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All homes one Tonga islands destroyed, three dead

All homes one Tonga islands destroyed, three dead

-- 2022-01-18 19:06:54

All the homes on one of Tonga's small outer islands were destroyed in the massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, with three people so far confirmed dead, the government said on Tuesday in its first up...

Indonesia passes law to relocate its capital to remote Borneo

Indonesia passes law to relocate its capital to remote Borneo

-- 2022-01-18 16:40:57

Indonesia's parliament has approved a bill to relocate the nation's capital from Jakarta to a jungled area of Kalimantan on Borneo Island, the planning minister said on Tuesday. The new state capital...

Whether app store controls market to be discussed by US Senate panel

Whether app store controls market to be discussed by US Senate panel

-- 2022-01-18 14:43:53

A US Senate panel is set on Thursday to debate a bill that aims to rein in app stores of companies that some lawmakers say exert too much market control, including Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google....

Autocracies outdo democracies on public trust!

Autocracies outdo democracies on public trust!

-- 2022-01-18 14:37:51

Public trust in governments running the world's democracies has fallen to new lows over their handling of the pandemic and amid a widespread sense of economic pessimism, a global survey has found, Reu...

Poland experiencing a fifth wave of Covid, says minister

Poland experiencing a fifth wave of Covid, says minister

-- 2022-01-18 12:55:51

Poland is experiencing a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections, the health minister said on Monday, warning that the spread of the Omicron variant could send daily case numbers soaring to levels not yet s...

More deaths feared in Tsunami-hit Tonga islands

More deaths feared in Tsunami-hit Tonga islands

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-18 12:45:20

Tonga's small outer islands suffered extensive damage from a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, a Tongan diplomat said on Tuesday, raising fears of more deaths and injuries. "Alarming" images tak...

Australia suffers deadliest day of pandemic as Omicron pushes up hospitalisation rates

Australia suffers deadliest day of pandemic as Omicron pushes up hospitalisation rates

-- 2022-01-18 11:12:33

Australia on Tuesday suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic as a fast-moving Omicron outbreak continued to push up hospitalisation rates to record levels, even as daily infections eased slightly....

ASEAN members still struggling to unite their views on Myanmar

ASEAN members still struggling to unite their views on Myanmar

-- 2022-01-17 19:24:37

Unresolved differences about engagement with Myanmar's military rulers are causing discord among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), diplomats and government officials say, as a minist...

Global jobs recovery delayed by pandemic uncertainty, omicron

Global jobs recovery delayed by pandemic uncertainty, omicron

-- 2022-01-17 19:21:25

The global job market will take longer to recover than previously thought, with unemployment set to remain above pre-Covid-19 levels until at least 2023 due to uncertainty about the pandemic's course...

UK households struggling with energy bills set to triple

UK households struggling with energy bills set to triple

-- 2022-01-17 18:55:35

The proportion of British households struggling with energy bills will triple in April when regulated prices look set to rise by more than 50 per cent, the Resolution Foundation said on Monday. Brita...

Three killed in UAE fuel truck blast, Yemen Houthis claim attack

Three killed in UAE fuel truck blast, Yemen Houthis claim attack

-- 2022-01-17 18:47:02

Three fuel trucks exploded, killing three people, and a fire broke out near Abu Dhabi airport on Monday in what Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group said was an attack deep inside the United Arab Emirate...

The return of influenza: Europe faces threat of prolonged 'twindemic'

The return of influenza: Europe faces threat of prolonged 'twindemic'

-- 2022-01-17 14:05:26

Influenza has returned to Europe at a faster-than-expected rate this winter after almost disappearing last year, raising concerns about a prolonged "twindemic" with COVID-19 amid some doubts about the...

China's birth rate falls to record low in 2021

China's birth rate falls to record low in 2021

-- 2022-01-17 11:03:20

Mainland China's birth rate dropped to a record low of 7.52 per 1,000 people in 2021, National Bureau of Statistics data showed on Monday, accelerating a downward trend that led Beijing last year to b...

Gunmen kill 50 in Nigeria

Gunmen kill 50 in Nigeria

-- 2022-01-16 20:47:12

Gunmen killed at least 50 people in a raid on an area of northwest Nigeria, residents said on Sunday. Abdullahi Karman Unashi, a community leader, told Reuters that dozens of armed men on motorcycles...

Man who had pig heart transplant was guilty of 1988 stabbing

Man who had pig heart transplant was guilty of 1988 stabbing

-- 2022-01-16 18:51:09

The man who received the world's first pig heart transplant once stabbed a man seven times leaving him paralysed, his victim's family have revealed. David Bennett, 57, was convicted of the 1988 stabb...

