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Russia moves blood supplies near Ukraine, adding to US concern, officials say

Russia moves blood supplies near Ukraine, adding to US concern, officials say

-- 2022-01-29 20:47:58

Russia's military buildup near Ukraine has expanded to include supplies of blood along with other medical materials that would allow it to treat casualties, in yet another key indicator of Moscow's mi...

New Zealand PM isolates herself after exposure to COVID case

New Zealand PM isolates herself after exposure to COVID case

-- 2022-01-29 19:18:38

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has gone into self-isolation until Tuesday after being deemed a close contact of a person who tested positive for COVID-19, the government said. The exposu...

Myanmar families of detainees search for answers a year after coup

Myanmar families of detainees search for answers a year after coup

REUTERS 2022-01-29 18:50:03

Nearly a year after his son was last seen being hauled away by Myanmar junta troops, 66-year-old Win Hlaing says he just wants to know whether he is alive. One night last April, a neighbour phoned to...

US warns of a ‘horrific aftermath’ if Russia invades Ukraine

US warns of a ‘horrific aftermath’ if Russia invades Ukraine

-- 2022-01-29 18:41:14

The top military officer of the United States has said if Russia unleashes the forces it has amassed near Ukraine's border to invade its neighbour, the outcome would be "horrific" and result in signif...

Cambodia says ASEAN foreign ministers to meet for talks on Myanmar next month

Cambodia says ASEAN foreign ministers to meet for talks on Myanmar next month

-- 2022-01-29 17:01:55

Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will meet next month to discuss humanitarian aid for Myanmar, the current chair of the grouping, Cambodia, said on Saturday. Ca...

India registers 235,532 new COVID-19 cases

India registers 235,532 new COVID-19 cases

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-29 15:35:05

India's COVID-19 tally rose to 40,858,241 on Saturday as 235,532 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the health ministry's latest data. Besides, as many as 8...

Omicron subtype has apparent transmission advantage, says UK health agency

Omicron subtype has apparent transmission advantage, says UK health agency

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-29 10:55:09

The BA.2 subtype of the omicron coronavirus variant appears to have a substantial growth advantage over the currently predominant BA.1 type, Britain's UK Health Security Agency said on Friday, reports...

Russia moves blood supplies near Ukraine!

Russia moves blood supplies near Ukraine!

-- 2022-01-29 10:15:19

Russia's military buildup near Ukraine has expanded to include supplies of blood along with other medical materials that would allow it to treat casualties, in yet another key indicator of Moscow's mi...

Fake news, disinformation on Covid-19 human rights violation, says Pope Francis

Fake news, disinformation on Covid-19 human rights violation, says Pope Francis

-- 2022-01-28 19:05:11

Pope Francis said on Friday that spreading fake news and disinformation on Covid-19 and vaccines, including by Catholic media, is a violation of human rights. It was the second time in less than a mo...

40pc people in Ethiopia's Tigray lack adequate food, finds WFP

40pc people in Ethiopia's Tigray lack adequate food, finds WFP

-- 2022-01-28 18:21:55

Nearly 40 per cent of people in Ethiopia's Tigray region do not have adequate food after 15 months of conflict, according to an assessment released on Friday by the UN World Food Programme (WFP). The...

UN labour group says 1.6m jobs lost in Myanmar in 2021

UN labour group says 1.6m jobs lost in Myanmar in 2021

-- 2022-01-28 18:10:12

The International Labor Organization (ILO) says about 1.6 million jobs were lost in Myanmar in 2021, with women suffering the worst setbacks as work in factories, tourism and construction dwindled ami...

Russia says it won’t start war as Ukraine tensions mount

Russia says it won’t start war as Ukraine tensions mount

-- 2022-01-28 18:00:07

Russia's top diplomat said Friday that Moscow will not start a war but warned that it wouldn't allow the West to trample on its security interests amid fears it is planning to invade Ukraine. US Pres...

Britain warns big businesses of possible Russian cyber-attacks

Britain warns big businesses of possible Russian cyber-attacks

-- 2022-01-28 17:30:58

Britain warned big businesses on Friday to bolster defences against possible Russian cyber-attacks as Western fears deepened that President Vladimir Putin would order his troops to annex another part...

Death toll from Storm Ana rises to 86, another storm brews in Africa's east

Death toll from Storm Ana rises to 86, another storm brews in Africa's east

-- 2022-01-28 16:52:58

Tropical Storm Ana has killed at least 86 people across southern and eastern Africa, with recovery operations still ongoing as another storm threatened more severe weather, reports Reuters. Storm Ana...

Delhi lifts weekend curfew as Covid cases drop

Delhi lifts weekend curfew as Covid cases drop

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-28 14:17:33

India's capital Delhi lifted a weekend curfew and allowed restaurants and marketplaces to reopen on Friday, following a sharp drop in new infections of COVID-19. Under new orders, however, the city w...

