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Thousands join anti-femicide march in Argentina's capital

Thousands join anti-femicide march in Argentina's capital

-- 2022-06-04 12:42:29

Thousands of people marched against femicide and gender violence in Argentina's capital of Buenos Aires Friday afternoon, as part of a movement now in its seventh year called Ni Una Menos, or "Not One...

Three dead after shooting at US church parking lot

Three dead after shooting at US church parking lot

FE REPORT 2022-06-03 10:53:21

A man shot and killed two women in the parking lot of a church in Iowa state on Thursday and then turned the gun on himself, police said, adding three more dead to the toll in a series of recent shoot...

Biden says 'Enough!' on gun violence

Biden says 'Enough!' on gun violence

-- 2022-06-03 10:24:54

Declaring "Enough, enough!" US President Joe Biden on Thursday called on Congress to ban assault weapons, expand background checks and implement other gun control measures to address a string of mass...

Four killed in shooting at Tulsa medical building, shooter dead

Four killed in shooting at Tulsa medical building, shooter dead

-- 2022-06-02 17:25:45

A gunman carrying a rifle and a handgun killed four people Wednesday at a Tulsa medical building on a hospital campus, police said, the latest in a series of deadly mass shootings across the country i...

Four killed in US hospital shooting

Four killed in US hospital shooting

-- 2022-06-02 10:32:48

A man armed with a rifle and a handgun killed four people inside a medical building in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Wednesday before fatally shooting himself, police said, in the latest of a series of mass shoo...

K-pop supergroup BTS meets Biden, speaks at White House

K-pop supergroup BTS meets Biden, speaks at White House

-- 2022-06-01 12:32:04

South Korean boy band BTS, a fundraising juggernaut for US social justice causes, met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday to discuss hate crimes targeting Asians. The K-pop stars m...

US agrees to send advanced rockets to Ukraine

US agrees to send advanced rockets to Ukraine

-- 2022-06-01 10:27:08

Russian troops fought to take complete control of the eastern industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday as the United States said it will provide Ukraine with advanced rockets to help it force M...

Colombians head to polls in a divisive presidential election

Colombians head to polls in a divisive presidential election

-- 2022-05-29 20:59:50

Colombians vote on Sunday to choose a new president from among a former rebel promising generous social programs, a centre-right candidate warning against a leftist economic model, and an eccentric bu...

At least 35 people die amid heavy rainfall in Brazil

At least 35 people die amid heavy rainfall in Brazil

-- 2022-05-29 16:25:15

At least 35 people died amid heavy rainfall in northeastern Brazil on Friday and Saturday, as downpours lashed two major cities on the Atlantic coast, in what is the South American nation's fourth maj...

Trump urges end to gun-free school zones

Trump urges end to gun-free school zones

-- 2022-05-28 10:46:31

Former President Donald Trump on Friday argued the United States should make it easier to confine "deranged" people and eliminate gun-free school zones after a gunman killed 19 children and two teache...

Gunfire at US schools at record high

Gunfire at US schools at record high

-- 2022-05-26 10:25:21

On Tuesday three students were shot and wounded outside an elementary school in Washington DC. A day earlier, three teenagers were shot as they left their high school in Philadelphia. Last week, there...

Deadliest US school shooting in nearly a decade prompts Biden to call for action

Deadliest US school shooting in nearly a decade prompts Biden to call for action

-- 2022-05-25 19:29:19

A gunman murdered 19 children and two teachers in the deadliest US school shooting for nearly a decade, prompting President Joe Biden to urge Americans to confront the country's gun lobby and pressure...

Gunman kills at least 19 children at Texas elementary school

Gunman kills at least 19 children at Texas elementary school

-- 2022-05-25 08:59:52

 An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 children as he went from classroom to classroom, officials said, in the latest gruesome moment for a...

Storms kill at least eight in Canada

Storms kill at least eight in Canada

-- 2022-05-23 13:45:36

The death toll from powerful thunderstorms in Canada's two most populous provinces this weekend rose to at least eight, authorities said on Sunday, as emergency crews continued a massive clean-up to r...

Biden meets Japanese Emperor at start of visit to launch regional economic plan

Biden meets Japanese Emperor at start of visit to launch regional economic plan

-- 2022-05-23 09:12:09

US President Joe Biden, in Japan to launch a regional economic plan to counter China and reaffirm ties with a key Asian ally, began his visit on Monday by meeting with Emperor Naruhito. The cornersto...

Russia bans entry of US President Joe Biden

Russia bans entry of US President Joe Biden

-- 2022-05-21 20:40:42

Russia said on Saturday it was banning entry to 963 Americans including US President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and CIA chief William Burns.The travel bans have only symbolic impact...

