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Bus plunges into river valley in Kenya, kills 24

Bus plunges into river valley in Kenya, kills 24

-- 2022-07-25 14:17:01

At least 24 people died in central Kenya when their bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a river valley, media reported on Monday. The Daily Nation and Standard newspapers reported that the incid...

Ukraine works to resume grain exports, flags Russian strikes as risk

Ukraine works to resume grain exports, flags Russian strikes as risk

-- 2022-07-25 13:07:42

Ukraine pressed ahead on Sunday with efforts to restart grain exports from its Black Sea ports under a deal aimed at easing global food shortages but warned deliveries would suffer if a Russian...

At least seven injured in shooting at Los Angeles park

At least seven injured in shooting at Los Angeles park

REUTERS 2022-07-25 11:31:29

At least seven people were injured following gunfire at a Los Angeles park on Sunday, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. Paramedics took four men and three women to area hospitals after the shooti...

Myanmar executed four democracy activists, sparking condemnation and anger

Myanmar executed four democracy activists, sparking condemnation and anger

REUTERS 2022-07-25 10:51:15

Myanmar’s military junta said on Monday it had executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out “terrorist acts” in the Southeast Asian country’s first executions...

China's population expected to start to shrink before 2025

China's population expected to start to shrink before 2025

REUTERS 2022-07-25 10:24:27

China's population has slowed significantly and is expected to start to shrink ahead of 2025, the state backed Global Times reported, citing a senior health official. Birth data released late on Sund...

Sri Lanka's new president says they uphold rights of peaceful gatherings

Sri Lanka's new president says they uphold rights of peaceful gatherings

-- 2022-07-24 20:46:51

Sri Lanka's new President Ranil Wickremesinghe told diplomats this week that non-violent protests against his government will be allowed to continue, including in the commercial capital Colombo, his o...

700 migrants, including five dead bodies, rescued off Italian coast

700 migrants, including five dead bodies, rescued off Italian coast

-- 2022-07-24 19:29:01

Almost 700 migrants, including five dead bodies, were rescued on Saturday off the southern coast of Italy, a coastguard statement said on Sunday, as flows of migrants crossing the Mediterranean increa...

European Union seeks additional gas supplies from Nigeria

European Union seeks additional gas supplies from Nigeria

-- 2022-07-24 18:32:55

The European Union is seeking additional gas supplies from Nigeria as the bloc prepares for potential Russian supply cuts, Matthew Baldwin, deputy director general of the European Commission's energy...

Three dead in graduation shooting at top Philippines university

Three dead in graduation shooting at top Philippines university

-- 2022-07-24 17:13:10

Three people died in a shooting at a university graduation ceremony in the Philippines' capital region on Sunday, including a former mayor from the volatile south of the country, police said, news age...

Britain's PM hopefuls promise to get tough on illegal migration

Britain's PM hopefuls promise to get tough on illegal migration

REUTERS 2022-07-24 15:49:28

Britain's two contenders to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister promised on Sunday to tackle illegal immigration as a priority, with both backing the government's policy of sending migrants to Rwa...

Emergency declared over California wildfire

Emergency declared over California wildfire

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-24 14:25:55

A state of emergency has been declared in part of California as the largest active wildfire in the US rapidly spreads near Yosemite National Park. The Oak Fire has quickly grown since starting on Fri...

Israeli forces kill two Palestinian gunmen in West Bank clash

Israeli forces kill two Palestinian gunmen in West Bank clash

REUTERS 2022-07-24 13:33:02

Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants in a pre-dawn gun battle in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the dea...

Russian missiles hit Ukraine port; Kyiv says it is still preparing grain exports

Russian missiles hit Ukraine port; Kyiv says it is still preparing grain exports

-- 2022-07-24 11:09:56

Russian missiles hit Ukraine's southern port of Odesa on Saturday, the Ukrainian military said, threatening a deal signed just a day earlier to unblock grain exports from Black Sea ports and ease glob...

10 coal company employees die after mountain slope collapses in China

10 coal company employees die after mountain slope collapses in China

-- 2022-07-23 23:06:15

Ten employees of a coal company died in northwestern China on Saturday when a mountainside slope collapsed on them, state media reported. Rescuers spent all day to retrieve the workers who were burie...

Ukraine takes preparations to restart grain exports despite Russian strike

Ukraine takes preparations to restart grain exports despite Russian strike

-- 2022-07-23 20:21:05

Ukraine continues to prepare to restart grain exports from its Black Sea ports despite a Russian missile strike that hit the port of Odesa on Saturday, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubr...

