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Zelensky says Ukraine must ‘be ready’ at Belarus border

Zelensky says Ukraine must ‘be ready’ at Belarus border

-- 2023-01-11 19:44:59

Ukraine must "be ready" at its border with Russian ally Belarus even though it sees only "powerful statements" coming from its neighbour, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday...

Gareth Bale - a superstar of the game

Gareth Bale - a superstar of the game

Shuvro Saif 2023-01-11 18:35:30

From Southampton to Los Angeles FC, Gareth Bale's career lasted over 16 years, yet, the greatest-ever Welsh player has retired from football with only 505 appearances (club and country combined) and 1...

Man with knife wounds six people at a rail station in Paris

Man with knife wounds six people at a rail station in Paris

-- 2023-01-11 17:09:36

A man with a knife attacked six people at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Wednesday morning, leaving one with major injuries, a police spokesperson said. The attacker was shot several time...

Russian force claims to capture Soledar

Russian force claims to capture Soledar

-- 2023-01-11 16:35:05

Russian mercenary group Wagner claimed to have taken control of the salt-mining town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine - a stepping stone in Moscow's push to capture the entire Donbas region - but fightin...

Prince Harry's memoir breaks UK sales record on first day of release

Prince Harry's memoir breaks UK sales record on first day of release

-- 2023-01-11 11:28:52

Prince Harry's "Spare" became the UK's fastest selling non-fiction book ever, its publisher said on Tuesday, after days of TV interviews, leaks, and a mistaken early release of the memoir containing i...

Prince Harry’s memoir hits shops, UK royals stay silent

Prince Harry’s memoir hits shops, UK royals stay silent

-- 2023-01-10 18:22:28

After days of TV interviews, leaks, and a mistaken early release, Prince Harry's memoir officially went on sale on Tuesday and eager readers headed to bookshops to get their copy with its intimate rev...

‘Russia to keep developing nuclear weapons’

‘Russia to keep developing nuclear weapons’

Reuters 2023-01-10 17:50:25

Russia will continue developing its nuclear triad of ballistic missiles, submarines and strategic bombers because such weapons are the main guarantee of its sovereignty, Defence Minister Sergei Shoi...

French PM to unveil pension reform in big test for Macron

French PM to unveil pension reform in big test for Macron

Reuters 2023-01-10 14:43:00

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Tuesday will unveil the details of a pension reform that is already angering unions and a large majority of voters and will be a key test of President Emmanuel...

Fierce fighting in Ukraine's Soledar leaves battlefield strewn with corpses, Zelensky

Fierce fighting in Ukraine's Soledar leaves battlefield strewn with corpses, Zelensky

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-10 10:29:55

Russia has stepped up a powerful assault on Soledar in eastern Ukraine, officials in Kyiv said, forcing Ukrainian troops to repel waves of attacks led by the Wagner contract militia around the s...

UK royals got into bed with tabloid press ‘devil’ to sully me: Prince Harry

UK royals got into bed with tabloid press ‘devil’ to sully me: Prince Harry

-- 2023-01-09 22:41:57

Prince Harry has said he had made public his rifts with the British royal family and taken on the press to try to help the monarchy and change the media, the latter described by his father King Charle...

No sign of casualties at site of strikes Russia says killed hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers

No sign of casualties at site of strikes Russia says killed hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-09 09:44:34

A Russian rocket strike on the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk caused damage but did not destroy buildings and there were no obvious signs of casualties, a Reuters witness said on Sunday, after Russia sa...

England rushes to discharge hospital patients to ease bed-blocking crisis

England rushes to discharge hospital patients to ease bed-blocking crisis

Reuters 2023-01-09 09:29:09

England's National Health Service (NHS) aims to begin discharging thousands of patients into care homes and other settings in the next few weeks in an effort to free up desperately needed beds during...

Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers killed in rocket attack: Russia

Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers killed in rocket attack: Russia

-- 2023-01-08 20:11:07

Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday it had killed more than 600 Ukrainian servicemen in a massive rocket strike on two buildings in eastern Ukraine temporarily housing Ukrainian forces. Reuters...

NATO declines Serbia’s request to deploy its troops in Kosovo

NATO declines Serbia’s request to deploy its troops in Kosovo

-- 2023-01-08 19:23:25

NATO's mission in Kosovo, KFOR, has declined a Serbian government request to send up to 1,000 police and army personnel to Kosovo following a spate of clashes between Serbs and Kosovo authorities, Pre...

Moscow ends self-proclaimed ceasefire, vows to press ahead in Ukraine

Moscow ends self-proclaimed ceasefire, vows to press ahead in Ukraine

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-08 10:04:09

Russia's overnight bombing of regions in eastern Ukraine killed at least one, local officials said on Sunday, after Moscow ended a self-declared Christmas ceasefire and vowed to push...

