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South Africa reports bird flu outbreak on a farm

-- 2022-11-14 19:51:32

South Africa reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N2 bird flu on a farm in the eastern part of the country, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Monday, citing a...

India lays out steps to achieve net zero by 2070 at COP27 summit

-- 2022-11-14 18:01:49

India laid out on Monday the steps it will take to achieve net zero by 2070, releasing its Long-Term Low Emissions and Development Strategies (LT-LEDS) at the COP27 summit in Egypt. Under the Paris A...

Russia's Lavrov denies report that he was taken to hospital at G20

-- 2022-11-14 16:48:47

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday denied an Associated Press report that he had been taken to hospital with a heart condition, scolding Western journalists for what he cast as false rep...

Zelensky visits Kherson, thanks allies for support

-- 2022-11-14 16:12:13

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Kherson on Monday, days after a Russian troop withdrawal from the southern Ukrainian city after months of occupation, reports Reuters. "We are moving fo...

Slovenia elects first female president

-- 2022-11-14 12:12:11

Natasa Pirc Musar, a lawyer, won the second round of Slovenia's presidential election on Sunday and will become its first female head of state, preliminary results showed. Pirc Musar, 54, won 53.86 p...

Erdogan says bomb explosion in Istanbul 'smells like terrorism'

-- 2022-11-14 11:21:19

Six people were killed and 81 others wounded on Sunday when an explosion rocked a busy pedestrian street in central Istanbul in what Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called a bomb attack that "smells...

Ahead of a tense G20 summit, Biden and Xi to meet for talks

-- 2022-11-14 10:35:05

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will arrive on the Indonesian island of Bali on Monday for a long-awaited meeting with US President Joe Biden, ahead of a Group of 20 (G20) summit set to be fraught with tens...

Explosion on Istanbul’s pedestrian avenue; deaths reported

-- 2022-11-13 20:49:21

An explosion on Istanbul's popular pedestrian Istiklal Avenue Sunday has left people dead and injured, a senior official said. Istanbul Gov Ali Yerlikaya tweeted that the explosion occurred at about...

Six killed after vintage aircraft collide at Dallas air show

-- 2022-11-13 20:38:02

Six people were killed after two historic military planes collided and crashed to the ground Saturday afternoon during a Dallas air show, officials said. “According to our Dallas County Medical...

Britain must raise taxes and cut spending, Jeremy Hunt says ahead of budget

-- 2022-11-13 20:17:51

British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt said he will set out tax rises and spending cuts this week to show Britain can fix its public finances and restore its economic credibility after financial market...

Democrats keep control of US Senate, crush Republican 'red wave' hopes

-- 2022-11-13 20:08:49

Democrats held onto control of the US Senate, handing a major victory to President Joe Biden and extinguishing hopes of the "red wave" that Republicans had expected leading into the midterm elections....

At COP27 climate talks, slow progress stokes worry over final deal

-- 2022-11-13 20:04:34

One week into this year's UN climate summit in Egypt, frustrations were starting to flare as negotiators worried about resolving myriad details in time for a deal by the summit's scheduled close on Fr...

Ukraine troops greeted with flowers in Kherson after Russian retreat

-- 2022-11-13 19:01:16

Villagers holding flowers waited on the road to the southern city of Kherson to greet and kiss Ukrainian soldiers on Saturday as they poured in to secure control of the right bank of the Dnipro River...

Ethiopia combatants sign deal to start implementing truce

-- 2022-11-13 18:50:09

The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces on Saturday signed an agreement laying out the roadmap for implementation of a peace deal that both sides reached in South Africa this month. Representati...

Biden promises competition with China, not conflict as first summit ends in Asia

-- 2022-11-13 18:27:31

US President Joe Biden told Asian leaders on Sunday that US communication lines with China would stay open to prevent conflict, as the first of three summits of world leaders this week ended, with ten...

Japan and South Korea reaffirm efforts to resolve wartime labour disputes

-- 2022-11-13 17:52:23

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday said that he and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol have reaffirmed that their countries will work towards a swift resolution of the wartime labour is...

US supports India's G20 presidency

-- 2022-11-13 16:05:32

The United States (US) has supported India for G20 presidency, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted on Sunday. India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also tweeted as the two lea...

Nineteen dead in Egypt after bus falls into canal

-- 2022-11-13 13:29:57

Nineteen people were killed and six others were injured when a bus fell into a canal in northern Egypt on Saturday, the Health Ministry said. The bus was carrying some 35 people when it deraile...

Rich countries urged to fulfil financing gap for climate action

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-13 13:27:51

Civil Society leaders from MVCs (Most Vulnerable Countries) met a press conference in CoP 27 conference venue and demanded for a real NDC (National Determined Contribution) target from big carbon emit...

Russia says it renewed demands over fertiliser exports at UN talks

-- 2022-11-12 19:00:47

Russia on Saturday restated its insistence on unhindered access to world markets for its food and fertiliser exports after what it called a "thorough exchange of views" with UN officials the day befor...

Britain, France set to strike deal to tackle illegal migration

-- 2022-11-12 18:33:33

Britain and France are likely to strike a deal as soon as Monday to ramp up their joint efforts to stop illegal migrants from making perilous crossings of the English Channel. The agreement will sign...

ADB announces mobilising $200m for water resilience programme in Asia, Pacific

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-11-12 18:19:02

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently joined with partners at COP27 to announce the ambition to mobilise more than $200 million from 2021 until 2025 to create water and sanitation resilience and s...

UN climate talks near halftime with key issues unresolved

-- 2022-11-12 17:58:58

As the UN climate talks in Egypt near the half-way point, negotiators are working hard to draft deals on a wide range of issues they'll put to ministers next week in the hope of getting a substantial...

China says it will continue fine-tuning COVID measures

-- 2022-11-12 17:26:34

China will keep fine-tuning its steps to control COVID-19 as it tries to minimise infections and serious cases, officials said on Saturday, a day after surprise announcements to lessen the impact of a...

At least 17 dead in Egypt after bus falls into canal

-- 2022-11-12 17:18:05

At least 17 people were killed and 16 injured when a bus carrying about 35 people fell into a canal in northern Egypt on Saturday, security sources said, according to Reuters.

Myanmar must return to democracy for regional peace, says UN chief

-- 2022-11-12 17:08:08

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the Myanmar military government to immediately return to democracy, saying the current situation in the country was a threat to peace in the...

London’s Heathrow rules out passenger limits for Christmas

-- 2022-11-12 15:09:00

London’s Heathrow airport, one of the world's busiest, will not need to cap passenger numbers for the Christmas peak as it works to minimise the impact of strike action at the airport ahead of t...

Trump sues Jan 6 panel in bid to block subpoena

-- 2022-11-12 12:22:27

Former US President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to avoid being compelled to testify or provide any documentation to a congressional panel investigating his supporters' violent attac...

Ukrainians celebrate soldiers retaking Kherson

-- 2022-11-12 11:42:48

Jubilant residents welcomed Ukrainian troops arriving in the centre of Kherson on Friday after Russia abandoned the only regional capital it had captured since its invasion began in February. "Today...

India’s top court orders release of six convicts in Rajiv Gandhi murder case

-- 2022-11-11 19:30:51

India's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of six people, including one woman, who were convicted in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, drawing sharp criticism f...