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India's e-bus ambition hits financing speed bump

-- 2022-12-17 18:11:31

Indian banks are reluctant to lend to electric-bus makers for supply to ailing state transport operators over concerns on recovery of dues, hurting the country's goal of curbing vehicle emissions, sai...

Varadkar set to be elected Irish PM

-- 2022-12-17 17:39:53

Leo Varadkar was set to be elected Irish prime minister for the second time on Saturday, taking over from Micheál Martin under a novel rotation agreement struck between their two parties - once...

Philippine artist creates paintings using his own blood

-- 2022-12-17 17:25:49

Philippine artist Elito Circa has blood on his hands, literally - but only to create art with. Using blood taken from his own veins, the 52-year old produces canvas paintings that have drawn both pra...

Pacifist Japan unveils biggest military build-up since World War Two

REUTERS 2022-12-17 16:47:34

Japan on Friday unveiled its biggest military build up since World War Two with a $320 billion plan that will buy missiles capable of striking China and ready it for sustained conflict, as regional te...

France announces it will end visa restrictions with Morocco

-- 2022-12-17 16:19:32

France will end visa restrictions for Moroccan nationals, the foreign minister said on Friday, in a sign of warmer relations between the two countries after more than a year of tensions between Paris...

Ukraine's second city Kharkiv without power after Russian strikes

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-17 15:29:05

Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv was for hours left without power after the latest wave of Russian strikes targeted energy stations across the country. Local officials said as many as nin...

Death toll at Malaysia campsite landslide rises to 23, 10 still missing

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-17 15:08:50

Rescue teams searching for missing campers caught in Friday's landslide at an unlicensed campsite in Malaysia recovered the bodies of a woman and a boy, raising the death toll to 23, Reuters rep...

Shanghai asks schools to hold classes online from Dec 19

REUTERS 2022-12-17 13:28:25

Shanghai's education bureau has asked most grades in primary, middle and high school to hold classes online from Monday as worsening COVID-19 infections hit major cities across China. The bureau on S...

Capitol riot: Committee to seek charges for Trump

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-17 12:29:23

The congressional inquiry into last year's Capitol riot will reportedly recommend three criminal charges against former President Donald Trump. The House of Representatives select committee will seek...

Russia fires scores of missiles in one of its biggest attacks on Ukraine

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-17 11:17:24

Russia fired more than 70 missiles at Ukraine on Friday in one of its biggest attacks since the start of the war, knocking out power in the second-biggest city and forcing Kyiv to implement emer...

'Group of Friends' launched to make crimes against UN peacekeepers answerable

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-17 10:42:05

Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith has said the attacks against the peacekeepers must be dealt with seriously. "Reinvigorated efforts and initiatives ar...

New Covid model predicts over 1 million deaths in China through 2023

-- 2022-12-17 10:15:53

China's abrupt lifting of stringent COVID-19 restrictions could result in an explosion of cases and over a million deaths through 2023, according to new projections from the US-based Institute of Heal...

Malaysia campsite search continues as 12 still missing after deadly landslide

REUTERS 2022-12-17 10:00:20

The search for the remaining 12 campers caught in Friday's deadly landslide at an unlicensed campsite in Malaysia continued for a second day after an overnight halt due to bad weather, officials said....

Huge Berlin aquarium bursts, spilling 1,500 fish onto road

REUTERS 2022-12-17 09:13:38

A huge aquarium in Berlin burst early on Friday, spilling 1 million litres (264,172 gallons) of water, around 1,500 exotic fish and debris onto a major road in the busy Mitte district, emergency servi...

Fire near French city of Lyon kills 10, including five children

-- 2022-12-16 14:35:24

Ten people, including five children aged three to 15, were killed in a fire in the early hours of Friday in a residential building in Vaulx-en-Velin, near the French city of Lyon, Interior Minister Ge...

Ukrainian shelling kills eight, injures 23 in Russia-controlled eastern Ukraine

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-16 14:09:04

At least eight people were killed and 23 injured by Ukrainian shelling in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region of Ukraine, Russia's state TASS news agency reported on Friday, citing an uni...

GEF climate adaptation funds to support V20 Group efforts to minimise climate impacts

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-16 12:49:06

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Climate adaptation funds support the V20’s funding program with $5.3 million for community-based adaptation activities and will also leverage funding from o...

Malaysia landslide kills 12 at campsite, more than 20 missing

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-16 10:39:07

A landslide killed at least 12 people while they slept at a campsite in Malaysia early on Friday, officials said, as search teams scoured thick mud...

Indonesia parliament approves extradition treaty with Singapore

-- 2022-12-15 17:49:17

Indonesia's parliament passed into law a bilateral extradition agreement with Singapore on Thursday, in a move Jakarta expects to help authorities bring to justice people accused of stashing offshore...

Pakistan signs $475m flood loan deal with ADB

-- 2022-12-15 17:33:00

Pakistan has signed a $475 million loan agreement for flood relief with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the country's economic affairs minister said on Thursday. "This concessionary loan, at 1.0 pe...

US plans for more migrant releases when asylum limits end

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-15 11:46:48

The Department of Homeland Security said more migrants may be released into the United States to pursue immigration cases when Trump-era asylum restrictions end next week in one of its most detailed a...

Russia says no Christmas ceasefire in Ukraine

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-15 11:45:20

Moscow said no "Christmas ceasefire" was on the cards after nearly 10 months of war in Ukraine, rejecting a call by Kyiv to start withdrawing troops by Christmas as a step to end Europ...

Peru declares state of emergency

-- 2022-12-15 10:32:48

Peru announced a nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday, granting police special powers and limiting freedoms including the right to assembly, after a week of fiery protests that have left at leas...

Afghan Taliban admin, Myanmar junta not allowed into United Nations for now

-- 2022-12-15 10:15:40

A decision on whether the Afghan Taliban administration and the Myanmar junta can send a United Nations ambassador to New York has been postponed for a second time, but could be reconsidered in the ne...

Ukraine shoots down drones as Russia attacks Kyiv

-- 2022-12-14 17:32:00

Ukrainian forces shot down 13 drones on Wednesday, officials said, as Russia launched its first major drone attack on the capital in weeks. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said explosions had rocked the...

US mulls sending advanced air defence system to Ukraine

-- 2022-12-14 17:27:35

The United States was finalising plans to send its sophisticated Patriot air defence system to Ukraine in a potentially pivotal move while allies pledged just over 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion) to h...

Air pollution blights India’s capital

-- 2022-12-14 16:23:59

A smoky haze hangs over India's northern plains and its capital, New Delhi, every year as winter sets in, raising fears for the health of many millions of people as authorities order fixes that do lit...

Convicted Bali bomb maker apologises to victims’ families

-- 2022-12-14 16:07:31

An Indonesian bomb maker convicted for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub attacks has apologised to the victims' families, after his release from prison was met with outrage in Australia. Uma...

Record number of journalists imprisoned worldwide in 2022

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-14 15:26:32

A record number of journalists were imprisoned globally in 2022, said a report released by press freedom watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres) or RSF on Wednesday. According...

Indian, Chinese troops clash at border in fresh faceoff

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-14 14:44:18

Soldiers from India and China clashed last week along their disputed border, India’s defense minister said Tuesday, in the latest violence along the contested frontier since June 2020, when troo...