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Queen Elizabeth marks 70 years on the British throne

Queen Elizabeth marks 70 years on the British throne

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-05 08:40:58

Queen Elizabeth marks 70 years on the British throne on Sunday, a milestone never reached by any of her predecessors over the last 1,000 years, and one which only a few monarchs across the globe have...

Western nations make no positive contribution in Russia-Ukraine crisis, Erdogan says

Western nations make no positive contribution in Russia-Ukraine crisis, Erdogan says

-- 2022-02-04 22:14:49

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said the United States and other Western nations did not make any positive contribution to resolve the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Erdogan, who is seeking to burnish h...

NATO secretary general becomes Norway’s central bank chief

NATO secretary general becomes Norway’s central bank chief

-- 2022-02-04 19:32:24

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will become Norway's new central bank chief, the government said on Friday, despite opposition worries that the appointment of the former prime minister could w...

Campaigners begin legal fight against EU green investment rules

Campaigners begin legal fight against EU green investment rules

-- 2022-02-04 11:21:51

Climate campaigners have started the process of a legal challenge against the European Union over the labelling of investments in bioenergy and plastics as green in its flagship sustainable finance ru...

NATO says Russia to have 30,000 troops on drills in Belarus, north of Ukraine

NATO says Russia to have 30,000 troops on drills in Belarus, north of Ukraine

-- 2022-02-03 18:15:33

NATO said Russia had stepped up deployments to Ukraine's northern neighbour Belarus in recent days and was expected to have 30,000 troops there for joint military exercises this month. The Russia-Bel...

US trying to lure Russia into war: Putin

US trying to lure Russia into war: Putin

-- 2022-02-02 10:29:13

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Tuesday of deliberately creating a scenario designed to lure it into war and ignoring Russia's security concerns over Ukraine, Reuters reports. In...

Ukraine president signs decree to augment armed forces; says war not on cards

Ukraine president signs decree to augment armed forces; says war not on cards

-- 2022-02-01 17:21:27

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a decree on Tuesday to increase the size of Ukraine's armed forces by 100,000 troops over three years and raise soldiers' salaries, but said it did not mean war wi...

Johnson apologises for lockdown-breaking gatherings

Johnson apologises for lockdown-breaking gatherings

-- 2022-02-01 08:07:24

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised and vowed to "fix it" after a report on Monday into lockdown parties held at his Downing Street residence criticised serious failures at the heart of go...

Europe's energy security the concern amid NATO standoff with Russia

Europe's energy security the concern amid NATO standoff with Russia

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-31 10:29:35

Europe's energy security the concern amid NATO standoff with Russia Europe needs to diversify its energy supplies, the head of NATO said on Sunday, as Britain warned it was "highly likely" that Russi...

Russia to challenge NATO on security pledge

Russia to challenge NATO on security pledge

-- 2022-01-30 19:51:09

Russia will ask NATO to clarify whether it intends to implement key security commitments, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sunday, after Moscow said the alliance's response to its demands did no...

Britain mulls major NATO deployment amid Ukraine crisis

Britain mulls major NATO deployment amid Ukraine crisis

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-30 12:10:56

Britain is considering making a major NATO deployment as part of a plan to strengthen Europe's borders in response to Russia massing troops on the border with Ukraine, the government said on Saturday....

28-year-old elected German Greens leader to build on youth vote

28-year-old elected German Greens leader to build on youth vote

-- 2022-01-30 10:25:43

Germany's Greens on Saturday elected their youngest ever leader, building on their success in a national election last year that revealed their popularity among young voters, Reuters reports. Ricarda...

Putin orders apparent new system for banning 'toxic' internet content

Putin orders apparent new system for banning 'toxic' internet content

-- 2022-01-29 22:14:36

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his administration to consider an apparent new system to ban "toxic" internet content, although details were not released. The new system, contained in a...

Russia moves blood supplies near Ukraine, adding to US concern, officials say

Russia moves blood supplies near Ukraine, adding to US concern, officials say

-- 2022-01-29 20:47:58

Russia's military buildup near Ukraine has expanded to include supplies of blood along with other medical materials that would allow it to treat casualties, in yet another key indicator of Moscow's mi...

Russia moves blood supplies near Ukraine!

Russia moves blood supplies near Ukraine!

-- 2022-01-29 10:15:19

Russia's military buildup near Ukraine has expanded to include supplies of blood along with other medical materials that would allow it to treat casualties, in yet another key indicator of Moscow's mi...

Fake news, disinformation on Covid-19 human rights violation, says Pope Francis

Fake news, disinformation on Covid-19 human rights violation, says Pope Francis

-- 2022-01-28 19:05:11

Pope Francis said on Friday that spreading fake news and disinformation on Covid-19 and vaccines, including by Catholic media, is a violation of human rights. It was the second time in less than a mo...