Global Covid cases surpass 366m

Global Covid cases surpass 366m

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-28 12:57:10

The overall number of Covid infections is fast approaching 366 million, with a spike in cases of the Omicron variant across the world. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case coun...

10 Pakistan soldiers killed in Balochistan terror attack

10 Pakistan soldiers killed in Balochistan terror attack

-- 2022-01-28 12:14:04

Ten Pakistani soldiers have been killed when terrorists attacked a security forces’ check-post in Kech district of the restive southwestern Balochistan province, the army said on Thursday, bdnew...

Anti-Semitism being fuelled by protesters against Covid measures, alleges Israel

Anti-Semitism being fuelled by protesters against Covid measures, alleges Israel

-- 2022-01-28 10:53:27

Protesters against COVID-19 measures who liken themselves to Jews under Nazi persecution are stoking global anti-Semitism, the Israeli government said in a report marking International Holocaust Remem...

Filipino officials challenged to disclose wealth

Filipino officials challenged to disclose wealth

-- 2022-01-28 10:38:24

Former boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao, who has vowed to root out graft in the Philippine government if elected president, said on Thursday he would proudly disclose full details of his wealth and cha...

Olympics return to a changed China, amid pandemic, protest

Olympics return to a changed China, amid pandemic, protest

-- 2022-01-28 09:57:53

The Beijing Winter Olympics kick off in a week, putting sports at centre-stage following preparations that have been clouded by diplomatic boycotts and the COVID-19 pandemic that has forced the Games...

Door to diplomacy kept open even as US rejects Russia's security demands

Door to diplomacy kept open even as US rejects Russia's security demands

-- 2022-01-28 08:37:20

Russia said on Thursday it was clear the United States was not willing to address its main security concerns in their standoff over Ukraine, but both sides kept the door open to further dialogue, Reut...

Air India officially handed over to Tata Group

Air India officially handed over to Tata Group

-- 2022-01-27 20:18:11

India's salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group on Thursday formally took over the country's ailing national carrier Air India for a whopping 2.4 billion US dollars, three months after Prime Minister...

Jordanian military kills 27 Syrian smugglers

Jordanian military kills 27 Syrian smugglers

-- 2022-01-27 19:19:04

The Jordan Armed Forces on Thursday killed 27 infiltrators while trying to smuggle large amounts of narcotics from Syria into the country. A source at the army told the state-run Petra news agency th...

German daily Covid cases rise above 0.2m causing staff shortages

German daily Covid cases rise above 0.2m causing staff shortages

-- 2022-01-27 17:27:09

The number of new Covid-19 infections in Germany exceeded 200,000 in a day for the first time on Thursday, hitting staffing at companies including Lufthansa Cargo. The Robert Koch Institute for infec...

US provides 400m COVID vaccine doses to 112 nations

US provides 400m COVID vaccine doses to 112 nations

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-27 13:11:51

"Today, we will hit a major milestone in our global effort: 400 million vaccine doses shipped to 112 countries ... for free, no strings attached," White House COVID-19 Coordinator Jeff Zients told rep...

Many expatriates in Singapore head for the exit, due to Covid restrictions

Many expatriates in Singapore head for the exit, due to Covid restrictions

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-27 12:12:04

Atar Sandler arrived in Singapore in 2019, seizing the opportunity to live in a buzzing global city that is also a convenient base to jet off to more exotic locales nearby. But after two years of mas...

Qatar could reroute some gas to Europe with US mediation

Qatar could reroute some gas to Europe with US mediation

-- 2022-01-27 11:58:31

Qatar will need help from the United States to persuade Doha's natural gas buyers to reroute some supplies to Europe in case a Russia-Ukraine conflict disrupts Russian deliveries to the continent, a s...

Biden to appoint a liberal Supreme Court judge as Justice Breyer retires shortly

Biden to appoint a liberal Supreme Court judge as Justice Breyer retires shortly

-- 2022-01-27 11:40:23

Liberal US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire, lawmakers said on Wednesday, giving President Joe Biden the opportunity to fulfill a campaign promise to nominate the first Black woman...

Boris Johnson says he will not step down

Boris Johnson says he will not step down

-- 2022-01-26 19:14:10

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he had no intention of resigning over a series of lockdown-breaking gatherings at his Downing Street office and residence, pledging to get on wit...

US sanctions wouldn't hurt Putin personally, Russia says

US sanctions wouldn't hurt Putin personally, Russia says

-- 2022-01-26 19:01:24

Russia warned on Wednesday that imposing sanctions on President Vladimir Putin personally would not hurt him but would be 'politically destructive', after US President Joe Biden said he would consider...