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G7 begins to press Russia on Ukraine with oil price cap

FE ONLINE REPORT  2022-12-05 12:20:44

A Group of Seven (G7) price cap on Russian seaborne oil came into force on Monday as the West tries to limit Moscow's ability to finance its war in Ukraine, though Russia has said it will not ab...

Zelensky urges residents to be strong as Ukraine races to restore power

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-05 11:45:17

President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Ukrainians to be patient and strong in resisting the rigours of winter, as officials pressed ahead with efforts to restore power and other services knocked out...

Migrant workers aim to stay in Qatar far beyond World Cup final

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-05 10:38:53

Senegal's loss to England on Sunday saw Africa's hopes of lifting the trophy in Qatar recede even further but the migrant workers watching the game at a specially-built fan zone were still hopin...

Iran's top legal cleric says morality police shut down

-- 2022-12-04 21:03:51

Protesters in Iran called on Sunday for a three-day strike this week, stepping up pressure on authorities after the public prosecutor said the morality police whose detention of a young woman triggere...

Macron says West should consider Russian guarantee

-- 2022-12-04 18:31:30

The West should consider how to address Russia's need for security guarantees if President Vladimir Putin agrees to negotiations about ending the war in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said...

Russia says it won't accept oil price cap and is preparing response

-- 2022-12-04 16:56:48

Russia "will not accept" a price cap on its oil and is analysing how to respond, the Kremlin said in comments reported on Saturday, in response to a deal by Western powers aimed at limiting a key sour...

Indonesia evacuates villagers as volcano erupts on Java island

-- 2022-12-04 16:54:20

 A volcano erupted in Indonesia on Sunday spewing a cloud of ash 15 km into the sky and forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people, authorities said, as they issued their highest warning for t...

India plans federal oversight of all real-money online games

-- 2022-12-04 16:27:06

India's planned regulation of online gaming will apply to all real-money games after the prime minister's office overruled a proposal to only regulate games of skill and leave out games of chance, acc...

Indonesia raises volcano warning to highest after Semeru erupts

REUTERS 2022-12-04 13:44:59

Indonesian authorities raised the warning on Semeru volcano to the highest level on Sunday after an eruption spewed a column of ash high into the air, the country's vulcanology agency said. The evacu...

IS claims responsibility for attack on Pakistani embassy in Kabul

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-04 12:48:16

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on Pakistan's embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, a statement carried by one of the militant group's affiliated channels on Telegram said...

South Africa leader Cyril Ramaphosa won't resign, says spokesman

BBC 2022-12-04 10:20:47

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will not resign despite a scandal over money stolen from his farm, his spokesman says. The row centres on claims he kept large sums of cash on his...

Iran state body reports 200 dead in protests, Raisi hails 'freedoms'

REUTERS 2022-12-04 10:12:55

President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday hailed Iran's Islamic Republic as a guarantor of rights and freedoms, defending the ruling system amid a crackdown on anti-government protests that the United Natio...

US Air Force unveils new B-21 Raider nuclear stealth bomber

-- 2022-12-03 21:32:51

The US Air Force has unveiled its newest nuclear stealth bomber, the B-21, which will gradually replace aircraft first flown in the Cold War. The first new bomber in 30 years could cost nearly $700m...

Russia says 'dangerous' price cap won't curb demand for its oil

-- 2022-12-03 20:13:03

Russia said on Saturday it would continue to find buyers for its oil, despite what it said was a "dangerous" attempt by Western governments to introduce a price cap on its oil exports. A coalition of...

Magnitude 6.4 quake hits Indonesia's West Java

-- 2022-12-03 17:39:51

A magnitude 6.4 quake hit Indonesia's West Java area on Saturday at a depth of 118 km (73 miles), sending people running out of buildings, the country's geophysics agency BMKG said. The quake has no...