Prince Harry set to deliver more broadsides at UK royals in TV interviews

Prince Harry set to deliver more broadsides at UK royals in TV interviews

Reuters 2023-01-08 09:27:03

Days after Prince Harry's memoir accidentally went on sale early with new allegations of discord and conflict within the British royal family, a series of TV interviews with him will start airing on S...

Netherlands summons Iranian ambassador again over executions

Netherlands summons Iranian ambassador again over executions

-- 2023-01-07 22:39:50

The Dutch government will summon the Iranian ambassador to the Netherlands for the second time in a month to voice its deep concerns over the execution of demonstrators, Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstr...

London to host international meeting on alleged war crimes in Ukraine

London to host international meeting on alleged war crimes in Ukraine

-- 2023-01-07 20:31:28

Justice ministers from around the world will gather in London to scale up the support being offered to the International Criminal Court in its investigations of alleged war crimes in Ukraine, the Brit...

US to unveil over $3bn in Ukraine aid with new air defense missiles

US to unveil over $3bn in Ukraine aid with new air defense missiles

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-07 14:12:17

A new US weapons aid package for Ukraine worth more than $3 billion is set to be announced later on Friday and will include Sea Sparrow missiles for air defense and Bradley Fighting...

Old Nazi map sparks treasure hunt in the Netherlands

Old Nazi map sparks treasure hunt in the Netherlands

Reuters 2023-01-07 12:46:27

An old map believed to mark the spot where German soldiers hid treasure worth millions of euros during World War Two sparked the imagination of amateur treasure hunters in the Netherlands this week....

Russian ceasefire in Ukraine begins

Russian ceasefire in Ukraine begins

Reuters 2023-01-06 17:42:13

A unilateral Russian ceasefire ordered by President Vladimir Putin has come into force along the entire front as of noon Moscow time (0900 GMT), Russian state television said. "At noon today, the c...

Ukraine to get more armoured vehicles but presses for tanks to fight Russia

Ukraine to get more armoured vehicles but presses for tanks to fight Russia

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-05 10:13:58

Western allies moved toward supplying armoured battle vehicles to Ukraine but not the heavier tanks it has requested to fight Russia, while Washington predicted intense combat would continue f...

Inflation drives Britain’s record Christmas grocery sales

Inflation drives Britain’s record Christmas grocery sales

-- 2023-01-04 16:00:27

British grocery sales rose 9.4 per cent to a record 12.8 billion pounds ($15.3 billion) in the four weeks to Dec 25, though growth was driven by price inflation rather than increased purchasing, marke...

Russia blames its soldiers' mobile phone use for deadly missile strike

Russia blames its soldiers' mobile phone use for deadly missile strike

-- 2023-01-04 14:53:10

Russia's defence ministry on Wednesday blamed the illegal use of mobile phones by its soldiers for a deadly Ukrainian missile strike that it said killed 89 servicemen, raising the reported death toll...

UN Security Council welcomes new members

UN Security Council welcomes new members

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-04 11:28:19

Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland got a formal welcome into the UN Security Council on Tuesday, taking the two-year seats they won unopposed in June. In a tradition that Kazakhstan st...

Japan's 'anti-Russian course' makes treaty talks impossible: TASS

Japan's 'anti-Russian course' makes treaty talks impossible: TASS

REUTERS 2023-01-03 14:07:37

Japan's "anti-Russian course" makes peace treaty talks impossible, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said in comments published by the state TASS news agency on Tuesday. Russia and Japan...

Russia says 63 soldiers killed by Ukrainian strike in Donetsk region

Russia says 63 soldiers killed by Ukrainian strike in Donetsk region

-- 2023-01-03 10:03:34

Russia said on Monday that 63 Russian soldiers had been killed in a Ukrainian New Year's Eve attack on their quarters, triggering furious criticism of the military leadership from lawmakers and pro-wa...

Anger in Russia as scores of troops killed in one of war's deadliest strikes

Anger in Russia as scores of troops killed in one of war's deadliest strikes

-- 2023-01-02 21:29:32

Russia acknowledged on Monday that scores of its troops were killed in one of the Ukraine war's deadliest strikes, drawing demands from nationalist bloggers for commanders to be punished for housing s...

Dozens of Russian recruits killed by Ukrainian strike in Donetsk region

Dozens of Russian recruits killed by Ukrainian strike in Donetsk region

-- 2023-01-02 18:49:58

Dozens of Russian recruits were killed in a Ukrainian New Year's Eve attack on their quarters in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's Donetsk province, a source close to the Russian-appointed lead...

Ukraine says it shoots down all drones during Russian strikes

Ukraine says it shoots down all drones during Russian strikes

-- 2023-01-02 18:04:38

Ukraine said on Monday it had shot down all Russian drones in a massive wave of attacks, after Moscow launched an unprecedented third straight night of air strikes against civilian targets, intensifyi...