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Homosexuality is 'damage in the mind', says Qatar World Cup ambassador

Homosexuality is 'damage in the mind', says Qatar World Cup ambassador

-- 2022-11-08 19:52:06

A Qatar World Cup ambassador has told German television ZDF that homosexuality was "damage in the mind", as the Gulf state prepares to host the global tournament in less than two weeks. In an intervi...

Palestinian rights group accuses Israel of 'mafia methods'

Palestinian rights group accuses Israel of 'mafia methods'

-- 2022-11-08 14:03:39

A Palestinian human rights group told a UN panel on Monday it had been subject to threats and "mafia methods" during a campaign of harassment organised by Israel to silence groups documenting alleged...

Musk backs Republicans on eve of US midterms

Musk backs Republicans on eve of US midterms

-- 2022-11-08 12:32:03

Elon Musk, Twitter's new owner, urged Americans to elect a Republican Congress in US midterms on Tuesday to counterbalance President Joe Biden's Democrats, the first time a major social media CEO expl...

Developing countries need $1.0 trillion a year in climate finance

Developing countries need $1.0 trillion a year in climate finance

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-08 11:59:31

Developing countries need to work with investors, rich countries and development banks to secure $1 trillion a year in external financing for climate action by the end of the decade and to match that...

Russian troops loot Kherson homes, accuses Ukraine

Russian troops loot Kherson homes, accuses Ukraine

-- 2022-11-07 20:14:18

Ukraine accused Russia on Monday of looting empty homes in the southern city of Kherson and occupying them with troops in civilian clothes to prepare for street fighting in what both sides predict w...

COP27: We're on a highway to climate hell, UN boss says

COP27: We're on a highway to climate hell, UN boss says

-- 2022-11-07 18:33:20

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn fu...

Thailand's 'floating train' a big hit as dam waters rise

Thailand's 'floating train' a big hit as dam waters rise

-- 2022-11-07 17:55:36

Tickets have been selling out fast in Thailand for rides on a special "floating train", where passengers have been enjoying the illusion of aquatic rail travel due to a post-monsoon rise in water leve...

As planet heats, Brazil's anteaters face rising extinction risk

As planet heats, Brazil's anteaters face rising extinction risk

-- 2022-11-07 17:44:34

As their geolocator device beeps, the team of wildlife rehab experts approach a cluster of trees and spot their quarry: A young giant anteater, sleeping on a hot morning with her luxuriant tail shadin...

Six grain ships leave Ukrainian ports after Russia rejoins deal

Six grain ships leave Ukrainian ports after Russia rejoins deal

-- 2022-11-07 17:43:22

Six vessels carrying grain have left Ukrainian ports following Russia’s return to the Black Sea grain initiative, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Monday. On October 29, Russia susp...

Global mean sea level rise rate has doubled since 1993, says WMO report

Global mean sea level rise rate has doubled since 1993, says WMO report

UNB 2022-11-07 17:37:47

The past eight years are on track to be the eight warmest on record, fuelled by ever-rising greenhouse gas concentrations and accumulated heat, according to the World Meteorological Organization&rsquo...

British minister to meet Taiwan president, drawing China’s anger

British minister to meet Taiwan president, drawing China’s anger

-- 2022-11-07 17:02:10

A British minister will visit Taiwan this week for trade talks and meet President Tsai Ing-wen, his office said on Monday, drawing an angry reaction from Beijing to the latest high-level engagement be...

Israeli settlers have high hopes after Netanyahu election win

Israeli settlers have high hopes after Netanyahu election win

-- 2022-11-07 15:31:36

High atop a rocky hill in the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers exhilarated by a resounding right-wing election triumph surveyed a landscape dotted with Palestinian villages, scouting new spots to...

COP27 kicks off with deal to discuss climate compensation

COP27 kicks off with deal to discuss climate compensation

-- 2022-11-06 23:16:49

Delegates from nearly 200 countries kicked off the UN climate summit in Egypt on Sunday with an agreement to discuss compensating poor nations for mounting damage linked to global warming, placi...

Kherson authorities say no electricity, water in city after 'sabotage'

Kherson authorities say no electricity, water in city after 'sabotage'

-- 2022-11-06 21:42:43

The Russian-installed administration in Ukraine's Kherson region said on Sunday that a number of settlements, including Kherson city had lost water and power supplies after what it said was an act of...

