Faso's capital on Friday and a large blast was heard near the presidential palace, Reuters reporters said. Sol...

Delhi implements 16-step plan to tackle air pollution

Delhi implements 16-step plan to tackle air pollution

-- 2022-09-30 17:20:27

The Indian capital of New Delhi will enforce a 15-step action plan to curb pollution ahead of the arrival of winter, when a haze of toxic smog envelops the world's most polluted city. High pollution...

UK reveals new coins featuring image of King Charles

UK reveals new coins featuring image of King Charles

-- 2022-09-30 16:41:50

The first British coins to feature the image of King Charles have been unveiled by the Royal Mint, with the portrait of the new monarch facing the opposite direction to his late mother Queen Elizabeth...

Four shot dead in Indonesia's restive Papua region

Four shot dead in Indonesia's restive Papua region

-- 2022-09-30 16:36:02

Four people were shot and killed by an armed rebel group in Indonesia's restive West Papua province, the latest in a string of attacks on civilians, police said on Friday. The West Papua National Lib...

West was behind sabotage of Nord Stream, Russian spy chief says

West was behind sabotage of Nord Stream, Russian spy chief says

-- 2022-09-30 16:24:10

Russia's top spy said on Friday that Moscow had intelligence indicating that the West was behind what he said was a "terrorist act" against the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea. A sharp...

At least 23 killed in Russian missile strike in Ukraine

At least 23 killed in Russian missile strike in Ukraine

-- 2022-09-30 15:57:02

At least 23 people were killed and 28 wounded in a Russian missile strike that hit a convoy of civilian vehicles on the outskirts of the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, the regional governor...

Australian police seek to protect 10,000 customers after Optus hack

Australian police seek to protect 10,000 customers after Optus hack

-- 2022-09-30 14:40:46

Australian authorities said on Friday they have commenced an operation to protect the personal information of 10,000 people whose data may have been shared online after a cyber attack on Optus, the co...

At least 19 dead after blast hits Kabul education centre

At least 19 dead after blast hits Kabul education centre

BBC 2022-09-30 12:02:37

Police in Kabul say a suicide attack at an education centre in the Afghan capital has killed at least 19 people and injured many others. The blast took place at the Kaaj educati...

To tackle a kimchi crisis, South Korea banks on massive cabbage warehouses

To tackle a kimchi crisis, South Korea banks on massive cabbage warehouses

REUTERS 2022-09-30 11:42:30

South Korea's kimchi makers are in serious pain - brought low as a climate change-induced shortage of cabbages sent prices rocketing this year, exacerbating damage inflicted by cheaper offerings from...

Iran protests over young woman's death continue, 83 said killed

Iran protests over young woman's death continue, 83 said killed

REUTERS 2022-09-30 11:16:48

Protests continued in several cities across Iran on Thursday against the death of young woman in police custody, state and social media reported, as a human rights group said at least 83 people had be...

Putin to host Kremlin ceremony annexing parts of Ukraine

Putin to host Kremlin ceremony annexing parts of Ukraine

-- 2022-09-30 08:55:16

Russian President Vladimir Putin was set to host a Kremlin ceremony on Friday annexing four regions of Ukraine, while his Ukrainian counterpart said Putin would have to be stopped for...

Germany agrees $194b package to shield against surging energy prices

Germany agrees $194b package to shield against surging energy prices

-- 2022-09-29 23:04:25

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz set out a 200 billion euro ($194 billion) "defensive shield", including a gas price brake and a cut in sales tax for the fuel, to protect companies and households from th...

Pakistan court acquits Nawaz Sharif's daughter in graft case

Pakistan court acquits Nawaz Sharif's daughter in graft case

-- 2022-09-29 21:01:33

A Pakistani court on Thursday quashed the conviction of Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in a corruption case that had seen her sentenced to seven years in jail, her p...

Queen Elizabeth died of ‘old age’, death certificate shows

Queen Elizabeth died of ‘old age’, death certificate shows

-- 2022-09-29 20:43:28

Britain's Queen Elizabeth died of old age, according to her death certificate, which was published by the National Records of Scotland on Thursday. Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, died...

Putin moves to ban some Western trucks from transiting through Russia

Putin moves to ban some Western trucks from transiting through Russia

-- 2022-09-29 19:44:15

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday authorising the Russian government to ban some Western trucks from transiting across Russian territory. The decree allows for a ban on tru...

Indian official mocks student’s free sanitary pad request

Indian official mocks student’s free sanitary pad request

-- 2022-09-29 17:54:22

A female civil servant's response to a schoolgirl's request for free sanitary pads has sparked backlash in India. The teenager made the request at a workshop organised with Unicef in the eastern stat...

Putin set to proclaim annexation of seized Ukrainian territory on Friday

Putin set to proclaim annexation of seized Ukrainian territory on Friday

-- 2022-09-29 17:41:01

President Vladimir Putin will sign formal documents on Friday proclaiming Russia's annexation of four Ukrainian regions, as Moscow rushes to lock in territorial claims that the Ukrainian army is threa...

India shut off internet in Kashmir at least 106 times last year

India shut off internet in Kashmir at least 106 times last year

-- 2022-09-29 17:33:11

For editors at The Kashmir Walla, fact-checking a story used to involve a flurry of googling before press time. So when an 18-month internet and phone shutdown began in the Indian Himalayan region in...

Armenia says three soldiers killed by shelling from Azerbaijan

Armenia says three soldiers killed by shelling from Azerbaijan

-- 2022-09-29 17:17:18

Armenia said three soldiers were killed by shelling from Azerbaijan on Wednesday, Tass agency reported, as the two neighbours accused each other of violating a ceasefire that ended two days of warfare...

India’s all passenger cars must have at least six airbags from October next year

India’s all passenger cars must have at least six airbags from October next year

-- 2022-09-29 17:07:25

India will require all passenger cars to have a minimum of six airbags from Oct 1, 2023, a year later than originally planned. The move, aimed at improving safety in a country that has the world's de...

US candidate beats Russian to head UN telecoms agency

US candidate beats Russian to head UN telecoms agency

-- 2022-09-29 16:13:10

The US candidate Doreen Bogdan-Martin on Thursday decisively beat a Russian candidate to be the next Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union in an election seen as a test of how...

Lebanese parliament fails to elect new head of state

Lebanese parliament fails to elect new head of state

-- 2022-09-29 16:09:00

The Lebanese parliament failed to elect a new head of state on Thursday to replace President Michel Aoun when his term ends on Oct 31, and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he would call another ses...

Myanmar beauty queen lands in Canada after Thai airport limbo

Myanmar beauty queen lands in Canada after Thai airport limbo

-- 2022-09-29 15:50:37

A Myanmar beauty queen, who had spoken out against military rule in her country and became stranded at Thailand's airport, said she was relieved but remained defiant after landing in Toronto on Wednes...

Europe braces for mobile network blackouts

Europe braces for mobile network blackouts

-- 2022-09-29 15:35:38

Once unthinkable, mobile phones could go dark around Europe this winter if power cuts or energy rationing knocks out parts of the mobile networks across the region. Russia's decision to halt ga...

Sudanese taskforce battles snakes and scorpions during rainy season

Sudanese taskforce battles snakes and scorpions during rainy season

-- 2022-09-29 15:31:28

In Khartoum, specialists from Sudan's Center for Poisonous Species Research are deployed at night in protective vests, gloves, and goggles to catch a snake that residents say has killed a cat, before...