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BBC journalist says he has left Russia for 'exile' in Britain

BBC journalist says he has left Russia for 'exile' in Britain

-- 2021-12-28 17:35:55

An investigative journalist for the BBC's Russian-language service in Moscow said on Monday that he had felt compelled to leave Russia for what he called "exile" in Britain due to what he said was unp...

India approves emergency use of Merck's Covid-19 pill, two more vaccines

India approves emergency use of Merck's Covid-19 pill, two more vaccines

-- 2021-12-28 13:21:54

India gave emergency use authorisation (EUA) for Merck's Covid-19 pill molnupiravir, and Serum Institute of India's Covovax and Biological E's Corbevax coronavirus vaccines, the country's health minis...

Iran nuclear talks restart with Tehran focused on sanctions relief

Iran nuclear talks restart with Tehran focused on sanctions relief

-- 2021-12-28 11:10:58

Indirect talks between Iran and the United States on salvaging the 2015 Iran nuclear deal resumed on Monday with Tehran focused on one side of the original bargain, lifting sanctions against it, despi...

India refuses to renew foreign funding permission for Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity

India refuses to renew foreign funding permission for Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity

-- 2021-12-28 10:58:30

The Indian government on Monday "refused" to renew a permission that is vital for Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity (MoC) to be able to secure foreign funds, cutting off a key source the charity...

Foxconn India iPhone plant extends closure by extra three days

Foxconn India iPhone plant extends closure by extra three days

-- 2021-12-27 14:57:19

A Foxconn iPhone factory in India at the centre of a mass food-poisoning incident will extend a week-long closure by an extra three days, a senior official for the state of Tamil Nadu told Reuter...

Cyclone Yaas caused $3bn damage in India and Bangladesh

Cyclone Yaas caused $3bn damage in India and Bangladesh

-- 2021-12-27 13:57:50

From deadly Hurricane Ida in the United States to devastating floods in China and Europe, climate change-fuelled disasters have cost the world tens of billions of dollars in 2021, with both the poor a...

China's local Covid cases edge higher

China's local Covid cases edge higher

-- 2021-12-27 11:54:04

China's local symptomatic coronavirus cases crept up again, with most new infections reported in the northwestern city of Xian as it entered a fifth day of a lockdown. Xian's case load - 150 local sy...

Australia’s most populous state reports 1st omicron death

Australia’s most populous state reports 1st omicron death

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-27 11:05:26

Australia’s New South Wales state reported more than 6,000 new COVID-19 cases on Monday and confirmed its first death from the omicron variant. The fatal case was identified as a man in his 80s...

Global covid cases near 280m as Omicron wave pounds hospitals

Global covid cases near 280m as Omicron wave pounds hospitals

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-27 10:35:16

The global overall number of coronavirus cases is fast approaching 280 million with the new Covid-19 strain Omicron showing a spike in hospitalisation. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), th...

'I won't shut up': Desmond Tutu made people listen

'I won't shut up': Desmond Tutu made people listen

-- 2021-12-27 10:05:49

South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a veteran of the struggle against white minority rule, died on Sunday aged 90, Reuters reports. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate was an outspoken campaigner who...

Queen Elizabeth speaks of missing her husband's 'familiar laugh' at Christmas

Queen Elizabeth speaks of missing her husband's 'familiar laugh' at Christmas

-- 2021-12-26 23:20:14

Britain's Queen Elizabeth spoke of the loss of her husband Prince Philip on Saturday, remembering the "mischievous twinkle" in his eyes in an unusually personal Christmas message to the nation. The 9...

Houthis fired 430 missiles, 851 drones at Saudi Arabia since 2015

Houthis fired 430 missiles, 851 drones at Saudi Arabia since 2015

-- 2021-12-26 22:35:03

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Sunday the Iran-aligned Houthi group had fired 430 ballistic missiles and 851 armed drones at Saudi Arabia since the war started in 2015, killing 59 S...

China reports highest daily rise in COVID-19 cases in 21 months

China reports highest daily rise in COVID-19 cases in 21 months

-- 2021-12-26 21:31:11

China reported its highest daily rise in local COVID-19 cases in 21 months as infections more than doubled in the northwestern city of Xian, China's latest COVID hot spot. The city of 13 million, whi...

Save the Children workers missing after 30 villagers reportedly massacred by Myanmar troops

Save the Children workers missing after 30 villagers reportedly massacred by Myanmar troops

-- 2021-12-26 19:57:06

Two members of the international humanitarian group Save the Children are missing after Myanmar government troops rounded up villagers, some believed to be women and children, fatally shot more than 3...