Last year's deforestation pledge is off to a slow start

Last year's deforestation pledge is off to a slow start

Reuters 2022-11-06 21:17:58

One year after more than 140 countries pledged to halt all deforestation by 2030, little has been done to finance protections or pass new conservation laws, experts say. The pledge was praised widely...

Britain given extra bank holiday for coronation of King Charles III

Britain given extra bank holiday for coronation of King Charles III

-- 2022-11-06 19:16:59

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the crowning of King Charles III will be celebrated with an extra bank holiday across the country on Monday May 8, shortly after the coronation itself on 6 May....

COP27 puts climate compensation on agenda for first time

COP27 puts climate compensation on agenda for first time

-- 2022-11-06 18:24:24

Delegates at the UN's COP27 climate summit in Egypt agreed to discuss whether rich nations should compensate poor countries most vulnerable to climate change for their suffering. "This creates for th...

Imran Khan welcomes probe into shooting

Imran Khan welcomes probe into shooting

-- 2022-11-06 18:11:32

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday he welcomed the government's offer to launch a judicial commission to investigate the attack in which he was shot in the leg on Thursday. Kha...

Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania

Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania

-- 2022-11-06 16:59:46

A passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday while attempting to land at an airport in Bukoba, state-owned Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) reported. TBC said 15 people h...

Bahrain will build on partnership with Israel, says king's adviser

Bahrain will build on partnership with Israel, says king's adviser

-- 2022-11-06 16:46:51

Bahrain will continue to build its relationship with Israel after former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing allies triumphed in Israel's general election, the diplomatic adviser to B...

UK PM Sunak to pledge accelerated renewables plan at COP27

UK PM Sunak to pledge accelerated renewables plan at COP27

-- 2022-11-06 16:37:23

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will promise to speed up the UK's transition to renewable energy when he addresses the UN COP27 summit on climate change on Monday. According to Reuters, Sunak made...

US to send $400m more to Ukraine in military aid

US to send $400m more to Ukraine in military aid

-- 2022-11-06 16:37:22

The US is sending Ukraine $400 million more in military aid and establishing a security assistance headquarters in Germany that will oversee all weapons transfers and military training for Ukraine, th...

Nurses in Britain set to strike

Nurses in Britain set to strike

-- 2022-11-06 14:18:27

Nurses in Britain will go on strike, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said on Saturday, an action that will add to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's challenges during an economic crisis. The prospect of...

Xi opposing nuclear weapons in Ukraine was reason enough to visit China, Scholz says

Xi opposing nuclear weapons in Ukraine was reason enough to visit China, Scholz says

-- 2022-11-06 11:47:37

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who was heavily criticised for a trip to Beijing this week, said on Saturday his and Chinese President Xi Jinping's joint statement opposing the use of nuclear weapons i...

Climate activists block private jet take-offs at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport

Climate activists block private jet take-offs at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport

-- 2022-11-05 19:40:21

More than 100 environmental activists wearing white suits stormed into an area where private jets are kept at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Saturday and stopped several aircraft from departing by si...

South Africa gets $497m from World Bank to decommission coal-fired power plant

South Africa gets $497m from World Bank to decommission coal-fired power plant

-- 2022-11-05 18:53:04

A South African project to decommission and repurpose one of state-owned power utility Eskom's coal-fired power plants using renewables and batteries will get $497 million in financing from the World...

Iran acknowledges sending drones to Russia for first time

Iran acknowledges sending drones to Russia for first time

-- 2022-11-05 16:21:45

Iran’s foreign minister on Saturday acknowledged for the first time that his country has supplied Russia with drones, insisting the transfer came before Moscow’s war on Ukraine that has se...

At least 13 killed in Russian nightclub fire, officials say

At least 13 killed in Russian nightclub fire, officials say

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-05 15:27:37

At least thirteen people have died in a fire at a nightclub in the Russian city of Kostroma, the region's governor said on Saturday, Reuters reports. Kostroma is about 300 kilometres (190 miles...

Biden says Twitter spews lies across world

Biden says Twitter spews lies across world

-- 2022-11-05 15:18:55

US President Joe Biden said on Friday that Elon Musk had purchased the social media platform Twitter, which spews lies worldwide. Twitter laid off half its workforce on Friday but said cuts were more...

Malaysian leaders kick off election campaigns in tight race

Malaysian leaders kick off election campaigns in tight race

-- 2022-11-05 14:59:01

Malaysian political leaders began their election campaigning on Saturday for what is set to be a close race, with incumbent Prime Minister Ismail Sabri facing off with veterans Anwar Ibrahim and Muhyi...