No trash goes to waste on Greek islands

No trash goes to waste on Greek islands

-- 2022-07-23 19:38:15

Before the tiny Greek island of Tilos became a big name in recycling, taverna owner Aristoteles Chatzifountas knew that whenever he threw his restaurant's trash into a municipal bin down the street it...

Ukraine says Russian missiles hit Odesa port; grain deal at risk

Ukraine says Russian missiles hit Odesa port; grain deal at risk

-- 2022-07-23 18:14:05

Russian missiles hit the major port of Odesa in southern Ukraine on Saturday, the Ukrainian military said, dealing a blow to a deal that was signed on Friday to unblock grain exports from Black Sea po...

West Bengal minister arrested over school recruitment scam

West Bengal minister arrested over school recruitment scam

-- 2022-07-23 17:08:36

India’s Enforcement Directorate has arrested West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged teacher recruitment scam, says a bdnews24.com...

Shinzo Abe's suspected assassin to undergo psychiatric evaluation

Shinzo Abe's suspected assassin to undergo psychiatric evaluation

-- 2022-07-23 15:42:11

The suspected assassin of Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will undergo psychiatric evaluation until later this year, reports Reuters on Saturday citing Japanese media reports. Tetsu...

Floods kill at least 18 in southern Iran

Floods kill at least 18 in southern Iran

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-23 14:47:38

At least 18 people were killed in flash floods caused by heavy rains in Iran's southern province of Fars, state media said on Saturday. Khalil Abdollahi, head of the province's crisis management depa...

Thai PM survives 4th no-confidence vote, last big test before polls

Thai PM survives 4th no-confidence vote, last big test before polls

-- 2022-07-23 13:34:20

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and 10 cabinet ministers survived no-confidence votes in parliament on Saturday, with the government emerging on top in Prayuth's last major test ahead of a g...

Trump ex-adviser Bannon convicted of contempt of US Congress

Trump ex-adviser Bannon convicted of contempt of US Congress

-- 2022-07-23 11:38:51

Steve Bannon, a key associate of former President Donald Trump and an influential figure on the American right, was convicted on Friday of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the committe...

US pledges more military aid to Ukraine, peace seems far off

US pledges more military aid to Ukraine, peace seems far off

-- 2022-07-23 10:22:57

The United States promised more military support for Ukraine, including drones, and is doing preliminary work on whether to send fighter aircraft, as fighting raged on in the east of the country five...

ICJ says it has jurisdiction in Rohingya genocide case

ICJ says it has jurisdiction in Rohingya genocide case

-- 2022-07-22 21:28:51

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday rejected Myanmar's objections to a genocide case over its treatment of the Muslim Rohingya minority, paving the way for the case to be heard in full....

Deal signed to unblock exports of grain from Ukraine

Deal signed to unblock exports of grain from Ukraine

-- 2022-07-22 20:38:34

A deal to allow Ukraine to resume exports of grain was signed in Istanbul on Friday, raising hope to ease an international food crisis caused by the Russia-Ukraine war. Turkish President Recep Tayyip...

Sri Lanka's new cabinet of ministers sworn in

Sri Lanka's new cabinet of ministers sworn in

-- 2022-07-22 20:31:39

Eighteen ministers including Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena were sworn into Sri Lanka's new cabinet before President Ranil Wickremesinghe here on Friday. The President's Office said that among tho...

Wildfires: Europe's latest economic headache

Wildfires: Europe's latest economic headache

-- 2022-07-22 19:49:57

When the blaze tore through a forest in Greece last August, swallowing up pine trees and scorching the earth, Stathis Albanis knew his beekeeping trade would suffer. A year on, long after the flames...

French lawmakers back Macron's promised inflation relief

French lawmakers back Macron's promised inflation relief

-- 2022-07-22 19:24:09

French President Emmanuel Macron's government honoured on Friday a re-election promise to boost household purchasing power amid soaring inflation as the National Assembly passed a bill lifting pension...

Putin bets on an ancient weapon in Ukraine

Putin bets on an ancient weapon in Ukraine

-- 2022-07-22 18:58:34

Russian President Vladimir Putin is betting on an ancient weapon more powerful than any of the missiles now being supplied by the United States and its European allies to Ukraine: time. Nearly five m...

Ukraine rules out direct deal with Russia on grain exports

Ukraine rules out direct deal with Russia on grain exports

-- 2022-07-22 18:29:57

Ukraine’s presidential aide Mykhaylo Podolyak has ruled out any direct deals with Russia on resuming grain exports from the Black Sea. Speaking before Friday’s signing, presidential aide...