Switzerland allows gender transition from January 1

Switzerland allows gender transition from January 1

-- 2021-12-26 18:26:16

People in Switzerland will be able to legally change gender by a visit to the civil registry office from January 1, putting the country at the forefront of Europe's gender self-identification movement...

Former Greek president Karolos Papoulias dies at 92

Former Greek president Karolos Papoulias dies at 92

-- 2021-12-26 17:43:53

Former Greek President Karolos Papoulias, who served two terms between 2005 and 2015, died on Sunday at the age of 92, the presidency said. Papoulias, who was also foreign minister in 1985-89 and 199...

The anti-apartheid hero who never stopped fighting for ‘Rainbow Nation’

The anti-apartheid hero who never stopped fighting for ‘Rainbow Nation’

-- 2021-12-26 15:16:07

"Like falling in love" is how Archbishop Desmond Tutu described voting in South Africa's first democratic election in 1994, a remark that captured both his puckish humour and his profound emotions aft...

More than 100 domestic flights in Japan cancelled due to heavy snow

More than 100 domestic flights in Japan cancelled due to heavy snow

-- 2021-12-26 14:07:37

More than 100 domestic flights in Japan were grounded on Sunday due to heavy snow in the northern and western parts of the country, Japan's two biggest airlines said. ANA Holdings had halted 77 fligh...

South African anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu dies aged 90

South African anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu dies aged 90

-- 2021-12-26 13:55:56

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa's struggle against white minority rule died on Sunday at the age of 90, the presidency said. In 1984 Tutu won the Nobel...

Suicide bomber kills at least five at east Congo restaurant

Suicide bomber kills at least five at east Congo restaurant

-- 2021-12-26 11:30:20

A suicide bomber struck a restaurant in the city of Beni in east Congo on Saturday, killing at least five people as well as himself, officials said. The attack marks the latest violence in a region w...

Western states should have united front against divisive China: Trudeau

Western states should have united front against divisive China: Trudeau

-- 2021-12-26 11:18:46

Western countries should have a united front against China to prevent the Asian state from using commercial interests to play them against each other, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in an...

Nigerian president's aide contracts coronavirus

Nigerian president's aide contracts coronavirus

-- 2021-12-26 10:46:21

The Nigerian president's top media aide Garba Shehu said on Saturday that he has tested positive for coronavirus and was in isolation. Shehu, who is in his late 50s, is in the immediate circle of 79-...

More than 30 killed, bodies burnt in Myanmar's Kayah state

More than 30 killed, bodies burnt in Myanmar's Kayah state

-- 2021-12-25 20:45:18

More than 30 people, including women and children, were killed and their bodies burnt in Myanmar's conflict-torn Kayah state on Friday, according to a local resident, media reports and a local human r...

Boat overturns off Greek island, 16 migrants die

Boat overturns off Greek island, 16 migrants die

-- 2021-12-25 17:04:08

At least 16 people died when their boat overturned off the Greek island of Paros in the central Aegean Sea on Friday, in the third maritime disaster involving migrants this week, the country's coastgu...

US to lift travel restrictions on eight African countries

US to lift travel restrictions on eight African countries

-- 2021-12-25 13:20:44

The Biden administration will lift travel restrictions on eight southern African countries imposed last month over concerns about the fast-spreading COVID-19 Omicron variant, a senior administration o...

Indians flood markets, tourist spots amid omicron concerns

Indians flood markets, tourist spots amid omicron concerns

-- 2021-12-25 12:56:26

Indians are crowding markets and taking packed flights to holiday destinations again despite calls from authorities urging restraint and caution amid rising cases of the rapidly-spreading omicron vari...

War games in Gulf were warning to Israel, says Iran

War games in Gulf were warning to Israel, says Iran

-- 2021-12-25 11:56:59

War games conducted this week by Iran in the Gulf were intended to send a warning to Israel, the country's top military commanders said on Friday, amid concerns over possible Israeli plans to target...

One in 10 Londoners are likely infected with COVID

One in 10 Londoners are likely infected with COVID

-- 2021-12-24 21:44:14

Around one in 10 people in London were likely infected with COVID-19 on Sunday, according to new official estimates that underlined the relentless advance of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. Daily...

Road accidents leave six dead in Pakistan

Road accidents leave six dead in Pakistan

-- 2021-12-24 20:19:44

At least six people were killed in three separate road accidents in Pakistan during the last 24 hours, local media reported on Friday. Two people were killed when a car overran them in Kamoke area of...

Myanmar launches airstrike near Thai border, hundreds of villagers flee

Myanmar launches airstrike near Thai border, hundreds of villagers flee

-- 2021-12-24 19:27:17

Myanmar’s military unleashed airstrikes and heavy artillery on a small town controlled by ethnic guerrillas, sending hundreds of people fleeing across a river into Thailand, local officials and...