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Life echoes art for Ukraine's refugee

Life echoes art for Ukraine's refugee

-- 2022-03-18 17:22:51

Six years ago Ukrainian singer Jamala conquered Europe with a song about Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's deportation of hundreds of thousands of people from her Black Sea homeland of Crimea in World War...

South Africa's president blames NATO for war in Ukraine

South Africa's president blames NATO for war in Ukraine

-- 2022-03-18 15:49:27

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday blamed NATO for the war in Ukraine and said he would resist calls to condemn Russia, in comments that cast doubt over whether he would be accepted b...

Missiles strike Ukraine's Lviv, Japan and Australia sanctions Russia

Missiles strike Ukraine's Lviv, Japan and Australia sanctions Russia

-- 2022-03-18 15:29:40

Russian missiles struck an area near the airport of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv early on Friday, the mayor said, while Japan and Australia imposed new sanctions on Russian entities as punishmen...

Erdogan offers to host Putin and Zelensky for talks

Erdogan offers to host Putin and Zelensky for talks

-- 2022-03-18 15:21:14

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan offered in a phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday to host him and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky for talks, according to his office, rep...

Biden, Xi set to clash over Putin's war in Ukraine

Biden, Xi set to clash over Putin's war in Ukraine

-- 2022-03-18 12:19:56

US President Joe Biden is expected to tell Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday that Beijing will pay a price if it supports Russia's military operations in Ukraine, a warning that comes at a time o...

Russia scraps UN vote on Ukraine resolution over 'arm-twisting' claims

Russia scraps UN vote on Ukraine resolution over 'arm-twisting' claims

-- 2022-03-18 11:38:58

The UN Security Council will no longer vote on Friday on a Russian-drafted call for aid access and civilian protection in Ukraine as Russia's UN envoy accused Western countries of a campaign of "unpre...

Australian watchdog sues Facebook-owner over scam advertisements

Australian watchdog sues Facebook-owner over scam advertisements

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-18 10:46:46

Australia's competition watchdog filed a lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta Platforms on Friday, alleging the social media giant failed to prevent scammers using its platform to promote fake ads feat...

We have the might to put you in your place, Russia warns US

We have the might to put you in your place, Russia warns US

-- 2022-03-17 21:36:09

Russia warned the United States on Thursday that Moscow had the might to put the world's pre-eminent superpower in its place and accused the West of stoking a wild Russophobic plot to tear Russia apar...

Mariupol searches for survivors amid rubble of theatre

Mariupol searches for survivors amid rubble of theatre

-- 2022-03-17 20:52:38

Rescue workers were searching for survivors in the rubble of a theatre in the besieged city of Mariupol on Thursday, after Ukraine said a powerful Russian air strike had hit the building where hundred...

Chinese military aid to Russia would be major role reversal, analysts say

Chinese military aid to Russia would be major role reversal, analysts say

-- 2022-03-17 19:08:23

For decades Russia has, more than any other country, aided China's dramatic military modernisation with weapons and technology - and now Beijing has plenty that Moscow needs as its Ukraine invasion co...

India restores e-tourist visa for 156 countries

India restores e-tourist visa for 156 countries

-- 2022-03-17 16:19:43

The Indian government has restored all valid five-year e-tourist visas granted to people from over 150 countries and regions as well as regular paper visas to nationals of all countries with immediate...

Russian government websites facing unprecedented cyber attacks, report says

Russian government websites facing unprecedented cyber attacks, report says

-- 2022-03-17 15:11:51

Russian government websites are facing unprecedented cyber attacks and technical efforts are being made to filter foreign web traffic, the TASS news agency cited the digital ministry as saying on Thur...

Downed missile hits residential building in Kyiv , leaves one dead

Downed missile hits residential building in Kyiv , leaves one dead

-- 2022-03-17 13:28:08

At least one person was killed and three wounded after remains of a downed missile hit a residential building in the Ukranian capital, Kyiv, Ukraine's emergency service said on Thursday. The 16-store...

UN Security Council to vote Friday on Russia's Ukraine move

UN Security Council to vote Friday on Russia's Ukraine move

-- 2022-03-17 11:35:35

The UN Security Council is due to vote on Friday on a Russian-drafted call for aid access and civilian protection in Ukraine, but diplomats say the measure is set to fail because it does not push for...

Thousands of northeast Japan homes remain without power after quake kills four

Thousands of northeast Japan homes remain without power after quake kills four

-- 2022-03-17 10:56:01

Tens of thousands of Japanese households remained without power on Thursday morning, more than 10 hours after a powerful earthquake that left at least four dead and more than 100 injured, and severed...

