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Indian opposition seeks higher compensation for Covid deaths

Indian opposition seeks higher compensation for Covid deaths

-- 2022-05-06 12:52:42

India's main opposition Congress party on Friday demanded a hefty rise in compensation for the families of those who died of Covid-19, after the World Health Organization estimated the country's toll...

Building collapse in China kills 53

Building collapse in China kills 53

-- 2022-05-06 10:00:00

At least fifty-three people died when a housing block collapsed in the Chinese city of Changsha last week, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Friday after days of rescue efforts. Rescuers have pulled...

Israel says Putin apologised for foreign minister's Hitler remarks

Israel says Putin apologised for foreign minister's Hitler remarks

-- 2022-05-06 09:44:55

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had apologised for his foreign minister's comments claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, Reuters repor...

Shanghai says Covid infections on downward trend for 2 weeks

Shanghai says Covid infections on downward trend for 2 weeks

-- 2022-05-06 09:39:38

The number of COVID-19 infections in China's financial hub of Shanghai has been on a "continuous downward trend" since April 22, the city's vice major Wu Qing said on Friday. "Currently, our city's e...

Beijing returns to work after five-day break on high alert for Covid

Beijing returns to work after five-day break on high alert for Covid

-- 2022-05-05 16:52:45

Beijing returned to work on Thursday after a five-day Labour Day holiday with China's capital on high Covid alert as it tries to eradicate an outbreak it has managed to limit to dozens of new cases a...

Heavy rain, floods kill 22 in Afghanistan

Heavy rain, floods kill 22 in Afghanistan

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-05 14:02:32

Heavy rain and flooding killed 22 people, destroyed hundreds of homes and damaged crops in Afghanistan, which is already facing a humanitarian crisis, a disaster management official said on Thursday....

India’s policeman allegedly raped 13-year-old gang rape victim

India’s policeman allegedly raped 13-year-old gang rape victim

-- 2022-05-04 19:32:40

A policeman in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is on the run after allegations that he raped a 13-year-old girl who went to police to report she was gang raped. A criminal case was registe...

Iran to execute Swedish-Iranian man on charges of spying for Israel

Iran to execute Swedish-Iranian man on charges of spying for Israel

-- 2022-05-04 17:38:15

A Swedish-Iranian national sentenced to death in Iran on charges of spying for Israeli intelligence is to be executed this month, reports Reuters citing Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency. Ahmadre...

North Korea launches ballistic missile amid rising animosities 

North Korea launches ballistic missile amid rising animosities 

-- 2022-05-04 17:26:34

North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, South Korean and Japanese officials said on Wednesday, days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to speed up the developm...

Japan’s prime minister, foreign minister banned from entering Russia

Japan’s prime minister, foreign minister banned from entering Russia

-- 2022-05-04 17:00:00

Russia's foreign ministry on Wednesday announced sanctions against 63 Japanese officials, journalists and professors for engaging in what it called "unacceptable rhetoric" against Moscow. The list in...

Extreme heat kills at least 25 in India since late March

Extreme heat kills at least 25 in India since late March

-- 2022-05-03 22:10:15

India’s western state of Maharashtra has registered 25 deaths from heat stroke since late March, the highest toll in the past five years, with more fatalities likely elsewhere in a country swelt...

Narendra Modi calls for peace talks between Ukraine, Russia

Narendra Modi calls for peace talks between Ukraine, Russia

-- 2022-05-03 22:03:01

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for a ceasefire in Ukraine and peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow. "We appealed for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and for the adoption of d...

US relieved as China appears to heed warnings on Russia

US relieved as China appears to heed warnings on Russia

-- 2022-05-03 17:27:05

Two months after warning that Beijing appeared poised to help Russia in its fight against Ukraine, senior US officials say they have not detected overt Chinese military and economic support, a welcome...

Fiji court rules United States can seize Russian superyacht

Fiji court rules United States can seize Russian superyacht

-- 2022-05-03 16:27:14

A Fiji court ruled on Tuesday that the United States can seize a Russian-owned superyacht, 21 days after it arrived and was impounded by police, as the United States and its allies press Russia over i...

Communal clashes erupt after Eid prayers in India's Rajasthan

Communal clashes erupt after Eid prayers in India's Rajasthan

-- 2022-05-03 16:08:21

Tense clashes between Hindus and Muslims in India’s Rajasthan have prompted the authorities to suspend internet services in the Jodhpur district on Tuesday. Tensions ran high on Monday night af...