Ukraine grain exports down 29.6pc so far in 2022/23 season

-- 2022-12-03 17:38:17

Ukraine has exported almost 18.1 million tonnes of grain so far in the 2022/23 season, down 29.6 per cent from the 25.8 million tonnes exported by the same stage of the previous season, agriculture mi...

Male lawmaker slaps female colleague in Senegal’s parliament

-- 2022-12-03 17:15:32

A violent brawl broke out in Senegal’s parliament on Thursday after a male opposition lawmaker slapped a female colleague in the face, television footage showed, amid growing acrimony between ru...

Bomb blast at Trinamool leader's house leaves three dead

-- 2022-12-03 16:33:29

A bomb blast at the residence of a leader of India’s Trinamool Congress has left three people, including the leader, dead in West Bengal’s East Medinipur , according to Indian broadcaster...

Beijing, Shenzhen loosen more COVID curbs as China fine-tunes policy

-- 2022-12-03 16:28:53

Beijing residents on Saturday cheered the removal of COVID-19 testing booths while Shenzhen said it would no longer require commuters to present test results to travel, as an easing of China's virus c...

Zelensky's chief of staff: Price cap on Russian oil should be lowered to $30 a barrel

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-03 15:10:34

The price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil agreed to by the Group of Seven nations and Australia on Friday should be lowered to $30 per barrel to hit Russia's economy harder, a senior Ukrainian presi...

Afghan capital hit by attacks near ex-PM Hekmatyar's office, Pakistan Embassy

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-03 13:44:57

One person was killed on Friday in a suicide bomb attack near the Kabul office of the Hezb-e-Islami party, former Afghan Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, said, the same day as an apparent fai...

Ukrainian embassies across Europe receive 'bloody packages' containing animal eyes

-- 2022-12-03 12:38:27

Ukraine's embassy in Madrid received a parcel containing animal eyes on Friday, the latest in a series of similar "bloody packages" sent to its diplomatic missions across Europe, Ukrainian and Spanish...

Malaysia PM Anwar to helm finance ministry

FE ONLINE REPORT  2022-12-03 11:51:19

Malaysia's newly-appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday that he would also serve as the country's finance minister, retaking a cabinet role he first held 30 years ago as he looks...

Kyiv schools adapt to survive under Russian bombardment

-- 2022-12-03 11:35:24

Despite the missile strikes and power cuts that have become a regular occurrence in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv's 190,000 remaining school children are still expected to attend classes, whether online or...

Zambia to ration electricity for domestic customers

REUTERS 2022-12-03 11:28:06

Zambia will start rationing electricity supply to domestic consumers from Dec 15 following a big drop in water levels in lake Kariba, threatening hydropower generation, Energy Minister Peter Kapala sa...

Ukraine war shows Europe too reliant on US, Finland PM says

-- 2022-12-03 10:34:51

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shown that Europe is too reliant on the United States for its own security, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Friday. Speaking at a think tank in Sydney, Aus...

Top Iran Sunni cleric says protesters should not face death sentences

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-03 10:20:09

A prominent Sunni cleric said on Friday it was wrong to charge protesters with capital offences as renewed demonstrations shook Iran's restive southeast in the third month of prote...

Putin open to talks, diplomacy on Ukraine: Kremlin

-- 2022-12-02 18:32:21

President Vladimir Putin is open to talks on a possible settlement to the conflict in Ukraine and believes in a diplomatic solution, the Kremlin said on Friday after Joe Biden suggested he was prepare...

Over 10,000 Ukrainian troops killed in war

-- 2022-12-02 17:45:34

A top adviser to Ukraine’s president has cited military chiefs as saying 10,000 to 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the country’s nine-month struggle against Russia’s in...

US, France vow to hold Russia to account on Ukraine

-- 2022-12-02 16:16:41

The presidents of the United States and France said they would hold Russia to account for its actions in Ukraine and the European Union reached tentative agreement on an oil price cap to squeeze Mosco...