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16 killed in bus-truck collision in Nigeria

16 killed in bus-truck collision in Nigeria

-- 2021-12-13 21:11:06

At least sixteen people have been killed when a speeding bus ran into a truck on a highway in Nigeria's northeast Bauchi state, police said on Monday. The collision happened in Bambal village along t...

Pakistanis squeezed by inflation face more pain from tax hikes

Pakistanis squeezed by inflation face more pain from tax hikes

-- 2021-12-13 20:17:36

When Pakistan's annual inflation rate hit 11.5 per cent in November, the statistics office put a number on a phenomenon that was already painfully clear to the poor and the salaried middle-class voter...

First person dies from omicron variant in United Kingdom

First person dies from omicron variant in United Kingdom

-- 2021-12-13 19:06:32

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that at least one patient has died in the United Kingdom after contracting the omicron variant of the coronavirus. "Sadly at least one patient has now been...

Pakistan reports first Omicron case

Pakistan reports first Omicron case

-- 2021-12-13 18:29:03

Pakistan has confirmed its first case of the omicron Covid-19 variant, in the country's most populous city of Karachi, the country's National Institute of Health (NIH) said on Monday. "The NIH has be...

Omicron spreading at ‘phenomenal rate’ in London, accounts for 40pc infections

Omicron spreading at ‘phenomenal rate’ in London, accounts for 40pc infections

-- 2021-12-13 16:40:33

Britain said on Monday that the omicron variant of coronavirus was spreading at a "phenomenal rate" and accounted for about 40 per cent of all infections in London so people should get an additional d...

UK PM warns of omicron 'tidal wave'

UK PM warns of omicron 'tidal wave'

-- 2021-12-13 14:02:27

Britain faces a "tidal wave" of the Omicron variant of coronavirus and two vaccine doses will not be enough to contain it, Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Sunday, as he accelerated the booster...

South Africa's Ramaphosa catches Covid-19

South Africa's Ramaphosa catches Covid-19

-- 2021-12-13 12:41:09

South Africa's 69-year-old President Cyril Ramaphosa tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, though is showing only mild symptoms, the presidency said. "The President started feeling unwell after lea...

US crosses 50 million Covid-19 cases

US crosses 50 million Covid-19 cases

-- 2021-12-13 10:58:29

The United States crossed 50 million coronavirus cases on Sunday, according to Reuters tally, as the delta variant continues to threaten Americans and the newly discovered omicron variant spreads, rep...

Some Chinese companies-listed suspend production in Zhejiang province on Covid outbreak

Some Chinese companies-listed suspend production in Zhejiang province on Covid outbreak

-- 2021-12-13 10:41:31

More than a dozen Chinese-listed companies said they had suspended production in coronavirus-hit parts of China's eastern Zhejiang province in response to local government's tightened COVID-19 curbs,...

US COVID-19 deaths approach 0.8m as delta ravaged in 2021

US COVID-19 deaths approach 0.8m as delta ravaged in 2021

-- 2021-12-12 21:29:38

The United States on Sunday was approaching 800,000 coronavirus-related deaths, as the nation braces for a potential surge in infections due to more time spent indoors with colder weather and the high...

13 die in boat accident in western DR Congo

13 die in boat accident in western DR Congo

-- 2021-12-12 20:46:58

Thirteen people have been killed and 17 others were rescued following a shipwreck overnight from Saturday to Sunday on the Congo River near the Ibali village, Mai-Ndombe province, in the Western Democ...

G7 warns Russia of 'massive consequences' if Ukraine attacked

G7 warns Russia of 'massive consequences' if Ukraine attacked

-- 2021-12-12 20:29:11

Russia faces massive consequences and severe costs if President Vladimir Putin attacks Ukraine, the Group of Seven warned in a draft statement seen by Reuters on Sunday. US intelligence assesses that...

Russia's registered COVID-19 cases surpass 10m

Russia's registered COVID-19 cases surpass 10m

-- 2021-12-12 20:13:45

The number of registered COVID-19 cases in Russia now exceeds 10 million, data from the government's coronavirus task showed on Sunday, but the latest wave of the pandemic has lost its momentum and th...

Saudi Arabia bans Tablighi Jamaat, calls it a ‘gate of terrorism’

Saudi Arabia bans Tablighi Jamaat, calls it a ‘gate of terrorism’

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-12 19:52:15

Saudi Arabia has banned Tablighi Jamaat, an Islamic organisation, in the kingdom, describing the body as “one of the gates of terrorism.” The country has directed the mosque preachers to...

Tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse, six dead, no hope of more survivors

Tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse, six dead, no hope of more survivors

-- 2021-12-12 19:38:26

Six Amazon.com Inc workers were confirmed dead on Saturday after a series of tornadoes roared through a warehouse near St. Louis, ripping off its roof and causing 11-inch thick concrete walls longer t...

India’s new testing kit can detect omicron variant in two hours

India’s new testing kit can detect omicron variant in two hours

-- 2021-12-12 17:14:15

Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) at Assam has come up with a testing kit that can detect the new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, in just two hours. The I...

Modi's Twitter account hacked

Modi's Twitter account hacked

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-12 12:48:23

The Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefly hacked, confirmed his office early on Sunday. "The Twitter handle of PM @narendramodi was very briefly compromised. The matter w...

Thousands stage protest in Austria’s Vienna against Covid measures

Thousands stage protest in Austria’s Vienna against Covid measures

-- 2021-12-12 11:50:16

Tens of thousands of people have staged a protest in Austria against measures to curb the spread of Covid-19, including mandatory vaccinations. Police say about 44,000 people rallied in the c...

Federal anti-terror unit investigated journalists

Federal anti-terror unit investigated journalists

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-12 10:37:43

A special Customs and Border Protection unit used sensitive government databases intended to track terrorists to investigate as many as 20 US-based journalists, including a Pulitzer Prize-winning Asso...

Russia will pay 'terrible price' if it invades Ukraine, Biden warns Putin

Russia will pay 'terrible price' if it invades Ukraine, Biden warns Putin

-- 2021-12-12 09:42:47

US President Joe Biden on Saturday said he told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia would pay "a terrible price" and face devastating economic consequences if it invaded Ukraine, Reuters repo...

190 Houthis killed in military operations by Saudi-led coalition

190 Houthis killed in military operations by Saudi-led coalition

-- 2021-12-11 20:51:33

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Saturday that 190 Houthis had been killed in military operations in the last 24 hours. The coalition conducted 36 operations against Houthi targets i...

Iran's president says "good agreement" reachable in nuke talks

Iran's president says "good agreement" reachable in nuke talks

-- 2021-12-11 19:37:18

If the United States lifts anti-Iran sanctions, a "good agreement," which Iran is looking for, will be reached in nuclear negotiations, Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday. "The Islamic R...

Tornadoes kill at least 50 in US

Tornadoes kill at least 50 in US

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-11 18:23:04

Some 50 people are "likely" to have been killed in a devastating outbreak of tornadoes that ripped through Kentucky and several other U.S. states late Friday and early Saturday, Kentucky Governor Andy...

Brazil health ministry website hit by hacker, vaccination data targeted

Brazil health ministry website hit by hacker, vaccination data targeted

-- 2021-12-11 17:57:32

Brazil's health ministry said its website was hit on Friday by a hacker attack that took several systems down, including one with information about the national immunization program and another used t...

UNICEF welcomes announcement of next Executive Director

UNICEF welcomes announcement of next Executive Director

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-12-11 14:23:13

UNICEF welcomes United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ announcement today that Catherine M Russell will succeed Henrietta H Fore as UNICEF Executive Director, according to a s...

Human infection of H5N6 bird flu reported in China's Guangdong

Human infection of H5N6 bird flu reported in China's Guangdong

-- 2021-12-11 13:37:36

The health authority in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong said on Saturday that one case of a human being infected with the H5N6 strain of bird flu has been reported in the city of Huizhou....

India says boosters not a priority as omicron cases caused mild illness

India says boosters not a priority as omicron cases caused mild illness

-- 2021-12-11 13:13:04

India has detected 25 cases of the emergent omicron variant of the coronavirus and all have shown mild symptoms, the health ministry said on Friday, adding that there was no immediate plan to authoris...

Donors approve release of $280m for Afghan food, health

Donors approve release of $280m for Afghan food, health

-- 2021-12-11 10:13:19

Donors agreed on Friday to transfer $280 million from a frozen, trust fund to the World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF to support nutrition and health in Afghanistan, the World Bank said as it seeks to...

India holds funeral for its top general with full military honours

India holds funeral for its top general with full military honours

-- 2021-12-10 19:51:24

India's top general, Bipin Rawat, was cremated in New Delhi on Friday with full military honours, including a 17-gun salute, two days after he and 12 others died in a helicopter crash in southern Indi...

S Africa says no signal of increased omicron severity yet

S Africa says no signal of increased omicron severity yet

-- 2021-12-10 18:49:57

South African scientists see no sign that the omicron coronavirus variant is causing more severe illness, they said on Friday, as officials announced plans to roll out vaccine boosters with daily infe...