Loading...
The Financial Express

Search results for: World

Ukraine waits for West to tip balance against Russia after 100 days of war

Ukraine waits for West to tip balance against Russia after 100 days of war

-- 2022-06-03 13:30:14

After 100 days of war, Ukraine is fighting for time, trying to hold out against overwhelming Russian fire on its eastern front long enough for Western weapons to arrive and give it a badly needed edge...

Time is running out for Russia, German minister says

Time is running out for Russia, German minister says

-- 2022-06-03 12:11:36

Germany must work harder to reduce its energy-dependence on Russia but Western sanctions in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine are still taking a heavy toll on the Russian war machine, German Ec...

Two killed in Kashmir in wave of assassinations

Two killed in Kashmir in wave of assassinations

-- 2022-06-03 11:24:34

A Hindu bank manager and a labourer were shot and killed in Kashmir on Thursday, police said, as a wave of targeted killings drove more Hindu families to flee India's only Muslim-majority federal terr...

Three dead after shooting at US church parking lot

Three dead after shooting at US church parking lot

FE REPORT 2022-06-03 10:53:21

A man shot and killed two women in the parking lot of a church in Iowa state on Thursday and then turned the gun on himself, police said, adding three more dead to the toll in a series of recent shoot...

Biden says 'Enough!' on gun violence

Biden says 'Enough!' on gun violence

-- 2022-06-03 10:24:54

Declaring "Enough, enough!" US President Joe Biden on Thursday called on Congress to ban assault weapons, expand background checks and implement other gun control measures to address a string of mass...

Zelensky expects more weapons as battle for Ukraine's east rages

Zelensky expects more weapons as battle for Ukraine's east rages

-- 2022-06-03 09:28:49

Ukraine expects to receive more weapons from allies after a fresh US pledge, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, as the battle for Ukraine's east raged 100 days into Russia's invasion, Reuters reports....

Ukrainian embassy says Russia ships 'stolen' wheat to Syria

Ukrainian embassy says Russia ships 'stolen' wheat to Syria

-- 2022-06-02 18:42:37

Russia has sent its ally Syria an estimated 100,000 tonnes of wheat stolen from Ukraine since invading the country, the Ukrainian embassy in Beirut said, describing the shipments as "criminal activity...

China demands US stop trade talks with Taiwan

China demands US stop trade talks with Taiwan

-- 2022-06-02 17:29:19

China’s government on Thursday accused Washington of jeopardising peace after US envoys began trade talks with Taiwan aimed at deepening relations with the self-ruled island democracy claimed by...

Four killed in shooting at Tulsa medical building, shooter dead

Four killed in shooting at Tulsa medical building, shooter dead

-- 2022-06-02 17:25:45

A gunman carrying a rifle and a handgun killed four people Wednesday at a Tulsa medical building on a hospital campus, police said, the latest in a series of deadly mass shootings across the country i...

Indian officials visit Kabul for first meet with ruling Taliban

Indian officials visit Kabul for first meet with ruling Taliban

-- 2022-06-02 13:04:34

India has sent a team of foreign ministry officials to Afghanistan's capital of Kabul for talks with senior members of the ruling Taliban, the ministry said on Thursday, the first such meeting since t...

India's new VPN rules spark fresh fears over online privacy

India's new VPN rules spark fresh fears over online privacy

-- 2022-06-02 12:30:36

Virtual private networks (VPNs) that encrypt data and provide users with anonymity online have seen a surge in use in India in recent years as the government tightened its grip on the internet to curb...

One killed, three hurt as UN peacekeeping convoy attacked in Mali

One killed, three hurt as UN peacekeeping convoy attacked in Mali

FE REPORT 2022-06-02 11:53:33

A UN peacekeeping convoy was attacked by suspected terrorists in northern Mali on Wednesday and a Jordanian peacekeeper was killed and three other Jordanians were wounded, the United Nations said. UN...

Four killed in US hospital shooting

Four killed in US hospital shooting

-- 2022-06-02 10:32:48

A man armed with a rifle and a handgun killed four people inside a medical building in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Wednesday before fatally shooting himself, police said, in the latest of a series of mass shoo...

Hindu families flee Kashmir after targeted killings

Hindu families flee Kashmir after targeted killings

-- 2022-06-01 19:23:14

More than 100 Hindu families have fled Kashmir as panic spread after the killing of a Hindu school teacher in India's only Muslim-majority region, a community leader said on Wednesday. Militants on T...

Russia cuts gas supply to two Danish companies

Russia cuts gas supply to two Danish companies

-- 2022-06-01 18:47:50

Russian gas producer Gazprom has cut off gas supplies to Denmark's Orsted and Shell Energy for its contract to supply gas to Germany, it said on Wednesday, citing the companies' failure to make paymen...

