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Alibaba's Jack Ma reappears in Hong Kong!

Alibaba's Jack Ma reappears in Hong Kong!

-- 2021-10-13 09:13:46

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, largely out of public view since a regulatory clampdown started on his business empire late last year, is currently in Hong Kong and has met business associates in...

28 killed after bus falls into gorge in Nepal

28 killed after bus falls into gorge in Nepal

-- 2021-10-12 21:53:12

At least 28 people died on Tuesday in western Nepal after the bus they were on skidded off a mountain road and fell hundreds of meters (yards) into a gorge, authorities said. The accident in the remo...

Kuwait allows women to join army

Kuwait allows women to join army

-- 2021-10-12 21:24:49

Kuwait has allowed women to register for military service, according to the Kuwait army. Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah issued on Tuesday a...

Ex-Myanmar president says army tried to force him to cede power hours before coup

Ex-Myanmar president says army tried to force him to cede power hours before coup

-- 2021-10-12 20:08:58

Myanmar's deposed president testified on Tuesday that the military tried to force him to relinquish power hours before its Feb. 1 coup, warning him he could be seriously harmed if he refused, accordin...

Kim says US, South Korea threaten peace

Kim says US, South Korea threaten peace

-- 2021-10-12 20:01:11

Standing beside North Korea's largest missiles, leader Kim Jong Un said his country's weapons development is necessary in the face of hostile policies from the United States and a military buildup in...

Nigerian women and children trek six days to escape from Islamists

Nigerian women and children trek six days to escape from Islamists

-- 2021-10-12 19:27:25

A group of 15 Nigerian women and children trekked through the bush for six days to escape from Islamist militants who had kidnapped them from churches in the northeast, a state governor said, reports...

India recommends homemade COVID-19 vaccine for kids

India recommends homemade COVID-19 vaccine for kids

-- 2021-10-12 18:03:52

India on Tuesday recommended emergency use of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 shot in children below 12 years of age, making the vaccine maker the first in the country to get such an approval after a review...

Bangladesh’s batting lineup in the T20 World Cup

Bangladesh’s batting lineup in the T20 World Cup

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-10-12 16:15:42

After experiencing a lean patch on the spin-friendly pitches in the recently concluded two T20I series at home, Bangladeshi batters are about to face a different challenge altogether in the forthcomin...

15 dead in attempted migrant voyage from Libya

15 dead in attempted migrant voyage from Libya

-- 2021-10-12 14:24:02

The UN refugee agency said it had recovered the bodies of 15 migrants and 177 survivors from two coastguard boats returning to Libya people who had sought to cross the Mediterranean. Attempted crossi...

Lankan mission to restore pride

Lankan mission to restore pride

Shafin Saif 2021-10-12 13:25:10

Sri Lanka used to be considered a favourite for any ICC tournament even a few years back. But the retirement of three musketeers -- Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan, gradu...

Cyclone Kompasu leaves nine dead in Philippines

Cyclone Kompasu leaves nine dead in Philippines

-- 2021-10-12 13:16:53

Nine people have been killed in the Philippines and 11 were missing on Tuesday due to floods and landslides caused by heavy rain from tropical cyclone Kompasu, the national disaster agency said. Komp...

Flanked by nuclear missile, North Korea’s Kim says US, S Korea threaten peace

Flanked by nuclear missile, North Korea’s Kim says US, S Korea threaten peace

-- 2021-10-12 11:16:48

Standing beside North Korea's largest missiles, leader Kim Jong Un said his country's weapons development is necessary in the face of hostile policies from the United States and a military buildup in...

Afghan minister appeals to world for good relations

Afghan minister appeals to world for good relations

-- 2021-10-12 10:59:51

Afghanistan's foreign minister appealed to the world for good relations on Monday but avoided making firm commitments on girls' education despite international demands to allow all Afghan children to...

New Zealand seeks to ramp up Covid vaccinations amid persistent cases

New Zealand seeks to ramp up Covid vaccinations amid persistent cases

-- 2021-10-12 10:38:42

New Zealand expects to administer a record 100,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses in a single day during a mass immunisation drive on October 16, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, as she seeks to accelerate...

Merck seeks first US authorisation for COVID-19 pill

Merck seeks first US authorisation for COVID-19 pill

-- 2021-10-11 20:48:14

American pharmaceutical company Merck & Co Inc has applied for US emergency use authorisation for its drug to treat mild-to-moderate patients of COVID-19, putting it on course to become the first...

