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Biden says Chinese spy balloon not a major security breach

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-10 11:58:47

President Joe Biden, under fire from some lawmakers, said on Thursday he did not view a Chinese spy balloon that transited the United States before it was shot down in the Atlantic Ocean to have been...

Hope fades for survivors as Turkey-Syria earthquake toll passes 20,000

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-10 10:20:40

Cold, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria three days ago as the death toll passed 20,000 on Thursday, reports Re...

Malawi cholera death toll crosses 1,300

-- 2023-02-09 20:26:59

The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Malawi has crossed 1,300, a senior Malawian health official said on Thursday, as the southern African country battles its deadliest outbreak yet. As of Wedne...

Turkey turns to tents, tourist resorts to house quake's homeless

-- 2023-02-09 20:17:47

Turkey is grappling with one of the biggest challenges from the earthquake that flattened a swathe of its towns and cities: how to shelter hundreds of thousands of people left homeless in the middle o...

Turkey quakes: 21 Bangladeshis moved to Ankara, two hospitalised

-- 2023-02-09 18:48:31

Rescuers have moved 21 Bangladeshis in Turkey to Ankara from areas devastated by earthquakes, hospitalising two of them. The authorities “shifted” 19 students, along with the injured, to...

Plight of homeless deepens as Turkey-Syria earthquake toll passes 17,000

-- 2023-02-09 18:15:50

The plight of hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by earthquakes in Turkey and Syria grew more desperate on Thursday, while hopes faded of many more people being found alive amid the ruins o...

First UN quake aid convoy reaches Syria

-- 2023-02-09 17:29:31

The first United Nations convoy carrying aid to Syrians stricken three days ago by a deadly earthquake crossed from Turkey on Thursday, witnesses and a border crossing official said. The convoy enter...

Turkey, Syria quake death toll tops 16000

-- 2023-02-09 16:43:03

Rescuers pulled more survivors from beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings Thursday, but hopes were starting to fade of finding many more people alive more than three days after a catastrophic eart...

Four dead in 5.2-magnitude quake in Indonesia

-- 2023-02-09 15:49:21

At least four people were killed and several buildings damaged after a shallow, 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua on Thursday, the country's disaster agency said....

Indian government asks people to hug cows on Valentine's Day

FE Online Desk 2023-02-09 15:10:24

India’s government-run animal welfare department has appealed to citizens to mark Valentine’s Day this year not as a celebration of romance but as "Cow Hug Day” to better promote Hin...

India's Adani faced margin call on $1.1bn loan before repaying in full

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-09 14:54:31

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani faced a margin call of more than $500 million on a $1.1 billion share-backed loan, prompting him to repay the whole debt, the Financial Times reported, ci...

Zelensky takes pitch for weapons, EU membership talks to Brussels

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-09 11:43:10

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky prepared to lobby European leaders on Thursday at a summit in Brussels for more weapons in the fight against Russia and a quick start to EU membership talk...

Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll tops 15,000

-- 2023-02-09 11:37:08

The death toll from earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria this week passed 15,000 on Thursday amid anger from those left destitute and frustrated over the slow arrival of rescue teams. Turkish Pre...

Earthquake in Syria offers leverage to isolated Assad

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-09 10:54:18

President Bashar al-Assad is seeking political advantage from an earthquake that has devastated large parts of Syria and Turkey, pressing for foreign aid to be delivered through his territory as...

Taiwan president to donate a month's salary for Turkey relief efforts

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-09 10:52:22

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and Vice President William Lai will each donate a month's salary for Turkish earthquake relief efforts, the presidential office said on Thursday, adding to existing...

The man who survived the Turkey earthquake, and his family who didn't

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-09 10:41:36

Peering out from under a large slab of concrete and brick, Abdulalim Muaini gestures weakly at his rescuers. It has been over two days since a massive earthquake brought his home in Hata...

Mamma mia! Pizza got 16pc more expensive in the EU last year

-- 2023-02-08 21:55:04

The cost of store-bought pizza and quiche in the European Union grew in December by 16 per cent from a year earlier, the bloc's statistics agency Eurostat said on Wednesday. As food lovers in the US...

Investigators end Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 downing probe

-- 2023-02-08 20:10:16

International prosecutors said on Wednesday they had found "strong indications" that Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the use in Ukraine of a Russian missile system that shot down Malay...

‘Adani illegally acquiring farmland in India to supply power to Bangladesh’

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-08 20:06:40

A group of farmers and a rights body of India have accused India’s Adani Group of conducting illegal acquisition of farmland to set up power transmission lines to supply power to Bangladesh thro...

China offers emergency aid of $4.4m to earthquake-hit Syria

-- 2023-02-08 18:10:27

China will offer emergency humanitarian aid of 30 million yuan ($4.4 million) to earthquake-hit Syria, its foreign ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning, told a regular news briefing on Wednesday, news agen...

Hope fading as deaths in Turkey, Syria quake pass 11,000

-- 2023-02-08 18:03:49

With hope fading to find survivors, stretched rescue teams toiled through the night in Turkey and Syria, searching for signs of life in the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic e...

Children accused of witchcraft find solace in east Congo shelter

Reuters 2023-02-08 17:44:19

After Ornella lost several family members within three years, relatives and neighbours in her east Congo village of Kabare began suspecting the 14-year-old girl of witchcraft. The hushed rumours and...

New Zealand recovers $300m of cocaine floating at sea

-- 2023-02-08 17:34:57

New Zealand authorities said on Wednesday they had recovered 3.2 tonnes of cocaine worth more than $300 million, believed to be bound for Australia and found floating at sea. New Zealand Police said...

Zelensky heads to London, wins promises of new military aid

-- 2023-02-08 17:21:57

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky was due in London on Wednesday for only his second trip abroad since Russia invaded Ukraine, and won promises of new military aid, including training on advanced N...

US briefed 40 nations on China balloon, diplomats

-- 2023-02-08 16:32:21

The United States held briefings in Washington and Beijing with foreign diplomats from 40 nations about the Chinese spy balloon that entered US airspace in late January, a senior administration offici...

Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll nears 10,000

-- 2023-02-08 16:30:01

Families in southern Turkey and Syria spent a second night in the freezing cold on Wednesday as overwhelmed rescuers raced to pull people from the rubble two days after a massive earthquake that kille...

Sri Lanka seen returning to growth by year-end, president says

Reuters 2023-02-08 13:56:49

Sri Lanka's economy is expected to grow again from the end of this year and the government hopes to extricate the country from its economic crisis by 2026, President Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliame...

Moscow intensifies winter assault, Kyiv expects new offensive

FE Online Desk 2023-02-08 11:50:41

Moscow pressed its intensifying winter assault in eastern Ukraine, bringing tens of thousands of freshly mobilised troops to the battlefield, while Kyiv predicted areas in the northeast or south could...

Aid to quake-hit Syria slowed by sanctions, war's divisions

FE Online Desk 2023-02-08 11:20:06

Even before Monday’s devastating earthquake, getting aid to all parts of war-battered Syria was fraught with daunting political and logistical challenges. Those hurdles have only multiplied in...

Rescuers dig through rubble as Turkey-Syria quake death toll passes 7,800

Reuters 2023-02-08 09:29:43

The death toll of a devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and Syria jumped to more than 7,800 people on Tuesday as rescuers worked against time in harsh winter conditions to dig survivors out of t...