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Zelensky honours Ukraine officials killed in helicopter crash

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-22 10:48:48

A tearful Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attended a memorial service on Saturday to commemorate seven senior officials killed in a helicopter crash, a fresh blow to a nation already...

Russia's Wagner to send Kyiv bodies of soldiers killed in Soledar: report

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-22 10:28:28

The private Russian military group Wagner plans to send the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers killed in fighting in the captured town of Soledar to territory held by Ukraine, a website linked to the grou...

Protests in Stockholm, including Quran-burning, draw strong condemnation from Turkey

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-22 10:19:33

Protests in Stockholm on Saturday against Turkey and Sweden's bid to join NATO, including the burning of a copy of the Quran, sharply heightened tensions with Turkey at a time when the Nordic countr...

German speed limit could cut more CO2 than previously thought

-- 2023-01-21 17:29:01

A new study has found that Germany could save almost three times more carbon dioxide emissions than previously thought by introducing a speed limit on its highways, increasing pressure on Berlin to re...

Turkey cancels Swedish defence minister visit after protest permit

-- 2023-01-21 17:12:32

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday that a planned visit by his Swedish counterpart to Ankara has been cancelled after Swedish authorities granted permission for protests in Stockhol...

US officials advise Ukraine to wait on offensive, official says

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-21 14:09:46

Senior US officials are advising Ukraine to hold off on launching a major offensive against Russian forces until the latest supply of US weaponry is in place and training has been provided, a seni...

Allies offer more weapons to Ukraine, but no decisions made on tanks

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-21 14:01:08

Western allies on Friday dampened Ukraine's hopes for a rapid shipment of battle tanks to boost its firepower for a spring offensive against Russian forces, with the United States urging Kyiv to...

UK PM Rishi Sunak fined for failing to wear seat belt

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-21 12:16:14

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was fined by police on Friday for taking off his seat belt to film a social media video in a moving car. Sunak, 42, has apologized for making an “error of judgment...

French nurse fears Macron's pension reform will leave women worse off

Reuters 2023-01-21 09:16:57

French nurse Maryse Lopez says women get a raw deal in President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform because they take longer parental leave and work part time more often than men. Macron wants to raise...

Germany says green light for tanks for Ukraine needs agreement from allies

-- 2023-01-20 21:29:42

Germany said it would need agreement from allies to give the green light for the delivery of German-made tanks to Ukraine to fend off Moscow's invasion, apparently dashing Kyiv's hopes for a quick dec...

World’s oldest known person dies at 118

-- 2023-01-18 19:03:24

A French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person has died a few weeks before her 119th birthday, the spokesperson for her nursing home in southern France said Wednesday. Lucile Ran...

Ukraine says 16 killed in helicopter crash, including interior minister

-- 2023-01-18 15:12:37

Sixteen people including Ukraine's interior minister and other senior ministry officials were killed on Wednesday when a helicopter crashed outside Kyiv in the town of Brovary, the national police chi...

Ukraine blames Russia for most of over 2,000 cyberattacks in 2022

Reuters 2023-01-18 14:00:18

A senior Ukrainian official blamed Russia on Tuesday for carrying out the bulk of more than 2,000 cyberattacks on Ukraine in 2022, speaking at a news conference that he said was itself delayed because...

Greta Thunberg released after brief detention at German mine protest, police say

Reuters 2023-01-18 09:21:41

Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained alongside other activists on Tuesday during protests against the demolition of a village to make way for a coal mine expansion but was released after an...

Russia says Britain's tanks 'will burn' in Ukraine

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-17 10:40:59

The Kremlin said on Monday that tanks Britain plans to send to Ukraine "will burn", warning the West that supplying a new round of more advanced weapons to Ukraine would not change the outcome o...

Death toll in Russian strike on Ukrainian building rises to 35

-- 2023-01-16 17:20:23

The death toll from the weekend Russian missile strike on the apartment building in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro has risen to 35, an official said Monday. Rescuers continued searching th...

Italian police arrest most wanted mafia boss Messina Denaro in Sicily

-- 2023-01-16 15:42:13

Italian police said on Monday they had arrested Matteo Messina Denaro, the country's most wanted mafia boss who had been on the run for three decades, swooping on a private hospital in the Sicilian ca...

Norway naval officer goes on trial over oil tanker collision

Reuters 2023-01-16 09:39:04

A Norwegian naval officer stands trial on Monday accused of negligence that led to the 2018 collision between a warship he commanded and an oil tanker in which the military vessel sank. Building a re...

Death toll from Russian strike on Dnipro apartment building rises to 14

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-15 10:35:00

The death toll from a Russian missile attack that destroyed an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro has risen to 14, while rescuers toiled through the night searching for survivors...

Britain to send 14 of its main battle tanks, more weaponry to Ukraine

Reuters 2023-01-15 09:18:54

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's office said late on Saturday that Britain would send 14 of its main battle tanks along with additional artillery support to Ukraine, disregarding criticism from the Russia...

Man fined for throwing egg towards King Charles

-- 2023-01-14 19:01:10

A man was fined after pleading guilty to throwing an egg towards Britain’s King Charles III during a walkabout. Harry May, 21, was charged with a public order offence after the royal visit to L...

Russian missile attack hits infrastructure in Kyiv

-- 2023-01-14 16:17:52

A Russian missile attack hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv on Saturday morning and explosions rang out in the Dniprovskiy district of the Ukrainian capital, a senior presidential official and other...

England to ban some single-use plastic items from October

Reuters 2023-01-14 13:17:39

England will ban a range of single-use plastic items such as cutlery, plates and bowls from October in an effort to limit soaring plastic pollution, Britain's environment department said on Saturday....

Russia may hike taxes as military spending, oil price weigh on budget

FE ONLINE REPORT    2023-01-14 12:06:07

Russia is becoming too dependent on oil revenues to support its budget as it ramps up military spending, economists said, warning that the government may have...

Russia claims capture of Ukraine’s Soledar; Kyiv says fighting goes on

-- 2023-01-13 22:41:39

Russia said on Friday that its forces had taken control of the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, in what would be a rare success for Moscow after months of battlefield reverses, but Kyiv said its tr...

UK royals appear for first time since publication of Harry’s memoir

-- 2023-01-13 22:36:50

Members of the UK royal family appeared in public Thursday for the first time since the publication of Prince Harry’s explosive memoir, touring charities and a hospital as they got on with the t...

Germany to scrap mask mandate in long-distance transport next month

-- 2023-01-13 20:10:49

Germany will soon drop a mask mandate on long-distance trains and buses, one of the country’s last remaining Covid-19 restrictions. Karl Lauterbach, the health minister of Germany, on Friday an...

Putin’s ally suggests seizing property of Russian war critics

-- 2023-01-13 17:21:50

A close ally of President Vladimir Putin suggested on Friday confiscating the property of Russians who have left the country and who "insult" the state and its armed forces from abroad. The proposal...

Russian forces press deadly assault for breakthrough in east

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-13 10:05:56

Russia said Thursday that its forces are edging closer to capturing a salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine, which would mark an elusive victory for the Kremlin but come at the cost of heavy Russian cas...

Russia appoints Gerasimov to oversee Ukraine campaign

-- 2023-01-12 10:49:12

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu appointed Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov on Wednesday to oversee the military campaign in Ukraine, in the latest shake-up of Moscow's military lea...