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UK's Sun apologises for Jeremy Clarkson's Meghan column

REUTERS 2022-12-24 12:52:50

Britain's Sun newspaper on Friday apologised for publishing a column by British television presenter Jeremy Clarkson about Prince Harry's wife Meghan, days after it became the UK press standards regul...

Fire in unregistered Russian home for elderly kills 20

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-24 12:24:02

A fire broke out on Friday in an unregistered home for the elderly in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, killing 20 people, Tass news agency quoted emergency services as saying. The agency quoted fire sa...

US House approves Ukraine aid including arms

-- 2022-12-24 10:03:21

The US House of Representatives gave final approval on Friday to a $45 billion aid package for Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned his citizens that Russia could launch attacks over Chris...

Russia says talks cannot take place keeping NATO instructors in Ukraine

-- 2022-12-23 20:28:12

A senior Russian diplomat said on Friday that talks on security guarantees for Russia cannot take place while NATO instructors and "mercenaries" remain in Ukraine, and while Western arms supplies to t...

Paris shooting: Three dead and several injured

-- 2022-12-23 20:19:39

A gunman opened fire on a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby Kurdish cafe in central Paris on Friday, killing three people and wounding three others, and prosecutors said they were looking into a poss...

Two people dead after a shooting in Paris

-- 2022-12-23 18:41:55

Two people were killed and four others wounded after a shooting in Paris' 10th arrondissement, the French city's prosecution office said on Friday, confirming media reports. According to Reuters, a 6...

Ukraine's parallel war on corruption to unlock door to West

REUTERS 2022-12-23 12:52:42

To an outsider, it may seem an unlikely time for Ukraine to double down on the battle against corruption, as missiles rain down on cities and citizens fight for their lives. Nonetheless, a...

Russia wants end to war, all conflicts end with diplomacy: Putin

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-23 09:29:36

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia wants an end to the war in Ukraine, and all armed conflicts end with diplomatic negotiations, Reuters reports. "Our goal is not...

England reports 94 deaths from scarlet fever so far this season

-- 2022-12-22 21:57:40

England reported 94 deaths, including those of 21 children, from scarlet fever and invasive strep A infections so far this season the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Thursday. The British g...

Zelensky appeals to US Republican critics as war with Russia rages

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-22 10:56:17

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky faced a critical audience when he addressed a joint session of the US Congress on Wednesday: House Republicans who could hold up billions of dollar...

Zelensky says he is on way to Washington to meet Biden

-- 2022-12-21 17:34:59

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is on his way to Washington, where he will meet US President Joe Biden on Wednesday. It is his first foreign trip since Russia invaded in February. Det...

Easy to dodge EU gas cap unlikely to tame prices

REUTERS 2022-12-21 16:21:24

A gas price cap agreed by the European Union will be easy to avoid and is unlikely to achieve the bloc's aim of reducing energy prices, analysts and market participants said. After months of wranglin...

Bank of England unveils banknote designs featuring image of King Charles

-- 2022-12-20 20:36:43

The Bank of England, the central bank of the United Kingdom, has unveiled the designs for banknotes featuring the image of Britain’s King Charles III. The portrait will be the only change to ex...

97-year-old woman convicted of Nazi war crimes

-- 2022-12-20 20:26:38

A German court convicted a 97-year-old woman of having contributed to the murder of over 11,000 people during her time working as a typist at a Nazi concentration camp in World War Two, NDR broadcaste...

Blast hits Russia-Ukraine gas export pipeline, kills three people

-- 2022-12-20 19:58:49

Three people died when a blast ripped through a gas pipeline in central Russia that brings gas from Russia's Arctic through Ukraine to Europe, local officials and news agencies said on Tuesday. Local...

Putin says situation extremely difficult in Russian-annexed Ukrainian regions

-- 2022-12-20 17:10:14

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the situation in four areas of Ukraine that Moscow has unilaterally declared part of Russia was proving "extremely difficult", one of his clearest public admissio...

Ukraine to boost Belarus border defences as Putin meets Lukashenko

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-20 11:33:26

Ukraine is tightening up the defence of its border with Belarus over fears that Russia may be preparing a fresh attack, a government official has said. Deputy Interior Minister Yevhen Yenin told the...

Russian 'kamikaze' drones hit Kyiv as Putin heads for Belarus

-- 2022-12-19 17:42:55

Moscow launched a "kamikaze" drone attack on Monday, hitting key infrastructure in and around Kyiv, as Russian President Vladimir Putin heads for Belarus, fuelling fears he will pressure his ex-Soviet...

Putin heads for Belarus amid fears of new assault on Ukraine

REUTERS 2022-12-19 13:07:48

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin flies to Belarus on Monday amid fear in Kyiv that he intends to pressure the former Soviet ally to join a new ground offensive against Ukraine and reopen a new front. Pu...

France vs Argentina: The tactical battle will decide the title

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-12-18 15:58:45

After almost a month of entertainment and drama, the FIFA World Cup is finally coming to an end, with the match between Argentina and France tonight at 9 p.m. Bangladesh time.  Whatever the resu...

Pope in 2013 signed resignation letter in case of bad health

REUTERS 2022-12-18 14:04:07

Pope Francis revealed in a new interview published on Sunday that after he was elected in 2013 he signed a letter of resignation to be used if someday severe and permanent health problems made it impo...

Fog-shrouded Kyiv recovers after Russia strikes, power restored to 6 million

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-18 13:20:06

Basic services were being restored in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Saturday after the latest wave of Russian air strikes on critical infrastructure, as residents navigated a city gripped by fog and...

Varadkar set to be elected Irish PM

-- 2022-12-17 17:39:53

Leo Varadkar was set to be elected Irish prime minister for the second time on Saturday, taking over from Micheál Martin under a novel rotation agreement struck between their two parties - once...

France announces it will end visa restrictions with Morocco

-- 2022-12-17 16:19:32

France will end visa restrictions for Moroccan nationals, the foreign minister said on Friday, in a sign of warmer relations between the two countries after more than a year of tensions between Paris...

Ukraine's second city Kharkiv without power after Russian strikes

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-17 15:29:05

Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv was for hours left without power after the latest wave of Russian strikes targeted energy stations across the country. Local officials said as many as nin...

Russia fires scores of missiles in one of its biggest attacks on Ukraine

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-17 11:17:24

Russia fired more than 70 missiles at Ukraine on Friday in one of its biggest attacks since the start of the war, knocking out power in the second-biggest city and forcing Kyiv to implement emer...

Huge Berlin aquarium bursts, spilling 1,500 fish onto road

REUTERS 2022-12-17 09:13:38

A huge aquarium in Berlin burst early on Friday, spilling 1 million litres (264,172 gallons) of water, around 1,500 exotic fish and debris onto a major road in the busy Mitte district, emergency servi...

Fire near French city of Lyon kills 10, including five children

-- 2022-12-16 14:35:24

Ten people, including five children aged three to 15, were killed in a fire in the early hours of Friday in a residential building in Vaulx-en-Velin, near the French city of Lyon, Interior Minister Ge...

Ukrainian shelling kills eight, injures 23 in Russia-controlled eastern Ukraine

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-16 14:09:04

At least eight people were killed and 23 injured by Ukrainian shelling in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region of Ukraine, Russia's state TASS news agency reported on Friday, citing an uni...

Russia says no Christmas ceasefire in Ukraine

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-15 11:45:20

Moscow said no "Christmas ceasefire" was on the cards after nearly 10 months of war in Ukraine, rejecting a call by Kyiv to start withdrawing troops by Christmas as a step to end Europ...