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Sri Lanka's ousted president expected to go to Thailand

Sri Lanka's ousted president expected to go to Thailand

REUTERS 2022-08-10 14:27:46

Sri Lanka's ousted president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is expected to arrive in Thailand on Thursday, seeking temporary shelter in a second Southeast Asian country after fleeing his island nation last mont...

Four Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli forces

Four Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli forces

-- 2022-08-10 11:16:39

Israeli security forces killed a Palestinian militant commander and another fighter in a gunbattle in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the military said, triggering further clashes in which Pa...

Ukraine war must end with liberation of Crimea, says Zelensky

Ukraine war must end with liberation of Crimea, says Zelensky

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-10 11:03:31

The war in Ukraine began with Crimea and must end with its liberation, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. He was speaking just hours after a string of explosions hit a Russian airbase there, kill...

'Prime suspect' detained in killings of New Mexico Muslim men

'Prime suspect' detained in killings of New Mexico Muslim men

-- 2022-08-10 08:30:21

Police in New Mexico on Tuesday arrested a man they called their prime suspect in the fatal shootings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque since November, a series of ambush killings that hav...

Four Pakistani soldiers killed by suicide bomber near Afghan border

Four Pakistani soldiers killed by suicide bomber near Afghan border

-- 2022-08-09 23:06:52

A suicide bomber attacked a military convoy in a Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border, killing four soldiers, the army said on Tuesday. The incident took place in Mir Ali, North Waziristan...

Taiwan says China drills part of game-plan for invasion

Taiwan says China drills part of game-plan for invasion

-- 2022-08-09 22:25:57

Taiwan's foreign minister said on Tuesday that China was using the military drills it launched in protest against US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit as a game-plan to prepare for an invasion of the...

Three Palestinians, including senior commander, killed by Israeli forces

Three Palestinians, including senior commander, killed by Israeli forces

-- 2022-08-09 21:43:52

Three Palestinians, including a senior armed resistance commander, have been killed by Israeli forces during a raid on the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry said. The...

Britain’s Liz Truss says she favours cutting taxes to grow economy

Britain’s Liz Truss says she favours cutting taxes to grow economy

-- 2022-08-09 21:19:39

Liz Truss, the favourite to become Britain's next prime minister, said on Tuesday she still favoured tax cuts over direct support to households that are facing a 230 per cent leap in annual energy bil...

United States will send an additional $5.5 billion in aid to Ukraine

United States will send an additional $5.5 billion in aid to Ukraine

-- 2022-08-09 20:15:59

The United States will send an additional $5.5 billion in aid to Ukraine, made up of $4.5 billion in budgetary support and $1 billion in military assistance, to help it come to grips with the turmoil...

Russia suspends START arms inspections over US travel curbs

Russia suspends START arms inspections over US travel curbs

-- 2022-08-09 16:49:01

Russia told the United States on Monday it would not allow its weapons to be inspected under the START nuclear arms control treaty for the time being because of travel restrictions imposed by Washingt...

UAE reports 919 new COVID-19 cases, 0 deaths

UAE reports 919 new COVID-19 cases, 0 deaths

-- 2022-08-09 16:24:58

The UAE on Tuesday reported the detection of 919 new cases of COVID-19 with no deaths, bringing the total number of infections to 1,000,556 and keeping the fatality tally at 2,337. According to the l...

China races to contain COVID outbreaks in tourism hubs Tibet, Hainan

China races to contain COVID outbreaks in tourism hubs Tibet, Hainan

REUTERS 2022-08-09 16:16:06

China raced on Tuesday to stamp out COVID-19 outbreaks in the tourist hubs of Tibet and Hainan, with the authorities launching more rounds of mass testing and closing venues to contain the highly tran...

S Korea, China foreign ministers to discuss N Korea, K-pop

S Korea, China foreign ministers to discuss N Korea, K-pop

-- 2022-08-09 15:45:12

The foreign ministers of South Korea and China will hold talks on Tuesday as Seoul explores ways to reopen denuclearisation negotiations with North Korea and resume cultural exports to China. South K...

Russia puts Iranian satellite into orbit

Russia puts Iranian satellite into orbit

-- 2022-08-09 15:21:29

Russia launched an Iranian satellite into orbit on Tuesday from southern Kazakhstan, just three weeks after President Vladimir Putin and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pledged to work together...

Rains in S Korea turn Seoul’s roads to rivers, leave seven dead

Rains in S Korea turn Seoul’s roads to rivers, leave seven dead

-- 2022-08-09 14:15:23

Heavy rains drenched South Korea’s capital region, turning the streets of Seoul’s affluent Gangnam district into a river, leaving submerged vehicles and overwhelming public transport syste...