North Korea didn’t respond to vaccine offer: Biden

North Korea didn’t respond to vaccine offer: Biden

-- 2022-05-21 20:08:12

US President Joe Biden says North Korea has not responded to a US offer of Covid vaccines, as the country battles its first acknowledged outbreak. Nearly 2.5 million people have been sickened by "fev...

Biden signs $40B for Ukraine assistance during Asia trip

Biden signs $40B for Ukraine assistance during Asia trip

-- 2022-05-21 18:53:56

President Biden on Saturday signed legislation to support Ukraine with an additional $40 billion in US assistance as the Russian invasion approaches its fourth month. The legislation, which was passe...

Chile will reopen Easter Island to tourists in August

Chile will reopen Easter Island to tourists in August

-- 2022-05-21 10:51:47

 Easter Island, one of Chile's biggest tourist attractions, will reopen to visitors starting Aug. 1 after access was restricted at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chile's government said...

Elon Musk denies sexually harassing flight attendant

Elon Musk denies sexually harassing flight attendant

-- 2022-05-20 17:09:33

Billionaire Elon Musk took to Twitter late on Thursday to denounce as "utterly untrue" claims in a news report that he had sexually harassed a flight attendant on a private jet in 2016. Business Insi...

US aims to arm Ukraine with advanced anti-ship missiles to fight Russian blockade

US aims to arm Ukraine with advanced anti-ship missiles to fight Russian blockade

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-20 11:23:20

The White House is working to put advanced anti-ship missiles in the hands of Ukrainian fighters to help defeat Russia's naval blockade, officials said, amid concerns more powerful weapons that could...

'I mean Ukraine': Former US president George Bush calls Iraq invasion 'unjustified'

'I mean Ukraine': Former US president George Bush calls Iraq invasion 'unjustified'

-- 2022-05-19 17:01:06

Former US President George W Bush mistakenly described the invasion of Iraq as "brutal" and "unjustified" before correcting himself to say he meant to refer to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Bush made...

US warns over risk of hiring North Korea IT workers

US warns over risk of hiring North Korea IT workers

-- 2022-05-17 14:37:27

The US has warned that IT workers from North Korea are trying to get remote working jobs by hiding their true identities for the purpose of stealing money for Pyongyang. Many of them pret...

Biden reverses Trump’s decision to redeploy some US troops to Somalia

Biden reverses Trump’s decision to redeploy some US troops to Somalia

-- 2022-05-16 21:21:59

US President Joe Biden has authorised the redeployment of several hundred American troops into Somalia, two US officials said on Monday, after Donald Trump ordered their withdrawal during his presiden...

US deaths from Covid hit 1.0m, less than 2 1/2 years in

US deaths from Covid hit 1.0m, less than 2 1/2 years in

-- 2022-05-16 20:20:35

The US death toll from Covid-19 hit 1.0 million on Monday, a once-unimaginable figure that only hints at the multitudes of loved ones and friends staggered by grief and frustration, reports Reuters....

Canada says hopes for ratification of Finland, Sweden in NATO 'within weeks'

Canada says hopes for ratification of Finland, Sweden in NATO 'within weeks'

REUTERS 2022-05-15 14:00:32

Canada hopes for a swift ratification process should Finland and Sweden decide to apply for NATO membership, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Sunday. "I hope this can be done within weeks," she...

Gunman kills 10 in racially motivated shooting at New York state supermarket

Gunman kills 10 in racially motivated shooting at New York state supermarket

-- 2022-05-15 09:38:14

An 18-year-old white gunman shot 10 people to death and wounded three others at a grocery store in a Black neighbourhood of Buffalo, New York, before surrendering after what authorities called an act...

COVID claims 1.0 million lives in USA

COVID claims 1.0 million lives in USA

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-12 10:58:18

The United States has now recorded more than 1.0 million COVID-19 deaths, according to a Reuters tally, crossing a once-unthinkable milestone about two years after the first cases upended everyday lif...

Ecuador's latest prison riot leaves at least 43 dead

Ecuador's latest prison riot leaves at least 43 dead

-- 2022-05-10 10:22:31

Dozens of inmates were killed during a riot early on Monday as rival gangs clashed in a jail in the Ecuadorean city of Santo Domingo, the government said, the latest episode of prison violence that ha...

Two journalists killed in Mexico

Two journalists killed in Mexico

-- 2022-05-10 10:06:07

Two Mexican journalists were killed on Monday in the eastern state of Veracruz, the state attorney general's office said, adding to the toll in one of the deadliest years on record for media workers i...