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US to max out on debt soon, setting up political fight

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-11 15:21:45

The federal government is on track to max out on its $31.4 trillion borrowing authority as soon as this month, starting the clock on an expected standoff between President Joe Biden and the new House...

Brazilian judge orders arrest of Bolsonaro's ex-minister

-- 2023-01-11 13:52:35

A Brazilian Supreme Court judge ordered the arrest on Tuesday of the capital's most recent public security chief after supporters of right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro led a rampage through go...

Indonesia president says 'strongly regrets' past rights violations in country

Reuters 2023-01-11 12:30:30

Indonesian President Joko Widodo acknowledged on Wednesday a series of incidents amounting to "gross human rights violations" had taken place in his country's past, including the bloodshed and arrests...

Philippine court voids oil exploration pact involving China

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-11 11:53:04

The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday declared unconstitutional a 2005 pact by China, the Philippines and Vietnam to jointly explore for oil in the disputed South China Sea, a decision that also bri...

Iran sentences Belgian aid worker to prison, lashes

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-11 11:36:09

Iran has sentenced a Belgian aid worker to a lengthy prison term and 74 lashes after convicting him of espionage in a closed-door trial, state media reported Tuesday. The website of Iran’s judi...

Prince Harry's memoir breaks UK sales record on first day of release

-- 2023-01-11 11:28:52

Prince Harry's "Spare" became the UK's fastest selling non-fiction book ever, its publisher said on Tuesday, after days of TV interviews, leaks, and a mistaken early release of the memoir containing i...

Longtime Trump CFO Weisselberg gets 5 months in jail in tax fraud case

Reuters 2023-01-11 09:15:42

Allen Weisselberg, a longtime executive for Donald Trump and the star prosecution witness in the Trump Organization's criminal trial, was sentenced on Tuesday to five months behind bars for helping en...

7.6 quake damages buildings in Indonesia, felt in Australia

-- 2023-01-10 20:57:30

A powerful deep-sea earthquake damaged village buildings in a lightly populated island chain in eastern Indonesia early Tuesday and was widely felt in northern Australia. Two school buildings and 124...

No immediate Covid-19 threat from China: WHO Europe

-- 2023-01-10 19:11:39

The director of the World Health Organization's Europe office said Tuesday that the agency sees "no immediate threat" for the European region from a Covid-19 outbreak in China, but more information is...

Prince Harry’s memoir hits shops, UK royals stay silent

-- 2023-01-10 18:22:28

After days of TV interviews, leaks, and a mistaken early release, Prince Harry's memoir officially went on sale on Tuesday and eager readers headed to bookshops to get their copy with its intimate rev...

‘Russia to keep developing nuclear weapons’

Reuters 2023-01-10 17:50:25

Russia will continue developing its nuclear triad of ballistic missiles, submarines and strategic bombers because such weapons are the main guarantee of its sovereignty, Defence Minister Sergei Shoi...

Iran ‘weaponised’ death penalty to strike fear into people: UN rights chief

-- 2023-01-10 17:15:04

The UN human rights chief said that the death penalty was being weaponised by Iran's government to strike fear into the population and stamp out dissent, saying the executions amounted to "state sanct...

French PM to unveil pension reform in big test for Macron

Reuters 2023-01-10 14:43:00

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Tuesday will unveil the details of a pension reform that is already angering unions and a large majority of voters and will be a key test of President Emmanuel...

Emergency declared in California as winter storms continue

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-10 12:32:54

US President Joe Biden has declared an emergency in California as winter storms continue to pummel the most populous state in the country on Monday. According to a statement released by the White Hou...

More than 7,000 nurses go on strike in New York City

-- 2023-01-10 12:30:44

Thousands of nurses at two New York City hospitals went on strike on Monday after contract negotiations stalled over pay and staffing levels, a move that caused one of the facilities to postpone proce...

1,500 supporters detained after Brasilia riots

-- 2023-01-10 12:18:17

Far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida on Monday with stomach pains as 1,500 of his supporters were rounded up in Brasilia after storming key buildin...

China halts short-term visas in South Korea, first response to COVID curbs

Reuters 2023-01-10 12:04:45

The Chinese embassy in South Korea has suspended issuing short-term visas for South Korean visitors, it said on Tuesday, the first retaliatory move against nations imposing COVID-19 curbs on traveller...

Indonesia rattled by 7.6 magnitude quake, tsunami warning lifted

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-10 11:45:28

Indonesia was struck by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday off the Tanimbar islands, prompting panicked residents in the area to flee their homes, although a tsunami warning was lifted a...

COVID wave past its peak in many parts of China

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-10 11:36:25

Many parts of China are already past their peak of COVID-19 infections, state media reported on Tuesday, with officials further downpl...

Prince Harry accuses Camilla of 'dangerous' leaks to media

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-10 10:59:49

Prince Harry has accused his stepmother, Camilla, the queen consort, of leaking private conversations to the media to burnish her own reputation as he promotes a new book that lays bare his story of h...

Protesters demand justice for college student shot by police in US

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-10 10:42:52

Expressing anger and frustration, several hundred protesters on Monday demanded justice for a Bangladeshi American college student who was shot and killed by police in the Boston suburb of Cambridge l...

Australia lays out plan to make biggest polluters slash emissions

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-10 10:39:31

Australia's Labour government on Tuesday proposed to make the country's biggest polluters slash their emissions by at least 30 per cent over the next seven years, with some leewa...

Fierce fighting in Ukraine's Soledar leaves battlefield strewn with corpses, Zelensky

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-10 10:29:55

Russia has stepped up a powerful assault on Soledar in eastern Ukraine, officials in Kyiv said, forcing Ukrainian troops to repel waves of attacks led by the Wagner contract militia around the s...

Saudi Arabia will impose no restrictions for 2023 Hajj season

-- 2023-01-09 23:20:07

Saudi Arabia will host a number of pilgrims for the 2023 Hajj season similar to what it took in prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, Reuters reported citing state media of the kingdom on Monday. Riyadh wi...

UK royals got into bed with tabloid press ‘devil’ to sully me: Prince Harry

-- 2023-01-09 22:41:57

Prince Harry has said he had made public his rifts with the British royal family and taken on the press to try to help the monarchy and change the media, the latter described by his father King Charle...

Brazil police amass at camp of Bolsonaro’s backers after capital stormed

-- 2023-01-09 22:19:06

Brazilian police amassed at a camp of supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro in the capital on Monday, a day after rioters launched the worst attack on Brazil's state institutions sin...

Iran sentences three more protesters to death

-- 2023-01-09 21:19:34

Iran's judiciary has sentenced three more anti-government protesters to death on charges of "waging war on God", its Mizan news agency reported on Monday, defying growing international criticism over...

Israel orders removal of Palestinian flags from public spaces

-- 2023-01-09 17:49:00

Israel's new far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on Sunday that he instructed police to remove Palestinian flags from public spaces. Israeli law does not outlaw Palestinian flag...

UN chief calls for ‘massive investments’ for Pakistan recovery

-- 2023-01-09 17:01:55

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for massive support to help Pakistan with a $16 billion rebuilding effort following devastating floods, saying the country had been the victim of...

Traffic in Suez Canal normal after ship breakdown dealt with

-- 2023-01-09 15:28:04

Shipping traffic in the Suez Canal was proceeding normally on Monday after tugs towed a cargo vessel that broke down during its passage through the waterway, the Canal Authority said. The breakdown w...