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Ivanka Trump accepts Czech state award on behalf of late mother Ivana

-- 2022-10-29 18:09:10

Former US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka has accepted a Czech state award honouring her late mother Ivana who emigrated to the United States in the 1970s but kept close ties to her nat...

Rishi Sunak may freeze Britain’s foreign aid budget for two more years

-- 2022-10-29 16:53:21

New British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering freezing the country's foreign aid budget for an additional two years. Britain's spending on foreign aid is set at 0.5 per cent of national incom...

Russia declares end of Ukraine mobilisation campaign, US sending more arms

-- 2022-10-29 16:45:04

Russia said on Friday it had finished calling up reservists to fight in Ukraine, having drafted hundreds of thousands in a month and sending more than a quarter of them already to the battlefield afte...

Italy's first woman PM wants to be 'Mr President'

-- 2022-10-29 15:42:24

Italy's first woman prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, wants to be called 'mister', a government circular showed on Friday. The right-wing Meloni, who took office last weekend after victory at a Sept 25...

Russian forces repelled drone attack on Crimea, Russian-installed official says

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-29 15:20:50

Russian naval forces repelled a drone attack in the Bay of Sevastopol, where the Black Sea Fleet is headquartered, on the annexed Crimean peninsular, the Russian-installed leader of the ar...

Italy to end ban on unvaccinated health workers

-- 2022-10-28 18:23:45

Italian doctors and nurses suspended from work because they are not vaccinated against Covid-19 will soon be reinstated, new Health Minister Orazio Schillaci said on Friday. The move is motivated by...

Zelensky says Russia launches 30 drone attacks on Ukraine in two days

-- 2022-10-28 17:56:01

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia has launched more than 30 drone attacks on Ukraine in just two days. He added that in total, Moscow had also carried out some 4,500 missile st...

Germany's Solar Valley could shine again as Europe strives to close energy gap

-- 2022-10-28 16:48:57

Germany has enlisted help from Brussels to revive its solar panel industry and improve the bloc's energy security as Berlin, reeling from the consequences of over-reliance on Russian fuel, strives to...

‘Only 3.0pc of exports under Ukraine grain deal go to poorest countries’

-- 2022-10-28 16:10:46

Russia said on Friday that only 3.0 per cent of food exported under an UN-brokered deal to release grain from blockaded Ukrainian ports has gone to the poorest countries and that Western countries acc...

Dead body found at Frankfurt airport in aircraft from Tehran

-- 2022-10-28 14:13:15

A dead body was found in the undercarriage of a Lufthansa aircraft that arrived at Frankfurt airport from Tehran on Thursday, German daily Bild reported. The discovery was made by workers after...

Russian nuclear rhetoric rekindles German Cold War fears

-- 2022-10-27 15:46:02

Deep inside a decommissioned nuclear bunker built into a Cologne subway station at the height of the Cold War, tour guide Robert Schwienbacher says he is getting a number of inquiries from Germans ask...

Britain delays plan for repairing public finances until November 17

-- 2022-10-26 19:38:40

Britain's new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday delayed the announcement of a keenly awaited plan for repairing the country's public finances until November 17, two-and-a-half weeks later than o...

Putin says potential for conflict in world, region remains high

-- 2022-10-26 19:32:05

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the potential for conflict in the world and region has remained high, according to the RIA news agency. The news agency said Putin gave the statement while r...

Germany to legalise cannabis use for recreational purposes

-- 2022-10-26 16:53:25

Germany on Wednesday set out plans to legalise cannabis, in a move promised by Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government that would make it one of the first countries in Europe to make weed legal. Health M...

UK PM Sunak gathers cabinet to begin 'hard work' of fixing economy

-- 2022-10-26 16:15:45

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will gather his newly appointed cabinet for the first time on Wednesday, a day after taking power with a promise to fix the mistakes of his predecessor and stabilise...

Russia digging in for 'heaviest of battles' in Kherson: Ukrainian official

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-26 10:42:02

Russian forces are digging in for the "heaviest of battles" in the strategic southern region of Kherson, a senior Ukrainian official said, as the Kremlin prepares to defend the largest city unde...

Rishi Sunak pledges to clean up mess left by Truss as UK PM

-- 2022-10-25 17:55:02

Britain's new prime minister, Rishi Sunak, said on Tuesday he would try to fix the mess left by his predecessor, restore faith in politics and tackle a 'profound economic crisis' but warned the countr...

Rishi Sunak takes office as UK PM

-- 2022-10-25 17:27:43

Rishi Sunak formally became Britain's new prime minister on Tuesday after meeting King Charles at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, according to Reuters. In a speech outside his Downing Street office aft...

Germany's president visits Ukraine, pledges more military and financial support

-- 2022-10-25 16:30:17

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier vowed further support to Ukraine, especially in the area of air defence, during a surprise visit to Kyiv on Tuesday, his first since the beginning of the Russi...

Russia to raise Ukraine 'dirty bomb' accusation at UN, diplomats say

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-25 08:58:23

Russia intends to raise at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday its accusation that Ukraine is planning a "dirty bomb" attack and has urged UN chief Antonio Guterres to do all he can t...

Rishi Sunak declared next leader of Conservative Party, to become next UK PM

-- 2022-10-24 19:39:22

Rishi Sunak was declared the next leader of Britain's Conservative Party by the head of the 1922 Committee of Conservative lawmakers on Monday, placing him on course to be the country's next prime min...

Sunak favourite to be UK PM after Johnson drops comeback bid

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-24 09:28:49

Rishi Sunak looked set to become Britain's next prime minister after Boris Johnson withdrew from the contest on Sunday, saying that although he had enough support to make the final ballot he rea...

Rushdie lost sight in one eye following attack, agent says

-- 2022-10-23 22:00:41

Salman Rushdie lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand following an attack on stage at a literary event in western New York in August, his agent said. Andrew Wylie, who represents literary gian...

Sheep take over Madrid's streets as they head for winter pastures

-- 2022-10-23 20:12:43

Sheep replaced cars on the streets of Madrid on Sunday, as shepherds following ancient herding routes led their flocks through the centre of the Spanish capital to southerly pastures for winter grazin...

Boris Johnson 'clearly' going to stand to be PM, backer Jacob Rees-Mogg says

-- 2022-10-23 18:51:51

Boris Johnson is "clearly" still going to stand to be prime minister, after holding talks with his rival Rishi Sunak, one of his supporters has said, reports BBC. Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg t...

Penny Mordaunt denies deal talks with Boris Johnson team

-- 2022-10-23 18:28:35

Conservative leadership hopeful Penny Mordaunt has described reports she has offered Boris Johnson's team her support in exchange for a prominent position as “completely false”, reports BB...

'I am standing to be British prime minister'

-- 2022-10-23 17:52:31

Britain's former finance minister Rishi Sunak confirmed on Sunday he was standing to replace Liz Truss as prime minister. "The United Kingdom is a great country but we face a profound economic crisis...

UK's Johnson battling to win support for fresh PM bid

-- 2022-10-23 14:26:24

Boris Johnson was fighting to get enough support to become Britain's next prime minister on Sunday after prominent figures on the right-wing of the Conservative Party coalesced around the man once acc...

Thousands rally in Germany to protest rising energy prices

-- 2022-10-23 12:05:23

Tens of thousands of protesters in six German cities gathered on Saturday to demand a more just distribution of government funds to deal with rising energy prices and living costs and a faster transit...

G7 condemns Russia's kidnapping of Ukraine nuclear plant leadership

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-23 11:57:10

The Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations condemned Russia's kidnapping of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant leadership and called for the immediate return of full control of the plant t...