Taiwanese foreign minister warns China preparing for invasion

Taiwanese foreign minister warns China preparing for invasion

REUTERS 2022-08-09 13:41:00

Taiwan's foreign minister said on Tuesday that China was using the military drills it launched in protest against US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit as a game-plan to prepare for an invasion of the...

Two more grain ships sail from Ukraine, Turkey says

Two more grain ships sail from Ukraine, Turkey says

-- 2022-08-09 13:33:04

Two more grain-carrying ships sailed from Ukraine's Chornomorsk port on Tuesday, Turkey's defence ministry said, as part of a deal to unblock Ukrainian sea exports. The United Nations and Turkey brok...

Record rain leaves at least seven dead in South Korean capital

Record rain leaves at least seven dead in South Korean capital

REUTERS 2022-08-09 11:27:41

At least seven people died in and around the South Korean capital of Seoul overnight, authorities said on Tuesday, after torrential rain knocked out power, caused slips and left roads and subways subm...

FBI searches Trump's Florida home as part of presidential records probe

FBI searches Trump's Florida home as part of presidential records probe

-- 2022-08-09 10:38:10

Former President Donald Trump said FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday and broke into his safe in what his son acknowledged was part of an investigation into Trump's removal of off...

A year after Taliban's return, some women fight for lost freedoms

A year after Taliban's return, some women fight for lost freedoms

REUTERS 2022-08-09 10:25:25

Monesa Mubarez is not going to give up the rights she and other Afghan women won during 20 years of Western-backed rule easily. Before the hardline Islamist Taliban movement swept back to power a yea...

Singapore PM warns of risk of US-China miscalculation

Singapore PM warns of risk of US-China miscalculation

-- 2022-08-08 20:50:29

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday warned of the scope for miscalculations over tensions in the Taiwan Strait, which he said were unlikely to ease soon amid deep suspicion and limited...

Chinese companies distance themselves from Taiwan amid Pelosi backlash

Chinese companies distance themselves from Taiwan amid Pelosi backlash

-- 2022-08-08 19:44:29

From a Chinese soy sauce maker to an Asia-focused asset manager, companies in China are rushing to distance themselves from geopolitical tensions over Taiwan following last week's visit to the island...

India to open 50 new fuel stations in Sri Lanka

India to open 50 new fuel stations in Sri Lanka

-- 2022-08-08 19:06:06

Sri Lanka has given approval for India's Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC) to open 50 new fuel stations, a company official said on Monday, as part of efforts to reduce severe shortages that have cr...

Ship carrying grain from Ukraine arrives in Turkey

Ship carrying grain from Ukraine arrives in Turkey

-- 2022-08-08 17:30:04

The first of the ships to leave Ukraine under a deal to unblock grain supplies and stave off a potential global food crisis arrived at its destination in Turkey on Monday. The Turkey-flagged Polarnet...

Kremlin sees no basis for a meeting between Putin and Zelensky

Kremlin sees no basis for a meeting between Putin and Zelensky

-- 2022-08-08 17:20:21

The Kremlin said on Monday there was no basis for a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents at the moment. in response to a question about Turkish proposals to broker peace talks, Kremli...

China announces fresh military drills around Taiwan

China announces fresh military drills around Taiwan

-- 2022-08-08 14:13:15

China's military announced fresh military drills on Monday in the seas and airspace around Taiwan - a day after the scheduled end of its largest ever exercises to protest against last week's vis...

Myanmar ambassador to China dies

Myanmar ambassador to China dies

-- 2022-08-08 13:30:59

Myanmar's ambassador to China died suddenly on Sunday in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming, according to an obituary in Myanmar state media and diplomatic sources in Beijing. The obituary for...

Chad and rebels sign peace deal

Chad and rebels sign peace deal

REUTERS 2022-08-08 12:53:58

Chad's transitional authorities and rebel groups signed a peace agreement in Doha on Monday ahead of a broad national reconciliation dialogue later this month. The agreement also included the partici...

UN demands international access to Ukraine nuclear plant after attack

UN demands international access to Ukraine nuclear plant after attack

-- 2022-08-08 12:35:31

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Monday for international inspectors to be given access to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after Ukraine and Russia traded accusations over the shel...

Natural disasters cost world $72 billion in H1 2022

Natural disasters cost world $72 billion in H1 2022

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-08-08 12:19:01

Global economic losses from natural and man-made catastrophe events are estimated at USD 75 billion in the first half of 2022, according to a latest report prepared by Swiss Re Institute. Floods in B...