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Sudan’s military leaders agree to reinstate ousted prime minister

Sudan’s military leaders agree to reinstate ousted prime minister

-- 2021-11-21 19:40:52

Sudan's ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is to be reinstated, after being placed under house arrest during a military coup last month. All political detainees will be released as part of a new ag...

Children, youth headline global and local events on World Children’s Day

Children, youth headline global and local events on World Children’s Day

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-21 17:14:55

Children and youth are raising their voices and demanding urgent action on the issues that matter to them, in a series of global and local events, to mark UNICEF’s World Children’s Day. F...

El Salvador plans first 'Bitcoin City'

El Salvador plans first 'Bitcoin City'

-- 2021-11-21 15:35:57

El Salvador plans to build the world's first 'Bitcoin City' which will be funded initially by bitcoin bonds, President Nayib Bukele said on Saturday, doubling down on the Central American country's be...

China downgrades diplomatic ties with Lithuania, expresses dissatisfaction over Taiwan issue

China downgrades diplomatic ties with Lithuania, expresses dissatisfaction over Taiwan issue

-- 2021-11-21 13:19:34

China downgraded its diplomatic ties with Lithuania on Sunday, expressing strong dissatisfaction with Vilnius for allowing Taiwan to open a de facto embassy in the Baltic state, raising tensions in a...

Fresh protests erupt in Europe against new Covid restrictions

Fresh protests erupt in Europe against new Covid restrictions

-- 2021-11-21 12:19:28

Fresh unrest has erupted in the Netherlands against new lockdown rules amid rising Covid-19 cases in Europe. People hurled fireworks at police and set fire to bicycles in The Hague, one night...

Two in hospital after police fire on Dutch COVID-19 protesters

Two in hospital after police fire on Dutch COVID-19 protesters

-- 2021-11-20 21:37:41

Two people were being treated in hospital in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Saturday after they were seriously injured when police fired shots during a violent protest against COVID-19 measures, autho...

Japan considers releasing oil from reserves for first time to curb price hike

Japan considers releasing oil from reserves for first time to curb price hike

-- 2021-11-20 19:13:48

Japan is considering releasing oil from its reserves for the first time to curb surging oil prices, as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida signalled his readiness to counter oil price hikes followin...

ICC prosecutor suspends probe into Philippines drugs war

ICC prosecutor suspends probe into Philippines drugs war

-- 2021-11-20 16:38:49

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has suspended a probe at Manila's request into suspected rights abuses during Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's crackdown on drugs....

Saudi Arabia restricts overseas Umrah pilgrims to 18-50 age group

Saudi Arabia restricts overseas Umrah pilgrims to 18-50 age group

-- 2021-11-20 15:45:00

Saudi Arabia has instituted age limits for Muslims travelling from overseas for the Umrah pilgrimage. Those under 18 years of age and those over 50 will not be able to make the pilgrimage, reports&nb...

China fines tech giants including Alibaba for failing to report 43 old deals

China fines tech giants including Alibaba for failing to report 43 old deals

-- 2021-11-20 11:24:12

China's market regulator on Saturday said it was fining companies including Alibaba, Baidu and JD.com for failing to declare 43 deals that date as far back as 2012 to authorities, saying that they vio...

Global Covid cases top 256m

Global Covid cases top 256m

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-20 10:57:54

The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 256 million amid the global race to vaccinate masses against the infectious disease. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case coun...

Biden to transfer power to Harris during colonoscopy

Biden to transfer power to Harris during colonoscopy

-- 2021-11-19 21:50:06

US President Joe Biden will transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday while he is under anaesthesia for a routine colonoscopy he will undergo as part of his annual physical. "The Vice...

Austria reimposes full lockdown

Austria reimposes full lockdown

-- 2021-11-19 18:54:58

Austria will become the first country in western Europe to reimpose a full coronavirus lockdown this autumn to tackle a new wave of infections, and will require its whole population to be vaccinated a...

Qatar not reporting all work-linked deaths, says ILO

Qatar not reporting all work-linked deaths, says ILO

-- 2021-11-19 18:44:05

Qatar is not adequately investigating and reporting worker deaths including unexplained fatalities among seemingly healthy labourers, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Friday. The s...

Pakistan drops chemical castration as punishment for serial rapists

Pakistan drops chemical castration as punishment for serial rapists

-- 2021-11-19 18:10:37

Pakistan has removed a clause from a new criminal law that had allowed chemical castration as a possible punishment for serial rapists, a government official said on Friday, reports Reuters.  "W...

