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Search resumes for four people missing in Nepal after deadly plane crash

-- 2023-01-16 12:04:22

Rescuers resumed searching on Monday in Nepal for four people still missing after the Himalayan nation’s deadliest plane crash in 30 years, officials said. Rescuers had recovered 68 bodies out...

Norway naval officer goes on trial over oil tanker collision

Reuters 2023-01-16 09:39:04

A Norwegian naval officer stands trial on Monday accused of negligence that led to the 2018 collision between a warship he commanded and an oil tanker in which the military vessel sank. Building a re...

New York mayor says 'no room' in his city for migrants

Reuters 2023-01-16 09:28:58

The mayor of New York traveled to the Mexican border city of El Paso on Sunday and declared that "there is no room in New York" for busloads of migrants being sent to America's most populous city. Er...

Why Japan is seeking military ties beyond its US ally

REUTERS 2023-01-15 19:15:14

Before meeting President Joe Biden in Washington DC, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Italy, France, Britain and Canada, in part to forge security ties that could help it fend off China,...

60 confirmed dead after Nepal plane crashes during landing

-- 2023-01-15 17:32:40

An official in Nepal said 60 people have been confirmed dead after a regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly opened airport in the resort town of Pokhara,...

Deadly aircraft crashes common in mountainous Nepal

REUTERS 2023-01-15 17:25:44

Mountainous Nepal, where at least 40 people were killed on Sunday when a plane crashed in the tourist town of Pokhara, has a history of deadly air crashes. Here are details of plane and helicopter cr...

Biden declares emergency for California due to winter storms

-- 2023-01-15 17:21:58

US President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration for California on Saturday, as storms have pounded the Golden State since Dec 26, killing at least 19 people and bringing floods, power outages...

China, Hong Kong resume high-speed rail link after three years

-- 2023-01-15 15:58:02

China resumed on Sunday high-speed rail services between Hong Kong and the mainland for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, as it dismantles travel curbs after Beijing scrappe...

At least 40 people killed in Nepal air crash

-- 2023-01-15 15:28:48

At least 40 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, a Nepal aviation authority official said, in the small Himalayan country's worst crash in nearly five years...

US climate envoy Kerry outlines carbon offset initiative for developing nations

-- 2023-01-15 15:19:38

US climate envoy John Kerry on Sunday outlined core principles for a "high-integrity" carbon offset plan meant to help developing nations speed their energy transition, and next steps including establ...

Zimbabwe police arrest 25 opposition members ahead of presidential election

Reuters 2023-01-15 13:39:49

Zimbabwean police on Saturday fired teargas at an opposition party gathering in Harare and arrested 25 of its members, including two members of parliament, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC...

Yeti Airlines aircraft crashes in Nepal

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-15 12:43:39

An aircraft with 72 people on board crashed in Pokhara of Nepal's Kaski district on Sunday, a spokesman for Yeti Airlines said. The ATR 72 aircraft of Yeti Airlines flew to Pokhara from Kathmandu, re...

Biden's counsel finds five more classified pages at president's Delaware home

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-15 12:11:56

US President Joe Biden's counsel said on Saturday that five additional pages with classified markings were discovered at the president's Wilmington, Delaware, ...

Violence soars in Mali in the year after Russians arrive

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-15 10:42:23

Alou Diallo says he was drinking tea with his family one morning last month when groups of “white soldiers” invaded his village in central Mali, setting fire to houses and gunning down peo...

Death toll from Russian strike on Dnipro apartment building rises to 14

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-15 10:35:00

The death toll from a Russian missile attack that destroyed an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro has risen to 14, while rescuers toiled through the night searching for survivors...

Israelis rally in three cities against Netanyahu legal reforms

Reuters 2023-01-15 09:21:49

Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated in three major cities on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reform plans, with organisers accusing him of undermining democratic r...

Britain to send 14 of its main battle tanks, more weaponry to Ukraine

Reuters 2023-01-15 09:18:54

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's office said late on Saturday that Britain would send 14 of its main battle tanks along with additional artillery support to Ukraine, disregarding criticism from the Russia...

Man fined for throwing egg towards King Charles

-- 2023-01-14 19:01:10

A man was fined after pleading guilty to throwing an egg towards Britain’s King Charles III during a walkabout. Harry May, 21, was charged with a public order offence after the royal visit to L...

China reports 59,938 Covid-related hospital deaths since Dec 8

-- 2023-01-14 17:10:01

Chinese officials said on Saturday the number of Covid-19 related deaths in hospitals totalled 59,938 between Dec 8 and Jan 12, with an average age of 80.3 years, according to Reuters. Of those fatal...

Russian missile attack hits infrastructure in Kyiv

-- 2023-01-14 16:17:52

A Russian missile attack hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv on Saturday morning and explosions rang out in the Dniprovskiy district of the Ukrainian capital, a senior presidential official and other...

Brazil top court to investigate Bolsonaro role in Brasilia riots

-- 2023-01-14 13:38:14

Brazil's Supreme Court agreed on Friday to open an investigation into former President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly encouraging anti-democratic protests that ended in the storming of government buildi...

Iran hangs former defense ministry official over spy claim

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-14 13:27:47

Iran said Saturday it had executed a dual Iranian-British national who once worked for its defense ministry, despite an international outcry over his death sentence and those of others held amid natio...

England to ban some single-use plastic items from October

Reuters 2023-01-14 13:17:39

England will ban a range of single-use plastic items such as cutlery, plates and bowls from October in an effort to limit soaring plastic pollution, Britain's environment department said on Saturday....

US nears new cooperation deals with Pacific Island nations

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-14 12:58:57

The Biden administration is nearing deals with two Pacific Island nations to extend ties that are considered critical to maintaining balance in the US-China rivalry for influence in a region where the...

Russia may hike taxes as military spending, oil price weigh on budget

FE ONLINE REPORT    2023-01-14 12:06:07

Russia is becoming too dependent on oil revenues to support its budget as it ramps up military spending, economists said, warning that the government may have...

Russia claims capture of Ukraine’s Soledar; Kyiv says fighting goes on

-- 2023-01-13 22:41:39

Russia said on Friday that its forces had taken control of the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, in what would be a rare success for Moscow after months of battlefield reverses, but Kyiv said its tr...

UK royals appear for first time since publication of Harry’s memoir

-- 2023-01-13 22:36:50

Members of the UK royal family appeared in public Thursday for the first time since the publication of Prince Harry’s explosive memoir, touring charities and a hospital as they got on with the t...

Donald Trump’s company sentenced to pay $1.61 million penalty for tax fraud

-- 2023-01-13 21:38:00

A court in the United States on Friday sentenced Donald Trump’s namesake real estate company to pay a maximum $1.61 million criminal penalty after it was convicted of scheming to defraud tax aut...

Germany to scrap mask mandate in long-distance transport next month

-- 2023-01-13 20:10:49

Germany will soon drop a mask mandate on long-distance trains and buses, one of the country’s last remaining Covid-19 restrictions. Karl Lauterbach, the health minister of Germany, on Friday an...

Three Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers during raids in West Bank

-- 2023-01-13 18:12:38

Two Palestinians were shot and killed by Israeli soldiers during raids that sparked clashes in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said on Thursday. Later in the area of Jenin, Israe...