Taiwan cuts Covid quarantine for arrivals even as cases rise

Taiwan cuts Covid quarantine for arrivals even as cases rise

-- 2022-05-03 15:22:15

Taiwan announced on Tuesday it was cutting to seven days from 10 mandatory quarantine for all arrivals, its latest relaxation of the rules to try to live with COVID-19 and resume normal life even as t...

Taiwan flags risk of Stinger missile delays, says pressing US

Taiwan flags risk of Stinger missile delays, says pressing US

-- 2022-05-03 12:01:37

Taiwan's Defence Ministry on Tuesday said deliveries of shoulder-fired Stinger anti-aircraft missiles could be delayed, saying they were pressing the United States to deliver on schedule as the war in...

What a breakfast murder in India says about attitudes to wife beating

What a breakfast murder in India says about attitudes to wife beating

BBC 2022-05-03 09:16:23

Last month, police in India arrested a 46-year-old man who allegedly murdered his wife because his breakfast had too much salt. "Nikesh Ghag, a bank clerk in Thane, near the western city...

Israel demands apology after Russia says Hitler had Jewish roots

Israel demands apology after Russia says Hitler had Jewish roots

-- 2022-05-03 08:32:45

Israel lambasted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday for claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, saying it was an "unforgivable" falsehood that debased the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust...

US wants an obedient puppet as PM in Pakistan, says Imran Khan

US wants an obedient puppet as PM in Pakistan, says Imran Khan

-- 2022-05-02 21:04:42

Former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has said remarks of US defence analyst in a Fox News show removed ‘all doubts’ regarding US-sponsored "foreign conspiracy" behind his ouster fr...

Pakistan may quash or suspend punishment of Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan may quash or suspend punishment of Nawaz Sharif

-- 2022-05-02 20:00:47

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, the ruling party of Pakistan, is considering quashing or suspending the punishment of former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif under the legal provisions available bot...

Philippines fire kills eight, including children

Philippines fire kills eight, including children

-- 2022-05-02 16:12:51

Eight people have died, including six children, after a fire tore through scores of homes near the Philippines capital Manila, local officials have said. The blaze, which started around 05:00 local t...

Unrelenting heat in India pushes April power demand to record high

Unrelenting heat in India pushes April power demand to record high

-- 2022-05-02 15:14:48

India's electricity demand touched a record high in April as its northern states reeled under the hottest pre-summer months in decades, with a surge in the use of air conditioning triggering the worst...

Ukraine war: A wake-up call for India - the world's biggest cooking oil importer

Ukraine war: A wake-up call for India - the world's biggest cooking oil importer

-- 2022-05-02 11:01:28

Indonesia, the world's biggest producer of palm oil, announced last week that it would halt exports to stabilise spiking prices at home, which it blamed on the war in Ukraine and the pandemic....

Imran Khan will be arrested definitely, Pakistan minister says

Imran Khan will be arrested definitely, Pakistan minister says

-- 2022-05-01 22:04:53

Pakistan’s Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Sunday vowed that former prime minister Imran Khan will be arrested in a case relating to a protest against their Prime Minister Shehbaz Sh...

India gets new foreign secretary

India gets new foreign secretary

-- 2022-05-01 21:47:09

Veteran diplomat Vinay Mohan Kwatra on Sunday assumed charge as India's new foreign secretary. A career diplomat with over 32 years of experience, Kwatra succeeded Harsh Vardhan Shringla who retired...

India says its forces killed ‘62 militants’ in Kashmir this year

India says its forces killed ‘62 militants’ in Kashmir this year

-- 2022-05-01 17:27:05

Indian security forces have killed 62 militants, including 15 foreigners, in the disputed Jammu & Kashmir region this year, a senior police official said on Sunday. Kashmir, claimed by India and...

Six Shanghai districts reach 'zero-Covid' status

Six Shanghai districts reach 'zero-Covid' status

-- 2022-05-01 12:16:29

China's financial hub of Shanghai has reined in COVID transmission risks at the community level, excluding cases in quarantine centres, with six of its 16 districts attaining zero-COVID status, an off...

Saudi, Pakistan to discuss possible support for kingdom's $3 billion deposit

Saudi, Pakistan to discuss possible support for kingdom's $3 billion deposit

-- 2022-05-01 11:15:01

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will discuss the possibility of supporting the kingdom's $3 billion deposit in Pakistan's central bank by extending its term "or through other options," a joint statement car...

Taiwan calls China's COVID lockdowns 'cruel', says won't follow its steps

Taiwan calls China's COVID lockdowns 'cruel', says won't follow its steps

-- 2022-05-01 10:22:51

China's lockdowns to control the spread of COVID-19 are "cruel" and Taiwan will not follow suit, Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Sunday. Having controlled the pandemic with tough border controls and q...