US, EU line up over 20 more countries for global methane pact

US, EU line up over 20 more countries for global methane pact

-- 2021-10-11 19:30:58

Two dozen countries have joined a US- and EU-led effort to slash methane emissions 30 per cent by 2030, giving the emerging global partnership momentum ahead of its launch at the UN climate summit in...

T20 World Cup stadiums at a glance

T20 World Cup stadiums at a glance

Ayman Chowdhury 2021-10-11 18:54:34

The Middle East is going to be the home of the biggest cricket tournament of the year as Oman and the UAE are set to host the ICC T20 World Cup 2021.   A total of 4 grounds will be used to...

India, China military talks to address border tensions fail

India, China military talks to address border tensions fail

-- 2021-10-11 18:35:49

Talks between Indian and Chinese army commanders to disengage troops from key friction areas along their border have ended in a stalemate, according to a report published by Al Jazeera on Monday. &ld...

Tigers with a blend of youth and experience

Tigers with a blend of youth and experience

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-10-11 16:33:40

After three consecutive series wins in the last three months, Bangladesh are high in confidence moving towards the seventh edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup to be held in the UAE and Oman.&...

US terms Taliban talks in Doha 'candid and professional'

US terms Taliban talks in Doha 'candid and professional'

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-11 13:09:11

The United States said on Sunday the first face-to-face meeting between senior US and Taliban officials since the hardline group retook power in Afghanistan was "candid and professional" and that the...

Sydney reopens as Australia looks to live with Covid-19

Sydney reopens as Australia looks to live with Covid-19

-- 2021-10-11 12:52:07

Sydney's cafes, gyms and restaurants welcomed back fully vaccinated customers on Monday after nearly four months of lockdown, as Australia aims to begin living with the coronavirus and gradually reope...

India to grant no visas for tourists to travel by land

India to grant no visas for tourists to travel by land

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-11 12:14:00

No visas will be granted to foreigners to travel through land borders. They can enter India either through "water routes or by flights", states the new visa guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home A...

US Navy nuclear engineer charged with trying to pass secrets

US Navy nuclear engineer charged with trying to pass secrets

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-11 12:05:30

A Navy nuclear engineer with access to military secrets has been charged with trying to pass information about the design of American nuclear-powered submarines to someone he thought was a representat...

Migrants in Libya fearful, angry after crackdown, killings

Migrants in Libya fearful, angry after crackdown, killings

-- 2021-10-11 09:52:15

Hundreds of migrants and refugees waited outside a United Nations centre in Tripoli on Sunday to seek help in escaping Libya after what aid groups called a violent crackdown in which thousands were ar...

Malaysia lifts travel restrictions for fully vaccinated people

Malaysia lifts travel restrictions for fully vaccinated people

-- 2021-10-10 22:38:52

Malaysia on Sunday lifted interstate and international travel restrictions for residents fully vaccinated against COVID-19, as the country achieved its target of inoculating 90 per cent of its adult p...

Lebanon restores power supply after a complete blackout

Lebanon restores power supply after a complete blackout

-- 2021-10-10 21:52:05

Lebanon's power supplies were back to normal on Sunday after a blackout the previous day when the country's two biggest power stations shut down because of a fuel shortage. The closure piled further...

Taiwan won't be forced to bow to China, president says

Taiwan won't be forced to bow to China, president says

-- 2021-10-10 21:24:35

Taiwan will keep bolstering its defences to ensure nobody can force them to accept the path China has laid down that offers neither freedom nor democracy, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Sunday, in a r...

‘Father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme’ Abdul Qadeer Khan dies

‘Father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme’ Abdul Qadeer Khan dies

-- 2021-10-10 19:26:51

Abdul Qadeer Khan, lionised at home as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme, died on Sunday at age 85. The nuclear scientist was admitted to Khan Research Laboratories Hospital on Aug. 26...

Russian plane crashes in Tatarstan region, killing 16

Russian plane crashes in Tatarstan region, killing 16

-- 2021-10-10 15:09:36

An L-410 plane crashed near a city in Tatarstan region on Sunday, killing 16 people and injuring seven, the RIA news agency cited the emergency services as saying. The plane had been carrying a group...

Iraqis vote in general elections

Iraqis vote in general elections

-- 2021-10-10 11:37:51

Iraqis voted on Sunday in a general election many said they would boycott, having lost faith in the democratic system brought in by the US invasion of 2003, reports Reuters. The election is being hel...