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Russia says blast damages major ship in Black Sea, crew members evacuated

Russia says blast damages major ship in Black Sea, crew members evacuated

-- 2022-04-14 19:30:09

The most important ship in Russia’s Black Sea fleet, the Moskva missile cruiser, was badly damaged after ammunition on board blew up, the Russian defence ministry said on Thursday. Russia said...

Death toll from storm 'Megi' in Philippines reaches 121 

Death toll from storm 'Megi' in Philippines reaches 121 

-- 2022-04-14 18:47:50

The death toll from the tropical storm that battered the Philippines over last weekend rose to 121, including 81 victims buried by landslides in central Philippine city, authorities said Thursday.&nbs...

Russia warns of nuclear deployment if Sweden, Finland join NATO

Russia warns of nuclear deployment if Sweden, Finland join NATO

-- 2022-04-14 16:33:49

One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest allies warned NATO on Thursday that if Sweden and Finland joined the US-led military alliance then Russia would have to bolster its defences in the re...

European Central Bank faces pressure from record inflation

European Central Bank faces pressure from record inflation

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-14 16:10:48

European Central Bank faces pressure from record inflation The head of the European Central Bank could drop more hints Thursday about when the bank will start raising interest rates, with pressure in...

US congratulates Sharif on becoming new Pakistani prime minister

US congratulates Sharif on becoming new Pakistani prime minister

-- 2022-04-14 15:03:36

The United States on Wednesday congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on becoming Pakistan's new prime minister following the ouster of his predecessor in a parliamentary no-confidence vote, with the top US dip...

Xi reiterates urgency of Covid curbs as Shanghai cases hit peak

Xi reiterates urgency of Covid curbs as Shanghai cases hit peak

-- 2022-04-14 14:25:03

China's financial hub Shanghai reported over 27,000 coronavirus cases on Thursday, setting a new record a day after President Xi Jinping said that the country must continue with its strict "dynamic Co...

Chemical factory fire leaves six dead in India

Chemical factory fire leaves six dead in India

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-14 13:40:15

A fire at a chemical factory in southern India killed at least six people and injured 12, a government official said on Thursday, with more casualties feared in the second such accident this week. Pi...

Ukraine war threatens to devastate many poor nations, UN says

Ukraine war threatens to devastate many poor nations, UN says

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-14 13:07:53

Russia’s war on Ukraine threatens to devastate the economies of many developing countries that are now facing even higher food and energy costs and increasingly difficult financial conditions, a...

Hong Kong to ease virus restrictions from April 21

Hong Kong to ease virus restrictions from April 21

-- 2022-04-14 12:50:41

Hong Kong confirmed on Thursday it will ease some of the world's most stringent Covid-19 restrictions, allowing beauty parlours, cinemas and gyms to reopen from April 21 as infections in the global fi...

South Africa's Ramaphosa visits flood victims as death toll rises to 306

South Africa's Ramaphosa visits flood victims as death toll rises to 306

-- 2022-04-14 11:54:42

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Wednesday to help the victims of devastating east coast floods, as the death toll rose to 306 from heavy rains that washed out roads and disrupted sh...

Troops burn villages in Myanmar heartland, seek to crush resistance

Troops burn villages in Myanmar heartland, seek to crush resistance

-- 2022-04-14 10:12:24

Rubble and ashes, overlooked by a single golden pagoda, are almost all that remain of the wood and brick houses most people had built for themselves in the quiet riverside village of Bin in the Buddhi...

Global Covid cases surpass 0.5 billion 

Global Covid cases surpass 0.5 billion 

-- 2022-04-13 21:48:59

Global Covid-19 cases topped 500 million on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.  The global case count amounted to 500,074,490, with...

India likely to face more power cuts this year

India likely to face more power cuts this year

-- 2022-04-13 16:06:20

India is likely to face more power cuts this year as utilities' coal inventories are at the lowest pre-summer levels in at least nine years and electricity demand is expected to rise at the fastest pa...

Sri Lanka PM offers protesters talks as opposition eyes no-confidence vote

Sri Lanka PM offers protesters talks as opposition eyes no-confidence vote

-- 2022-04-13 15:44:48

Sri Lanka's prime minister offered talks on Wednesday with protesters calling for the government to step down over its handling of an economic crisis as the opposition threatened to bring a no-confide...

Ukraine says it has arrested top Putin ally

Ukraine says it has arrested top Putin ally

-- 2022-04-13 12:22:16

Ukraine's security services on Tuesday said they had arrested pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, who is President Vladimir Putin's closest and most influential ally in Ukraine, reports Reuters....

