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Chinese rush to renew passports as Covid border curbs lifted

-- 2023-01-09 15:24:33

People joined long queues outside immigration offices in Beijing on Monday, eager to renew their passports after China dropped Covid border controls that had largely prevented its 1.4 billion resident...

Taiwan condemns China for latest combat drills near island

Reuters 2023-01-09 14:33:44

Taiwan condemned China on Monday for holding its second military combat drills around the island in less than a month, with the defence ministry saying it had detected 57 Chinese aircraft. China view...

Delhi fog delays flights, cold wave closes schools

Reuters 2023-01-09 12:54:59

Heavy fog in Delhi on Monday delayed flights, and a cold wave forced authorities to defer school reopenings a week, as visibility fell and cars drove with their hazard lights on. The Indira Gandhi In...

Brazil investigates who led anti-democratic riots in capital

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-09 11:57:26

Brazil's Supreme Court late on Sunday removed the governor of Brasilia from office for 90 days due to flaws in security in the capital, after thousands of backers of far-right former presid...

Global leaders condemn assault on Brazilian government buildings

REUTERS 2023-01-09 10:24:01

Supporters of Brazil's far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday invaded the country's Supreme Court and its Congressional building and surrounded the presidential palace in Bras...

Biden condemns 'assault on democracy' in Brazil

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-09 09:46:50

US President Joe Biden on Sunday condemned "the assault on democracy" in Brazil after supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro invaded the country's Congress, presidential...

No sign of casualties at site of strikes Russia says killed hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-09 09:44:34

A Russian rocket strike on the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk caused damage but did not destroy buildings and there were no obvious signs of casualties, a Reuters witness said on Sunday, after Russia sa...

Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil presidential palace, Congress, Supreme Court

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-09 09:38:01

Supporters of Brazil's far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday invaded the country's Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court in Brasilia, in a grim echo of the US...

Gunmen kidnap 32 people from southern Nigeria train station

Reuters 2023-01-09 09:31:16

Gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles have abducted more than 30 people from a train station in Nigeria's southern Edo state, the governor's office said on Sunday. The attack is the latest example of the gr...

England rushes to discharge hospital patients to ease bed-blocking crisis

Reuters 2023-01-09 09:29:09

England's National Health Service (NHS) aims to begin discharging thousands of patients into care homes and other settings in the next few weeks in an effort to free up desperately needed beds during...

Biden to visit US-Mexico border first time since taking office

-- 2023-01-08 21:55:15

US President Joe Biden will visit the US-Mexico border on Sunday for the first time since taking office nearly two years ago, tackling one of the most politically charged issues in the country as he p...

Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers killed in rocket attack: Russia

-- 2023-01-08 20:11:07

Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday it had killed more than 600 Ukrainian servicemen in a massive rocket strike on two buildings in eastern Ukraine temporarily housing Ukrainian forces. Reuters...

NATO declines Serbia’s request to deploy its troops in Kosovo

-- 2023-01-08 19:23:25

NATO's mission in Kosovo, KFOR, has declined a Serbian government request to send up to 1,000 police and army personnel to Kosovo following a spate of clashes between Serbs and Kosovo authorities, Pre...

Boat with 185 Rohingya refugees land in Indonesia's Aceh region

-- 2023-01-08 17:33:36

A boat with 185 Rohingya refugees landed on the shores of Indonesia's Aceh province on Sunday, a local disaster agency official said, following hundreds who arrived late last year fleeing desperate co...

Iran hangs two men accused of killing security agent

Reuters 2023-01-08 12:04:49

Iran hanged two men on Saturday (January 7) for allegedly killing a member of the security forces during nationwide protests that stemmed from the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September. Video...

17 dead in China crash as holiday travel rush gets underway

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-08 11:18:30

 A traffic accident in southern China killed 17 people and injured 22 others early Sunday as the annual Lunar New Year holiday travel rush got underway, authorities said. The accident occurred o...

Heavy rains and snow clobber California and more is on the way

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-08 10:30:45

Yet another "atmospheric river" of dense, moist tropical air will clobber California on Monday with rain and mountain snow - the fifth of the weather phenomenon since Christmas -...

Moscow ends self-proclaimed ceasefire, vows to press ahead in Ukraine

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-08 10:04:09

Russia's overnight bombing of regions in eastern Ukraine killed at least one, local officials said on Sunday, after Moscow ended a self-declared Christmas ceasefire and vowed to push...

Prince Harry set to deliver more broadsides at UK royals in TV interviews

Reuters 2023-01-08 09:27:03

Days after Prince Harry's memoir accidentally went on sale early with new allegations of discord and conflict within the British royal family, a series of TV interviews with him will start airing on S...

One dead, 57 injured in accident on Mexico City metro

Reuters 2023-01-08 09:24:58

At least one person was killed and 57 were injured in a train collision on Mexico City's metro early on Saturday, local authorities said. The person killed in the morning accident was a young woman,...

China reopens borders in final farewell to zero-COVID

Reuters 2023-01-08 09:19:47

Travellers began streaming across land and sea crossings from Hong Kong to mainland China on Sunday, many eager for long-awaited reunions, as Beijing opened borders that have been all but shut since t...

South Sudan: Six journalists held over footage of president appearing to wet himself

-- 2023-01-07 22:47:36

Six journalists in South Sudan have been arrested over the circulation of footage appearing to show President Salva Kiir wetting himself, media rights groups say. In December, a video shared on socia...

Netherlands summons Iranian ambassador again over executions

-- 2023-01-07 22:39:50

The Dutch government will summon the Iranian ambassador to the Netherlands for the second time in a month to voice its deep concerns over the execution of demonstrators, Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstr...

Flexible work schedules win-win for all, says UN report

-- 2023-01-07 21:14:25

Flexible working hours can advance economies and businesses while helping employees and families achieve a better work-life balance, said a new report launched by the UN labour agency Friday. Issues...

London to host international meeting on alleged war crimes in Ukraine

-- 2023-01-07 20:31:28

Justice ministers from around the world will gather in London to scale up the support being offered to the International Criminal Court in its investigations of alleged war crimes in Ukraine, the Brit...

At least five African migrants die after boat sinks off Tunisia

-- 2023-01-07 19:28:19

At least five African migrants died and another 10 were missing after a boat sank off Tunisia, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a judicial official said on Saturday. The coastguard...

Biden faces Israel quandary with new Netanyahu government

-- 2023-01-07 17:38:41

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government is little more than a week old but it's already giving the Biden administration headaches. Just days into its mandate, a controversial membe...

China's 'great migration' kicks-off under shadow of COVID

-- 2023-01-07 16:05:35

China on Saturday marked the first day of "chun yun", the 40-day period of Lunar New Year travel known pre-pandemic as the world's largest annual migration of people, bracing for a huge increase in tr...

Nearly 200 people in Himalayan town evacuated after homes develop cracks

-- 2023-01-07 14:51:40

Indian authorities have moved nearly 200 people from their homes in the Himalayan town of Joshimath, an official said on Saturday, after hundreds of buildings in the area popular with pilgrims and tou...

Iran hangs two men accused of killing security official during protests

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-07 14:47:58

Iran hanged two men on Saturday for allegedly killing a security official during nationwide protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini on Sept 16, Reuters...