UK set to ban Hamas as terrorist group

UK set to ban Hamas as terrorist group

-- 2021-11-19 16:28:04

Britain will proscribe Palestinian militant group Hamas as a terrorist organisation, according to British media reports on Friday. The Guardian said the organisation will be proscribed under the Terr...

Seven migrants killed in Greece road crash

Seven migrants killed in Greece road crash

-- 2021-11-19 16:12:21

Seven migrants were killed and eight others injured early on Friday when their vehicle crashed into a toll station on a highway in northern Greece, police said. A preliminary investigation indicated...

Philippines to reopen 'soon' to vaccinated foreign tourists

Philippines to reopen 'soon' to vaccinated foreign tourists

-- 2021-11-19 15:40:42

The Philippines has approved a plan to allow entry soon to foreign tourists vaccinated against COVID-19, its tourism ministry said on Friday, following moves by other Southeast Asian countries to rela...

Amazon deforestation surges to 15-year high

Amazon deforestation surges to 15-year high

-- 2021-11-19 15:09:11

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest soared 22 per cent in a year to the highest level since 2006, the government's annual report showed on Thursday, undercutting President Jair Bolsonaro's ass...

Global Covid cases top 255m

Global Covid cases top 255m

-- 2021-11-19 13:04:02

The overall number of Covid cases now crossed 255 million amid the global race to vaccinate masses against the infectious disease. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mo...

India's Modi decides to repeal controversial farm laws after a year of farmers' protest

India's Modi decides to repeal controversial farm laws after a year of farmers' protest

-- 2021-11-19 11:14:48

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday he had decided to repeal three controversial farm laws against which farmers have protested for more than a year, a significant climbdown by the gove...

Philippines tells China to 'back off' after South China Sea standoff

Philippines tells China to 'back off' after South China Sea standoff

-- 2021-11-18 19:24:09

The Philippines on Thursday condemned 'in strongest terms' the actions of three Chinese coast guard vessels that it said blocked and used water cannon on resupply boats headed towards a Philippine-occ...

World T20 2021 - A tournament in colours

World T20 2021 - A tournament in colours

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-18 19:14:34

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup has come to an end last Sunday with the Aussies claiming their first-ever Men’s title in the shortest format of the game.   This seventh edition of t...

Monkey-brain study with link to China's military roils top European university

Monkey-brain study with link to China's military roils top European university

-- 2021-11-18 19:12:29

A Chinese professor at the University of Copenhagen conducted genetic research with the Chinese military without disclosing the connection, the university told Reuters, in the latest example of how Ch...

The elite list of T20 World Cup centuries

The elite list of T20 World Cup centuries

Shafin Saif 2021-11-18 18:20:24

Getting a century in T20 is tricky. It is a feat mostly achievable for top-order batsmen. Though centuries are not alien in franchise based leagues, the T20 World Cup has seen only 9 centuries in 7 ed...

In the end, it doesn't even matter

In the end, it doesn't even matter

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-11-18 17:33:45

After the 2019 World Cup final, Jimmy Nessham had one request and one advice in his social media accounts for the kids.  Request to the ‘One up there’ (God) to change the script if h...

Teams that approached the game differently

Teams that approached the game differently

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-11-18 17:08:12

While we have seen Bangladesh sticking to weird and obsolete cricketing strategies like playing left-right combination, not using left-arm spinner when a left-hander bats, reserving the best bowler fo...

'Evil forces' push Hong Kong pro-democracy clothes shop to shut

'Evil forces' push Hong Kong pro-democracy clothes shop to shut

-- 2021-11-18 16:50:41

A Hong Kong clothing chain popular with democracy supporters said on Thursday it will shut its stores by the end of 2022, citing landlords' reluctance to renew leases and complaints leading to investi...

In major policy shift, Japan looking to accept more foreigners

In major policy shift, Japan looking to accept more foreigners

-- 2021-11-18 14:16:41

In a major shift for a country long closed to immigrants, Japan is looking to allow foreigners in certain blue-collar jobs to stay indefinitely starting as early as the 2022 fiscal year, a justice min...

British Columbia witnesses death toll rising from massive flood; Ottawa promises aid

British Columbia witnesses death toll rising from massive flood; Ottawa promises aid

-- 2021-11-18 11:46:24

The death toll from massive floods and landslides that devastated parts of British Columbia is set to rise, with the Canadian province declaring a state of emergency on Wednesday and the federal gover...