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Ukraine's Zelensky announces mandatory evacuation of Donetsk region

Ukraine's Zelensky announces mandatory evacuation of Donetsk region

-- 2022-07-31 12:28:42

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday his government was ordering the mandatory evacuation of people in the eastern Donetsk region, scene of fierce fighting with Russia, Reuter...

US flood death toll reaches 25

US flood death toll reaches 25

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-31 09:59:02

At least 25 people, including four children, died in floods unleashed by torrential rains in eastern Kentucky, and more fatalities are expected, the state's governor Andy Beshear said on Saturday. "T...

Supporters of Iraqi cleric Sadr storm Baghdad's Green Zone again

Supporters of Iraqi cleric Sadr storm Baghdad's Green Zone again

-- 2022-07-31 08:55:18

Thousands of supporters of Shia populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed Baghdad's fortified government zone and broke into parliament on Saturday for the second time in a week, leaving at least 125 pe...

Russia's Gazprom halts gas supplies to Latvia

Russia's Gazprom halts gas supplies to Latvia

-- 2022-07-30 21:33:51

Russian gas producer Gazprom said on Saturday it had stopped sending gas to Latvia after accusing it of violating supply conditions, a move the Baltic country said would have little impact on its gas...

High temperatures across Europe unleash marine heatwave in Mediterranean Sea

High temperatures across Europe unleash marine heatwave in Mediterranean Sea

-- 2022-07-30 20:19:57

High temperatures across Europe this month have unleashed a prolonged marine heatwave in the Mediterranean Sea that could ravage ecosystems and kill off several species in the coming weeks, scientists...

Spain reports second monkeypox-related death

Spain reports second monkeypox-related death

-- 2022-07-30 19:11:47

Spain reported its second monkeypox-related death on Saturday, in what is thought to be Europe's second death from the disease and only the third outside of Africa in the current outbreak. Spain had...

Blinken holds telephone conversation with Lavrov over release of two Americans

Blinken holds telephone conversation with Lavrov over release of two Americans

-- 2022-07-30 18:35:16

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday held a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and pressed the Kremlin to accept the 'substantial proposal' that Washington ha...

Russia bars entry to 32 NZ in sanctions response

Russia bars entry to 32 NZ in sanctions response

-- 2022-07-30 18:21:54

Russia's foreign ministry on Saturday announced sanctions against 32 officials and journalists from New Zealand for supporting what it called the country's "Russophobic agenda", reports Reuters. The...

Uptick in migration begins: IOM

Uptick in migration begins: IOM

-- 2022-07-30 17:48:50

Global migration, which had decreased by almost 27 per cent during the Covid-19 pandemic, has begun to rebound to pre-pandemic levels, according to a recent report by the International Organization fo...

Floods kill at least 53 in Iran

Floods kill at least 53 in Iran

-- 2022-07-30 14:09:37

Rescuers searched for the missing in Iran on Friday after landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains killed at least 53 people, officials said. Mehdi Valipour, head of emergency operations at the...

Ukraine says scores of Russians killed in Kherson fighting

Ukraine says scores of Russians killed in Kherson fighting

REUTERS 2022-07-30 10:50:41

The Ukrainian military said on Saturday it had killed scores of Russian soldiers and destroyed two ammunition dumps in fighting in the Kherson region, the focus of Kyiv's counter-offensive in the sout...

At least six Asian expatriates die in UAE floods

At least six Asian expatriates die in UAE floods

-- 2022-07-30 10:42:37

The United Arab Emirates' Interior Ministry said on Friday that six Asian expatriates had been found dead as a result of recent floods across the country, reports Reuters. Field units are continuing...

At least six Asian expats die in recent UAE floods

At least six Asian expats die in recent UAE floods

-- 2022-07-29 21:42:05

The United Arab Emirates' Interior Ministry said on Friday that six Asian expatriates had been found dead as a result of recent floods across the country, reports Reuters. Field units are continuing...

15 dead in Appalachian flooding, toll expected to rise

15 dead in Appalachian flooding, toll expected to rise

-- 2022-07-29 18:34:49

Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America. Kentucky's governor...

Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of carrying out missile attack

Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of carrying out missile attack

-- 2022-07-29 18:18:55

Russia said on Friday that Ukraine struck a prison in separatist-held territory with US-made HIMARS rockets, killing 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war and wounding 75. Ukraine said Russia carried out the...

Zelenskyy observes first grain exports leaving

Zelenskyy observes first grain exports leaving

-- 2022-07-29 17:20:37

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday visited the Odesa region to observe the loading of grain as exports resume for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion. Zelenskyy obse...