Russia says it won’t start war as Ukraine tensions mount

Russia says it won’t start war as Ukraine tensions mount

-- 2022-01-28 18:00:07

Russia's top diplomat said Friday that Moscow will not start a war but warned that it wouldn't allow the West to trample on its security interests amid fears it is planning to invade Ukraine. US Pres...

Britain warns big businesses of possible Russian cyber-attacks

Britain warns big businesses of possible Russian cyber-attacks

-- 2022-01-28 17:30:58

Britain warned big businesses on Friday to bolster defences against possible Russian cyber-attacks as Western fears deepened that President Vladimir Putin would order his troops to annex another part...

Door to diplomacy kept open even as US rejects Russia's security demands

Door to diplomacy kept open even as US rejects Russia's security demands

-- 2022-01-28 08:37:20

Russia said on Thursday it was clear the United States was not willing to address its main security concerns in their standoff over Ukraine, but both sides kept the door open to further dialogue, Reut...

German daily Covid cases rise above 0.2m causing staff shortages

German daily Covid cases rise above 0.2m causing staff shortages

-- 2022-01-27 17:27:09

The number of new Covid-19 infections in Germany exceeded 200,000 in a day for the first time on Thursday, hitting staffing at companies including Lufthansa Cargo. The Robert Koch Institute for infec...

Boris Johnson says he will not step down

Boris Johnson says he will not step down

-- 2022-01-26 19:14:10

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he had no intention of resigning over a series of lockdown-breaking gatherings at his Downing Street office and residence, pledging to get on wit...

US sanctions wouldn't hurt Putin personally, Russia says

US sanctions wouldn't hurt Putin personally, Russia says

-- 2022-01-26 19:01:24

Russia warned on Wednesday that imposing sanctions on President Vladimir Putin personally would not hurt him but would be 'politically destructive', after US President Joe Biden said he would consider...

Seven Bangladeshi migrants on boat to Mediterranean island die

Seven Bangladeshi migrants on boat to Mediterranean island die

-- 2022-01-25 15:58:26

At least seven Bangladeshi migrants who were on a boat heading for the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa have died of hypothermia, Italy's ANSA news agency reported on Tuesday. The coastguard sighted...

Royal crown slips as Elizabeth prepares to mark 70 years as queen

Royal crown slips as Elizabeth prepares to mark 70 years as queen

-- 2022-01-25 15:43:58

Celebrations this year marking Queen Elizabeth's seven-decade reign will mask a less happy reality for the world's pre-eminent royal family: the British monarchy is being questioned in ways that were...

UK says 6,000 more people needed for trial of Merck Covid pill

UK says 6,000 more people needed for trial of Merck Covid pill

-- 2022-01-25 10:33:14

Britain said on Tuesday it needed to recruit 6,000 more people onto a trial of Merck's COVID-19 antiviral pill molnupiravir to inform how the drug can be rolled out more widely. Britain's MHRA medici...

WikiLeaks' Assange gets chance to take US extradition case to UK Supreme Court

WikiLeaks' Assange gets chance to take US extradition case to UK Supreme Court

-- 2022-01-24 21:38:53

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday was given the chance to challenge at Britain's highest court a decision allowing him to be extradited to the United States to face 18 criminal charges includ...

NATO strengthens east European flank, Russia terms it as escalation of tensions

NATO strengthens east European flank, Russia terms it as escalation of tensions

-- 2022-01-24 20:49:17

NATO said on Monday it was putting forces on standby and reinforcing eastern Europe with more ships and fighter jets, in what Russia denounced as an escalation of tensions over Ukraine. Welcoming a s...

British PM orders probe into Muslim lawmaker's discrimination claim

British PM orders probe into Muslim lawmaker's discrimination claim

-- 2022-01-24 15:09:00

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered an inquiry into claims by a lawmaker who said she was fired from a ministerial job in the government partly because her Muslim faith was making colleag...

Germany's navy chief quits over Putin comments

Germany's navy chief quits over Putin comments

-- 2022-01-23 10:14:47

Germany's navy chief stepped down on Saturday after drawing criticism for saying Russian President Vladimir Putin deserved respect and that Kyiv would never win back annexed Crimea from Moscow....

Ukrainians near Russian border ‘prepare for worst’ as talks yield no progress

Ukrainians near Russian border ‘prepare for worst’ as talks yield no progress

-- 2022-01-22 20:30:22

Residents in Ukraine's second-biggest city Kharkiv said they hoped for the best but would prepare for the worst, as Russia massed tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine's borders and diplomatic talk...