Sri Lanka halts debt repayment pending IMF bailout plan

Sri Lanka halts debt repayment pending IMF bailout plan

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-13 12:06:35

Sri Lanka is suspending its repayment of foreign debt, including bonds and government-to-government borrowing, pending the completion of a loan restructuring programme with the International Monetary...

Putin says peace talks with Ukraine hit dead end

Putin says peace talks with Ukraine hit dead end

-- 2022-04-13 10:52:23

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that peace talks with Ukraine had hit a dead end, using his first public comments on the conflict in more than a week to vow his troops would win and t...

Biden accuses Russia of committing genocide in Ukraine

Biden accuses Russia of committing genocide in Ukraine

-- 2022-04-13 10:24:46

US President Joe Biden said for the first time that Moscow's invasion of Ukraine amounts to genocide, as President Vladimir Putin said Russia would "rhythmically and calmly" continue its operation and...

Shehbaz sworn in as 23rd PM, Bilawal likely foreign minister

Shehbaz sworn in as 23rd PM, Bilawal likely foreign minister

-- 2022-04-13 09:37:10

After Shehbaz Sharif was sworn in as the 23rd prime minister of Pakistan, the next move of the joint Opposition is to appoint ministers. According to sources, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was to f...

Flood kills 20 in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province 

Flood kills 20 in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province 

-- 2022-04-12 21:29:19

Prolonged rains and flooding in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province have claimed the lives of at least 20 people, according to local officials. The country’s military has been deployed to...

Elephant tramples Colombian researcher to death in Uganda

Elephant tramples Colombian researcher to death in Uganda

-- 2022-04-12 20:48:17

An elephant trampled to death a Colombian researcher who was studying chimpanzees in Kibali National Park in western Uganda, authorities said. Sebastian Ramirez Amaya, who was at Arizona State Univer...

United States monitoring a rise in human rights abuses in India, says Blinken

United States monitoring a rise in human rights abuses in India, says Blinken

-- 2022-04-12 20:21:55

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States was monitoring what he described as a rise in human rights abuses in India by some officials, in a rare direct rebuke by Washington of the A...

Several people shot in New York City subway station

Several people shot in New York City subway station

-- 2022-04-12 20:00:53

Several people were shot and explosive devices were found in a New York City subway station in the United States on Tuesday. The incident occurred during the morning commute at the 36th Street subway...

UK PM Johnson, finance minister to be fined over lockdown parties

UK PM Johnson, finance minister to be fined over lockdown parties

-- 2022-04-12 19:48:39

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his finance minister Rishi Sunak are to receive fines for breaching strict coronavirus lockdown rules, a government statement said on Tuesday. Police have bee...

Abandoned in east Ukraine, cats and dogs look for new homes in Russia

Abandoned in east Ukraine, cats and dogs look for new homes in Russia

-- 2022-04-12 19:44:34

With the trunk of her car filled to the brim with pet carriers, Yulia drives across the conflict-torn Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine to pick up cats and dogs abandoned by owners who fled in the hop...

Putin says Russia will achieve 'noble' aims of its Ukraine military campaign

Putin says Russia will achieve 'noble' aims of its Ukraine military campaign

-- 2022-04-12 17:48:55

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow's military operation in Ukraine would undoubtedly achieve what he said were its "noble" objectives. Speaking at an awards ceremony at the...

Indonesia's parliament passes landmark bill on sexual violence

Indonesia's parliament passes landmark bill on sexual violence

-- 2022-04-12 16:35:50

Indonesia's parliament passed a long-awaited bill on Tuesday to tackle sexual violence, aimed at building stronger cases and helping victims to secure justice in a country where sexual abuse has often...

Sri Lanka unilaterally suspends external debt payments

Sri Lanka unilaterally suspends external debt payments

-- 2022-04-12 16:00:13

Sri Lanka's central bank said on Tuesday it had become "challenging and impossible" to repay external debt, as it tries to use its dwindling foreign exchange reserves to import essentials like fuel....

Japan's PM mulls Southeast Asian, European tour

Japan's PM mulls Southeast Asian, European tour

-- 2022-04-12 15:19:23

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is planning to visit Southeast Asia and possibly countries in Europe during the upcoming Golden Week string of national holidays starting in late April, sources w...

Cut in UK’s foreign funding for water, hygiene raises concern

Cut in UK’s foreign funding for water, hygiene raises concern

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-12 13:52:48

Global aid watchdog raised concerns over the UK's decision to cut funding by two thirds for its water and hygiene initiatives of the overseas aid budget. In an assessment of the UK’s water, sa...