Jordan army officer killed in shooting along border with Syria

Jordan army officer killed in shooting along border with Syria

-- 2022-01-16 18:25:05

A Jordanian army officer was killed and three army personnel injured on Sunday when drug smugglers trying to enter the country from Syria fired at an army outpost along the border, a Jordanian army st...

Massive damage feared as Pacific tsunami-hit Tonga

Massive damage feared as Pacific tsunami-hit Tonga

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-16 12:18:45

Tsunami-hit Tonga remained largely uncontactable on Sunday with telephone and internet links severed, leaving relatives in faraway New Zealand praying for their families on the Pacific islands as casu...

Global Covid cases top 325m

Global Covid cases top 325m

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-16 11:58:16

The overall number of Covid cases has surpassed 325 million, with a spike in cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus across the world. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total c...

Belarus intelligence-linked group suspected over Ukraine cyberattack

Belarus intelligence-linked group suspected over Ukraine cyberattack

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-16 11:16:01

Kyiv believes a hacker group linked to Belarusian intelligence carried out a cyberattack that hit Ukrainian government websites this week and used malware similar to that used by a group tied to Russi...

Harry in legal fight to pay for police protection in UK

Harry in legal fight to pay for police protection in UK

-- 2022-01-16 10:13:27

Prince Harry is seeking a judicial review against a refusal of the Home Office to allow him to personally pay for police protection when in the UK. The US-based Duke of Sussex says his privat...

Death toll from unrest in Kazakhstan rises to 225

Death toll from unrest in Kazakhstan rises to 225

-- 2022-01-15 23:34:09

The bodies of 225 people killed in unrest in Kazakhstan last week, including 19 members of the security forces, were delivered to morgues throughout the country, the prosecutor general's office said o...

India extends ban on political rallies till Jan 22

India extends ban on political rallies till Jan 22

-- 2022-01-15 20:23:51

India's Election Commission has extended by a week the ban on political rallies in the five states that will go to polls next month amid the third wave of the Covid pandemic. The ban on political ral...

Tsunami observed in American Samoa after Tonga volcano erupts

Tsunami observed in American Samoa after Tonga volcano erupts

-- 2022-01-15 20:06:27

An underwater volcano off Tonga erupted on Saturday, triggering a tsunami warning for several South Pacific Island nations, with footage on social media showing waves crashing into homes. Tsunami wav...

Singapore backs continued exclusion of Myanmar junta from ASEAN meetings

Singapore backs continued exclusion of Myanmar junta from ASEAN meetings

-- 2022-01-15 18:42:49

Singapore's leader said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should continue excluding Myanmar's junta from its meeting until it cooperates on an agreed peace plan. Prime Minister Lee H...

Mexican cartel boss and fuel theft king sentenced to 60 years in prison

Mexican cartel boss and fuel theft king sentenced to 60 years in prison

-- 2022-01-15 18:26:22

A Mexican cartel leader who became one of the most wanted criminals in Mexico due to his gang's industrial-scale theft of petroleum has been sentenced to 60 years in prison, state prosecutors said on...

North Korean hackers stole $400m in 2021

North Korean hackers stole $400m in 2021

-- 2022-01-15 16:34:38

North Korea launched at least seven attacks on cryptocurrency platforms that extracted nearly $400 million worth of digital assets last year, one of its most successful years on record, blockchain ana...

China records 165 new Covid cases for Jan 14 vs 201 a day earlier

China records 165 new Covid cases for Jan 14 vs 201 a day earlier

-- 2022-01-15 15:28:39

China reported 165 new confirmed coronavirus cases for Jan. 14, down from 201 a day earlier, its health authority said on Saturday. Of the new infections, 104 were locally transmitted, according to a...

China slams US sanctions on Iran as 25-year cooperation agreement launched

China slams US sanctions on Iran as 25-year cooperation agreement launched

-- 2022-01-15 14:28:48

China reaffirmed its opposition to unilateral sanctions by the United States against Iran as the Chinese and Iranian foreign ministers announced the launch of a 25-year cooperation agreement aimed at...

Pediatric COVID cases rise in Oregon

Pediatric COVID cases rise in Oregon

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-15 11:16:04

Coronavirus cases are rising sharply among children under age four and between the ages of 12 and 17. Oregon health officials said Friday they are closely monitoring the trends in pediatric cases, wh...

Google mandates Covid-19 tests for people entering US offices

Google mandates Covid-19 tests for people entering US offices

-- 2022-01-15 10:20:00

Alphabet Inc's Google is temporarily mandating weekly COVID-19 tests for any person entering Google offices or facilities in the United States, the tech giant said on Friday. Anyone who comes into Go...