Ukraine, Russia continue talks over video

Ukraine, Russia continue talks over video

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-17 10:23:27

Ukrainian and Russian delegations held talks again Wednesday by video. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s adviser Mikhailo Podolyak said Ukraine demanded a cease-fire, the withdrawal of...

Biden calls Putin a war criminal

Biden calls Putin a war criminal

-- 2022-03-17 08:28:00

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday called Russian leader Vladimir Putin a war criminal in comments the Kremlin said were "unforgivable" as it insisted the war in Ukraine was "going to plan" amid talk...

Ukraine president urges US Congress to provide more weapons

Ukraine president urges US Congress to provide more weapons

-- 2022-03-16 19:53:54

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday urged the US Congress to provide more weapons to help his country fight off Russian airstrikes in an invasion that has brought death and destruction...

Ukraine says talks becoming more realistic, Russia sees hope for compromise

Ukraine says talks becoming more realistic, Russia sees hope for compromise

-- 2022-03-16 17:20:57

Russia and Ukraine both emphasised newfound scope for compromise on Wednesday as peace talks were set to resume three weeks into a Russian assault that has so far failed to topple the Ukrainian govern...

103 children have been killed in Ukraine war, prosecutor general says

103 children have been killed in Ukraine war, prosecutor general says

-- 2022-03-16 15:25:21

The Ukrainian prosecutor general said on Wednesday 103 children have been killed so far in the war in Ukraine. Russian forces have struck more than 400 educational establishments and 59 of them have...

Suspected N Korea missile fails after launch, South Korea says

Suspected N Korea missile fails after launch, South Korea says

-- 2022-03-16 12:41:28

North Korea fired an "unknown projectile" on Wednesday which appeared to fail immediately after launch, South Korea's military said, amid reports that the nuclear-armed North is seeking to test-fire i...

90pc of Ukrainian population could face poverty in protracted war, UNDP says

90pc of Ukrainian population could face poverty in protracted war, UNDP says

-- 2022-03-16 11:51:00

Nine out of 10 Ukrainians could face poverty and extreme economic vulnerability if the war drags on over the next year, wiping out two decades of economic gains, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) sa...

Russian woman fined after on-air TV protest

Russian woman fined after on-air TV protest

-- 2022-03-16 10:53:31

A Russian woman who denounced the war in Ukraine during a live news bulletin on state television was fined 30,000 roubles ($280) on Tuesday, a court said, after the Kremlin denounced her act of protes...

India's Congress fires five state chiefs after poll drubbing

India's Congress fires five state chiefs after poll drubbing

-- 2022-03-16 09:13:06

India's opposition Congress party on Tuesday fired the local chiefs of five states after humiliating losses in recent elections, as it tries to reinvent itself ahead of the next national election in 2...

Russia sanctions US President Joe Biden, several top US officials

Russia sanctions US President Joe Biden, several top US officials

-- 2022-03-15 22:03:57

Russia on Tuesday sanctioned US President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Tony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and ten other administration officials and political figures. Moscow has said th...

UN report says Myanmar army engaged in torture, mass killings

UN report says Myanmar army engaged in torture, mass killings

-- 2022-03-15 20:49:13

Myanmar's military has engaged in systematic human rights violations, many amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity, the United Nations said on Tuesday, in its first comprehensive human rig...

Number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad approaches 3.0 million

Number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad approaches 3.0 million

-- 2022-03-15 19:23:01

Nearly three weeks into the war, the number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad approached 3 million on Tuesday, the United Nations said, as people escaped the fighting and Russian bombardment. About 2.95 m...

Police arrest suspect in shootings of homeless in Washington, New York

Police arrest suspect in shootings of homeless in Washington, New York

-- 2022-03-15 19:00:24

Law enforcement authorities early Tuesday morning arrested a suspect in connection with shootings of homeless people in Washington, DC, and New York, the police department in Washington said in a post...

Pakistan rejects Indian statement on accidental missile launch

Pakistan rejects Indian statement on accidental missile launch

-- 2022-03-15 16:34:27

Pakistan's foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, said on Tuesday Islamabad rejected a statement by India's defence minister on the accidental missile launch. According to Reuters, Qureshi told jour...

Czech, Polish, Slovenian PMs travel to Kyiv by train in show of support for Ukraine

Czech, Polish, Slovenian PMs travel to Kyiv by train in show of support for Ukraine

-- 2022-03-15 16:26:36

The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia were travelling to Kyiv by train on Tuesday to show support for the country on behalf of the EU, the first foreign leaders to visit the U...