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Google to invest $1 billion in Africa over next five years

-- 2021-10-06 20:25:54

Google plans to invest $1 billion in Africa over the next five years to ensure access to fast and cheaper internet and will back startups to support the continent's digital transformation, it said on...

Pandemic affects 248 million students in India, UNESCO says

-- 2021-10-06 16:51:04

India's school closures and its children's lack of smartphone and internet facilities amidst the COVID-19 pandemic have worsened an educational divide, the UN cultural agency said, flagging risks to y...

Two scientists get Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing tool to build molecules

-- 2021-10-06 16:21:30

German Benjamin List and Scottish-born David MacMillan won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of asymmetric organocatalysis, a "new and ingenious tool for molecule building". "Or...

ASEAN mulls excluding Myanmar junta chief from summit

-- 2021-10-06 13:36:52

Southeast Asian countries are discussing not inviting the head of Myanmar's junta to a summit this month, due to the military's failure to make progress on an agreed roadmap to restore peace in the st...

Military relations with China worst in 40 years, says Taiwan

-- 2021-10-06 13:00:58

Military relations with China are at their worst in 40 years, Taiwan's defence minister has said. Chiu Kuo-cheng also warned China would be capable of mounting a full-scale invasion of the island...

China could surprise the world at Glasgow climate talks: Al Gore

-- 2021-10-06 10:45:35

Former US Vice President Al Gore is hopeful China and the United States will set aside their differences at UN climate change talks in Glasgow, just as they came together in 2015 to help hammer out th...

Robots give Greece's postal service speed boost

-- 2021-10-06 10:18:22

There's a new addition to Greece's postal service: a fleet of yellow robots sorting through the mail. Fifty-five small, four-wheeled autonomous mobile robots -- or AMR's -- powered by artificial inte...

Whistleblower says how Facebook 'operating in the shadows'

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-06 08:53:53

US lawmakers pounded Facebook on Tuesday, accusing CEO Mark Zuckerberg of pushing for higher profits while being cavalier about user safety, and they demanded regulators investigate whistleblower accu...

Numerous ships waiting to unload at California port following oil spill

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-06 08:48:51

A section of the oil pipeline that burst off the Southern California coast was displaced 105 feet (32 meters) across the ocean floor, officials said on Tuesday, fueling speculation that a ship's ancho...

India's Supreme Court orders states to pay $672 compensation for each COVID death

-- 2021-10-05 20:18:38

India's top court ordered state authorities to pay $672 (50,000 rupees) as compensation for each death caused by COVID-19, as a way to help families cope with the loss, according to its order reviewed...

BBC may not exist in 10 years for ‘elitist’ attitude, British secretary says

-- 2021-10-05 18:33:18

Describing BBC as an 'elitist' and 'biased' broadcaster, British Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has said the broadcaster may not exist in 10 years. She also suggested that the BBC needs ‘real...

Scientists Manabe, Hasselmann and Parisi win Nobel Prize in Physics

-- 2021-10-05 16:39:19

Scientists Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics for their "groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems," the award...

French Catholic priests abused 216,000 children since 1950

-- 2021-10-05 15:06:48

Some 216,000 children have been victims of abuse by members of the Catholic clergy in France since 1950, the head of a panel investigating abuses by Church members says. Jean-Marc Sauv&eacute...

Biden aides to assure Israelis of pursuing 'other avenues' if Iran diplomacy fails

-- 2021-10-05 12:15:45

Top US officials will tell their Israeli counterparts on Tuesday that the Biden administration remains committed to diplomacy with Iran, but if necessary would be prepared to pursue "other avenues" to...

Refugee admissions hit record low in USA

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-05 12:00:55

Refugee admissions to the United States fell to a record low during the 2021 budget year, despite President Joe Biden's pledge to reverse the sharp cuts made by the Trump administration, according to...

Germany's next government faces three major economic challenges

-- 2021-10-05 11:49:13

Chancellor Angela Merkel has steered Germany through many crises over the past 16 years, but she has also left behind a mixed legacy and failed to tackle some deep structural problems in Europe's larg...

China property sector woes deepen as markets await Evergrande deal

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-05 11:45:04

As investors were abuzz on Tuesday with cash-strapped China Evergrande Group's possible sale of a stake in a unit to raise as much as $5.0 billion, more Chinese property developers grappled with ratin...

Pandora Papers: Rich and powerful deny wrongdoing after dump of purported secrets

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-05 10:46:39

The Czech prime minister, the king of Jordan and the chairman of a well-known Indian conglomerate were among global figures denying wrongdoing on Monday after the leak of what major news outlets calle...

Japan parliament elects former diplomat Kishida as new PM

-- 2021-10-04 16:43:28

Japan's parliament on Monday elected Fumio Kishida, a former moderate turned hawk, as prime minister. He'll face an economy battered by the pandemic, security threats from China and North Korea and le...

American scientists Julius, Patapoutian win 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine

-- 2021-10-04 16:21:09

American scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch, the award-giving body said on M...

Indonesia to reopen Bali for visitors of some countries from Oct 14

-- 2021-10-04 14:51:16

Indonesia will reopen its tourist island Bali for some international travellers, including those from China, New Zealand, and Japan, among others, from Oct. 14, senior cabinet minister Luhut Pandjaita...

Taliban say forces destroyed IS cell in Kabul hours after blast

-- 2021-10-04 13:02:44

Taliban government forces destroyed an Islamic State cell in the north of Kabul late on Sunday, a spokesperson for the movement said, after a blast outside a mosque in the Afghan capital killed and...

New Zealand abandons elimination strategy as Delta persists

-- 2021-10-04 12:50:08

New Zealand on Monday abandoned its strategy of eliminating coronavirus amid a persistent Delta outbreak, and will instead look to live with the virus and control its spread as vaccinations rise. The...

Pandora papers reveal hidden riches of Putin’s alleged love, inner circle

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-04 11:58:58

The secret wealth of Russian president Vladimir Putin's numerous close associates has been revealed in the biggest trove of leaked offshore data in history, Britain's The Guardian reports. They inclu...

Lars Vilks, who drew controversial cartoon of Prophet Muhammad, dies in road accident

-- 2021-10-04 11:45:36

A Swedish cartoonist who sketched the Prophet Muhammad's head on a dog's body has died in a traffic accident, BBC reported citing local media. Lars Vilks was reportedly travelling in a ci...

Pakistan's finance minister among over 700 Pakistanis named in Pandora Papers

-- 2021-10-04 11:37:24

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on Sunday unveiled “Pandora Papers” — a major international research into the financial secrets held by hig...

Pandora Papers: Key findings on offshore wealth

-- 2021-10-04 10:56:01

A group of news organisations has released the following main findings after reviewing what it describes as a massive leak of confidential financial records revealing assets held offshore by politicia...

Two Koreas restore hotlines as North urges South to mend relations

-- 2021-10-04 10:50:14

The two Koreas on Monday restored their hotlines that the North severed months ago, with Pyongyang urging Seoul to step up efforts to improve relations after criticising what it called double standard...

Pandora Papers: Document dump allegedly ties world leaders to secret wealth

-- 2021-10-04 10:38:25

A massive leak of financial documents was published by several major news organisations on Sunday that allegedly tie world leaders to secret stores of wealth, including King Abdullah of Jordan, Czech...

Small plane crashes into empty building outside Milan, all eight on board die

-- 2021-10-03 20:51:47

A small private plane crashed into an empty building on the outskirts of Milan, northern Italy, on Sunday, killing all eight people on board. The plane, which took off from Milan's Linate city airpor...