Vietnam says it develops African swine fever vaccine for commercial use

Vietnam says it develops African swine fever vaccine for commercial use

-- 2022-06-01 18:35:36

Vietnam said on Wednesday it had successfully developed a vaccine to administer to pigs to fight African swine fever, with the aim of becoming the first country to commercially produce and export it....

Israel says its new laser missile shield to cost just $2.0 per interception

Israel says its new laser missile shield to cost just $2.0 per interception

-- 2022-06-01 18:07:17

A laser-based air defence system that Israel hopes to deploy next year to neutralise enemy rockets and drones will cost just $2.0 per interception, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Wedne...

Australia PM Albanese appoints record number of women to diverse cabinet

Australia PM Albanese appoints record number of women to diverse cabinet

-- 2022-06-01 17:24:57

Australia's new federal ministry was sworn into office on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appointing a record number of women to a diverse cabinet team that includes religious minoriti...

Israeli army says troops kill 'knife-wielding' Palestinian woman

Israeli army says troops kill 'knife-wielding' Palestinian woman

-- 2022-06-01 14:43:11

A knife-wielding Palestinian woman threatened an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank and was shot dead on Wednesday, the army said, an account that was disputed by Palestinian officials. Violen...

K-pop supergroup BTS meets Biden, speaks at White House

K-pop supergroup BTS meets Biden, speaks at White House

-- 2022-06-01 12:32:04

South Korean boy band BTS, a fundraising juggernaut for US social justice causes, met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday to discuss hate crimes targeting Asians. The K-pop stars m...

Shanghai lifts lockdown, but residents wary Covid curbs can return

Shanghai lifts lockdown, but residents wary Covid curbs can return

-- 2022-06-01 10:57:49

Shanghai sprung back to life on Wednesday after two months of bitter isolation under a ruthless COVID-19 lockdown, with people driving cars again or cramming into trains and buses to go back to work,...

US agrees to send advanced rockets to Ukraine

US agrees to send advanced rockets to Ukraine

-- 2022-06-01 10:27:08

Russian troops fought to take complete control of the eastern industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday as the United States said it will provide Ukraine with advanced rockets to help it force M...

Indonesia cancels plan to send workers to Malaysia's palm plantations

Indonesia cancels plan to send workers to Malaysia's palm plantations

-- 2022-05-31 22:44:35

Indonesia cancelled a plan to send its citizens to work in palm oil plantations in neighbouring Malaysia, which has faced a labour shortage, its envoy to Kuala Lumpur said on Tuesday, reports Reuters....

Ukraine jails two Russian soldiers for over 11 years for shelling civilians

Ukraine jails two Russian soldiers for over 11 years for shelling civilians

-- 2022-05-31 20:32:54

A Ukrainian court sentenced two captured Russian soldiers to 11 and a half years in jail on Tuesday for shelling a town in eastern Ukraine, the second war crimes verdict since the start of Russia's in...

Russian lawmaker suggests kidnapping NATO defence minister in Ukraine

Russian lawmaker suggests kidnapping NATO defence minister in Ukraine

-- 2022-05-31 18:59:42

A senior Russian lawmaker has suggested kidnapping a NATO defence minister in Ukraine and bringing them to Moscow for questioning about what "orders" the West has been giving to Kyiv, news agency Reut...

European Union leaders agree to ban 90pc of Russian oil by 2022

European Union leaders agree to ban 90pc of Russian oil by 2022

-- 2022-05-31 18:56:44

European Union leaders have agreed on an embargo on Russian oil imports that will start kicking in towards the end of the year and which exempts, for now, pipeline imports that Hungary and two other l...

Nepal recovers bodies of all 22 victims of plane crash, voice recorder found

Nepal recovers bodies of all 22 victims of plane crash, voice recorder found

-- 2022-05-31 18:45:22

Nepali search and rescue teams on Tuesday recovered the body of the last of 22 people aboard a small plane that crashed in the Himalayas two days earlier and also found the flight's voice recorder, ne...

Taiwan reports largest ‘Chinese air force incursion’ since January

Taiwan reports largest ‘Chinese air force incursion’ since January

-- 2022-05-31 18:12:32

Taiwan on Monday reported the ‘largest incursion’ since January by China's air force in its air defence zone, with the island's defence ministry saying Taiwanese fighters scrambled to warn...

Russia cuts gas supplies to Netherlands over payment issues

Russia cuts gas supplies to Netherlands over payment issues

-- 2022-05-31 17:06:37

Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Tuesday it has fully cut off gas supplies to Dutch gas trader GasTerra after it had failed to make payments for gas delivered in April, making good on its promise...

European Union missed climate spending target despite claiming it was met

European Union missed climate spending target despite claiming it was met

-- 2022-05-31 16:48:24

The European Union missed its target to spend 20 per cent of its pre-2020 budget on fighting climate change and overstated its green spending to claim that the goal had been met, the European Court of...