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US border arrests drop in January after new Biden restrictions

Reuters 2023-01-21 13:28:01

The number of migrants caught crossing the US-Mexico border illegally in January plummeted amid a seasonal slowdown and implementation of new restrictions imposed by US President Joe Biden, a tenuous...

UK PM Rishi Sunak fined for failing to wear seat belt

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-21 12:16:14

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was fined by police on Friday for taking off his seat belt to film a social media video in a moving car. Sunak, 42, has apologized for making an “error of judgment...

China plays down COVID outbreak with holiday rush at full tilt

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-21 11:43:39

People across China crowded into trains and buses for one of its busiest days of travel in years on Friday, feeding fears of new surges in a raging COVID-19 outbreak that officials say has hit i...

Over 50 injured in Peru as protests cause 'nationwide chaos'

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-21 11:26:05

Dozens of Peruvians were injured after tensions flared again on Friday night as police clashed with protesters in anti-government demonstrations that are spreading across the country, Reuters...

Death toll from Tibet avalanche rises to 28

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-21 11:12:28

At least 28 people were killed in an avalanche in the city of Nyingchi in the southwestern region of Tibet, the official Xinhua news agency reported late on Friday. Rescue work at the scen...

Chris Hipkins speaks outside New Zealand's parliament in Wellington

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-21 09:34:41

Chris Hipkins, who played a significant role in New Zealand's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is set to replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister after emerging on Saturday as the only candida...

French nurse fears Macron's pension reform will leave women worse off

Reuters 2023-01-21 09:16:57

French nurse Maryse Lopez says women get a raw deal in President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform because they take longer parental leave and work part time more often than men. Macron wants to raise...

Brazil police carry out raids related to Jan 8 Brasilia riots

Reuters 2023-01-21 09:10:30

Brazil's federal police on Friday carried out raids against people allegedly involved in the Jan. 8 storming of government buildings by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, a statement showe...

Bombing derails passenger train in Pakistan, injures 15

-- 2023-01-20 21:40:21

A bomb planted by suspected militants derailed a passenger train in a remote area in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, injuring at least 15 people on board, officials said. A separatist group later cla...

Germany says green light for tanks for Ukraine needs agreement from allies

-- 2023-01-20 21:29:42

Germany said it would need agreement from allies to give the green light for the delivery of German-made tanks to Ukraine to fend off Moscow's invasion, apparently dashing Kyiv's hopes for a quick dec...

Japan's population drops 0.43pc in 2022

-- 2023-01-20 19:14:39

Japan's total population shrank by 0.43 per cent or about 538,000 in 2022, official estimates showed Friday, amid the government's pledge to address the demographic challenge. According to provisiona...

Trump, lawyers sanctioned nearly $1.0m for 'political' lawsuit against Hillary

-- 2023-01-20 16:47:32

A federal judge on Thursday ordered former US President Donald Trump and his attorneys to pay more than $937,000 in sanctions for suing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over claims the 2016 p...

US calls for countries to 'dig deeper' on Ukraine

-- 2023-01-20 16:42:24

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged allies on Friday to dig deeper to support Ukraine at the start of a meeting of dozens of defence ministers at an air base in Germany, as pressure piled up on Be...

As 'skyglow' grows, study documents glaring global light pollution

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-20 15:18:56

Light pollution caused by the incessant nighttime glow of electric lights appears to be intensifying, according to research using observations from tens of thousands of people at...

China says COVID has peaked as holiday rush gets into full swing

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-20 15:03:47

China said the worst was over in its battle against COVID-19 ahead of what is expected to be one of the busiest days of travel in years on Friday, a mass movement of people that h...

Brazil launches first anti-deforestation raids under Lula bid to protect Amazon

Reuters 2023-01-20 13:29:34

Brazilian environmental agents cut through the rainforest with machetes on Thursday in search of criminals in the first anti-deforestation raids under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has pled...

For Chinese Lunar New Year tourists, retailers roll out rabbit dances, red lanterns

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-20 11:42:09

As Chinese shoppers trickle back to tourist hotspots for Lunar New Year holidays, malls from Macau to Bangkok aim to lure them into stores with red lantern displays,...

Hundreds flee after fire spreads through Seoul neighborhood

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-20 11:27:52

A fire spread through a neighborhood of densely packed, makeshift homes in South Korea's capital Friday morning, destroying at least 60 and forcing about 500 residents to flee. Officials said firefig...

China reports big jump in COVID hospitalisations: WHO

Reuters 2023-01-20 09:41:11

China reported a large jump in COVID-19 hospitalisations in the week through to January 15 to the highest since the pandemic began, according to a weekly report pub...

Freezing temperatures kill 78 people in Afghanistan

-- 2023-01-19 19:58:06

At least 78 people have died of cold in Afghanistan during the country's worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday. Deaths from the cold have been recorded in eight of the coun...

Myanmar military bombs village killing seven

-- 2023-01-19 18:40:46

At least seven civilians were killed when Myanmar's armed forces launched air strikes at a village in the country's central Sagaing region, according to a witness and BBC Burmese. The Southeast Asian...

US, Germany head for showdown over tanks for Ukraine

-- 2023-01-19 18:32:17

Ukraine pleaded on Thursday for the West to finally send it heavy tanks as the defence chiefs of the United States and Germany headed for a showdown over weapons Kyiv says could decide the fate of the...

Japan marks record trade deficit on soaring energy imports

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-19 15:31:10

Japan recorded a record high trade deficit for 2022 of 19.97 trillion yen ($156 billion) as energy imports surged, the Finance Ministry said Thursday. The deficit was the biggest since Japan began ke...

Iran warns EU not to list Revolutionary Guards as terrorist entity

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-19 13:48:32

Iran warned on Thursday that the European Union would "shoot itself in the foot" by listing the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told the...

Brazil's Lula says intelligence services failed ahead of Brasilia riots

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-19 13:32:02

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday his intelligence services had failed on Jan 8, when Brasilia buildings were stormed by supporters of far-right former Pres...

Jacinda Ardern to step down as New Zealand prime minister

-- 2023-01-19 11:38:59

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday made a shock announcement she had "no more in the tank" to continue leading the country and would step down no later than early February and not s...

Freezing weather claims 25 lives in Afghanistan

-- 2023-01-18 20:11:58

Heavy snowfall and freezing weather have claimed 25 lives including children and women in Afghanistan's northern Jawzjan and neighbouring Sari Pul provinces over the past few days, officials said Wedn...

World’s oldest known person dies at 118

-- 2023-01-18 19:03:24

A French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person has died a few weeks before her 119th birthday, the spokesperson for her nursing home in southern France said Wednesday. Lucile Ran...

Magnitude 7.0 quake strikes off Indonesia's Sulawesi island

-- 2023-01-18 16:51:00

A magnitude 7 earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sulawesi island on Wednesday, prompting panicked residents in some towns nearest to the epicentre to flee buildings and with the tremor felt in the neig...

Imran Khan dissolves provincial govts to push for early Pakistan election

-- 2023-01-18 16:42:04

Seeking to force Pakistan to hold an early national election, the opposition party led by former prime minister Imran Khan dissolved its provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday, three...