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Sri Lanka's cancer patients struggle amid economic chaos

REUTERS 2022-12-23 12:34:40

Priyantha Kumarasinghe starts his day in the small Sri Lankan town of Maharagama with a breakfast of two biscuits and a small glass of tea, followed by a round of cancer medi...

Thailand hosts Myanmar junta figures in talks, key ASEAN nations skip

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-23 12:32:30

Thailand hosted regional talks on Thursday to discuss the crisis in army-run Myanmar including rare international appearances by junta ministers, but several&n...

India randomly testing international visitors for COVID-19

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-23 10:24:40

India has begun randomly testing international passengers arriving at its airports for COVID-19, the country’s health minister said Thursday, citing an increase in cases in neighboring China. M...

Thailand hosts informal meeting on Myanmar political crisis

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-23 10:19:08

Three Cabinet ministers from Myanmar attended an informal regional meeting in Thailand's capital on Thursday to discuss efforts to restore peace in the military-run country, Thai officials said....

North Korea denies media report it supplied munitions to Russia

-- 2022-12-23 10:17:45

North Korea's foreign ministry denied a media report it supplied munitions to Russia, calling it "groundless," and denounced the United States for providing lethal weapons to Ukraine, the North's offi...

Russia wants end to war, all conflicts end with diplomacy: Putin

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-23 09:29:36

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia wants an end to the war in Ukraine, and all armed conflicts end with diplomatic negotiations, Reuters reports. "Our goal is not...

England reports 94 deaths from scarlet fever so far this season

-- 2022-12-22 21:57:40

England reported 94 deaths, including those of 21 children, from scarlet fever and invasive strep A infections so far this season the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Thursday. The British g...

Dozens protest in Afghan capital after Taliban close universities to women

-- 2022-12-22 19:51:53

Dozens of women gathered outside Kabul University on Thursday to protest in the first major public demonstration in the capital since the Taliban's decision to close universities to female students....

China's military sends 39 warplanes, 3 ships toward Taiwan in 24 hours

-- 2022-12-22 17:50:09

China’s military sent 39 planes and three ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the island, Taiwan’s defence ministry said Thursday. China’s military harassm...

'Asia's El Chapo' extradited to Australia to face drug trafficking charge

-- 2022-12-22 17:25:07

Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Thursday it had taken the head of a global drug trafficking syndicate, dubbed 'Asia's El Chapo', into custody after he was extradited from the Netherlands. The...

Fiji military called in to 'help maintain order' after disputed election

-- 2022-12-22 17:18:19

Fiji's military will help police maintain law and order, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said on Thursday, citing growing concerns of ethnic tension after an election last week resulted in a hung par...

Philippines orders strengthened military presence after 'Chinese activities' near islands

-- 2022-12-22 16:39:56

The Philippines' defence ministry on Thursday ordered the military to strengthen its presence in the South China Sea after monitoring "Chinese activities" in disputed waters close to a strategic Phili...

US slaps sanctions on Iran officials over protest crackdown

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-22 12:47:29

The United States imposed sanctions on Iranian officials on Wednesday, including the prosecutor general and key military officials, stepping up pressure on Tehran over its crackdown on protests,...

Shanghai hospital readies for 'tragic battle' with COVID

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-22 12:17:45

A Shanghai hospital has told its staff to prepare for a "tragic battle" with COVID-19 as it expects half of the city's 25 million people to get infected by the end of the year while the virus sw...

Zelensky appeals to US Republican critics as war with Russia rages

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-22 10:56:17

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky faced a critical audience when he addressed a joint session of the US Congress on Wednesday: House Republicans who could hold up billions of dollar...

Nepal to release serial killer Charles 'the serpent' Sobhraj

-- 2022-12-22 10:44:24

Nepal's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release, due to his age, of Charles Sobhraj, a French national known as "the serpent" who police say is responsible for a string of murders in the...

UN council demands end to Myanmar violence in first resolution in decades

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-22 10:26:04

The UN Security Council adopted its first resolution on Myanmar in 74 years on Wednesday to demand an end to violence and urge the military junta to release all political prisoners, including ou...

Trump paid no income tax in 2020, reported losses in office, records show

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-22 09:57:30

Donald Trump paid no income tax during the final full year of his presidency as he reported a loss from his sprawling business interests, according to tax figures released by a congressional pan...

Reaction to Taliban ban on university education for women

-- 2022-12-21 21:36:44

Afghanistan's Taliban-run government on Tuesday suspended university access for female students, drawing condemnation from foreign governments and complicating efforts by the Taliban administration to...

First foreign Covid-19 vaccines head to China from Germany

-- 2022-12-21 20:45:11

Berlin has sent its first batch of BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines to China to be administered initially to German expatriates, a German government spokesperson said on Wednesday, the first foreign coronav...

Gambia panel seeks legal actions against Indian firm for cough syrup deaths

-- 2022-12-21 19:21:14

A parliamentary committee in The Gambia has recommended the prosecution of the Indian manufacturer of cough syrups suspected of causing the deaths of at least 70 children in the country. It said Maid...

US Capitol riot probe panel wraps up its work with 1,000-page final report

-- 2022-12-21 18:37:28

The US congressional panel probing the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol wraps up its work on Wednesday with a final report outlining its case that former President Donald Trump should face crimi...

Zelensky says he is on way to Washington to meet Biden

-- 2022-12-21 17:34:59

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is on his way to Washington, where he will meet US President Joe Biden on Wednesday. It is his first foreign trip since Russia invaded in February. Det...

Easy to dodge EU gas cap unlikely to tame prices

REUTERS 2022-12-21 16:21:24

A gas price cap agreed by the European Union will be easy to avoid and is unlikely to achieve the bloc's aim of reducing energy prices, analysts and market participants said. After months of wranglin...

India's Kerala state culls hundreds of birds after avian flu outbreak

-- 2022-12-21 16:05:52

Hundreds of birds were culled in India's southern state of Kerala where a district has seen a surge in the number of bird flu or avian influenza cases, local health officials said. After an outbreak...

India to step up Covid surveillance as cases increase elsewhere

-- 2022-12-21 14:40:53

India's government has asked all states to step up surveillance for any new variants of the coronavirus, citing an increase in Covid-19 cases in China and elsewhere. India has reported the most Covid...

25 militants killed in Pakistan army raid on detention centre

-- 2022-12-21 14:29:54

Pakistan's security forces killed 25 of 35 Islamist militants holed up in a counter-terrorism centre in the northwestern city of Bannu, while one hostage and two commandos died in the operation to ret...

Peru orders Mexico's ambassador to leave

-- 2022-12-21 13:07:10

Peru declared Mexico's ambassador to Lima "persona non grata" and ordered him to leave the country on Tuesday, Peru's foreign minister announced, in the latest escalation of tensions between the two n...

At least 100 Rohingya stranded in boat off India's coast, many dead, activists say

REUTERS 2022-12-21 11:58:33

At least 100 ethnic Rohingya are stranded in a boat off India's Andaman Islands and as many as 16-20 may have have died of thirst, hunger or drowned, said two Myanmar Rohingya activist groups....

Magnitude 6.4 quake rattles California, leaves two dead

-- 2022-12-21 11:26:16

A powerful magnitude 6.4 earthquake jolted the extreme northern coast of California before dawn on Tuesday, crumpling homes and roads, rupturing utility lines and leaving thousands of residents withou...