40 Ukrainian POWs killed by Ukrainian missile strike on Donetsk prison: Russia

40 Ukrainian POWs killed by Ukrainian missile strike on Donetsk prison: Russia

-- 2022-07-29 15:19:43

Russia's defence ministry said Ukraine struck a prison in separatist-held territory with US-made HIMARS rockets on Friday, killing 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war and leaving 75 wounded, Reuters reports...

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood rejects 'struggle for power', exiled leader says

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood rejects 'struggle for power', exiled leader says

REUTERS 2022-07-29 15:12:34

Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood will not launch a new struggle for power with authorities which toppled it from government nine years ago, even though the movement still claims wide support, its a...

EU gas solidarity complicated by lack of fuel sharing deals

EU gas solidarity complicated by lack of fuel sharing deals

-- 2022-07-29 13:23:05

The European Union clinched a deal this week to cope with a gas supply crisis, but to make it work member states need to establish bilateral pacts to share gas and, right now, most have no such agreem...

Philippines detects first case of monkeypox

Philippines detects first case of monkeypox

REUTERS 2022-07-29 13:18:15

The Philippines has reported its first case of the monkeypox virus, detected in a citizen who returned from abroad earlier this month, a health ministry official said on Friday. The patient was now i...

Brazil grants permit to pave highway through heart of Amazon forest

Brazil grants permit to pave highway through heart of Amazon forest

-- 2022-07-29 10:34:31

Brazil's environmental authority on Thursday granted an initial permit that will allow a major highway to be paved through the center of the Amazon rainforest, the minister of infrastructure said, in...

Don't 'play with fire' over Taiwan, China's Xi warns in call with Biden

Don't 'play with fire' over Taiwan, China's Xi warns in call with Biden

REUTERS 2022-07-29 10:13:00

Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned against playing with fire over Taiwan in a call with US President Joe Biden on Thursday, highlighting Beijing's concerns about a possible visit to the Chinese-claimed...

Pak rupee slides to 239.9 vs dollar

Pak rupee slides to 239.9 vs dollar

-- 2022-07-29 08:57:52

The Pakistani rupee's losses continued on Thursday as the currency closed at a record low of Rs239.94 against the dollar in the interbank market, reports DAWN. According to the Forex Association of...

Australia makes monkeypox a disease of national significance

Australia makes monkeypox a disease of national significance

-- 2022-07-28 20:26:11

Australia said on Thursday the spread of monkeypox was now a "communicable disease incident of national significance" to allow for a more coordinated response, following the World Health Organization'...

India says monitoring reports of Chinese research vessel's planned visit to Sri Lanka

India says monitoring reports of Chinese research vessel's planned visit to Sri Lanka

-- 2022-07-28 19:07:44

India said on Thursday it was aware of reports about a Chinese vessel's planned visit to Sri Lanka's Hambantota port, built with money from Beijing, even as New Delhi tries to expand its influence in...

Germany set to impose gas levy on consumers to support ailing importers

Germany set to impose gas levy on consumers to support ailing importers

-- 2022-07-28 19:04:48

Germany is set to impose a levy on all gas consumers from Oct 1 aimed at helping suppliers grappling with soaring gas import prices, a draft law showed on Thursday, news agency Reuters reported. ...

Myanmar's military must refrain from further ‘arbitrary executions’: G7

Myanmar's military must refrain from further ‘arbitrary executions’: G7

-- 2022-07-28 17:07:58

The Group of Seven on Thursday condemned the execution of four pro-democracy activists in Myanmar and called on the ruling military to "refrain from further arbitrary executions" and to free all polit...

WHO says more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox reported globally

WHO says more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox reported globally

-- 2022-07-28 11:41:51

There have been more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox reported globally from 78 countries, with the majority in Europe, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The WHO declared the outbreak a...

US gun executives say criminals, not guns, responsible for mass shootings

US gun executives say criminals, not guns, responsible for mass shootings

-- 2022-07-28 11:24:41

Top executives at US gunmakers testified on Wednesday that criminals, not their products, were responsible for mass shootings, as they faced questions from a US House committee investigating recent ma...

Sri Lanka parliament extends emergency amid continued crisis

Sri Lanka parliament extends emergency amid continued crisis

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-28 10:54:46

It approved the extension of a state of emergency for a month, a lawmaker said, in a bid to get a grip on a political and economic crisis Sri Lanka's parliament approved the extension of a state of e...