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Afghanistan appeals for international aid

Afghanistan appeals for international aid

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-06-23 11:06:35

The Taliban in Afghanistan have appealed for international support, as the country deals with the aftermath of a devastating 6.1 magnitude earthquake. More than 1,000 people have been killed and at l...

Death toll from Afghan earthquake reaches 1,000

Death toll from Afghan earthquake reaches 1,000

-- 2022-06-22 20:41:33

The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday hit 1,000, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles in from re...

Sri Lanka plans donor conference to find way out of economic crisis

Sri Lanka plans donor conference to find way out of economic crisis

-- 2022-06-22 17:19:19

Sri Lanka will hold a donor conference with China, India and Japan as it seeks overseas assistance to find a way out of its worst economic crisis in decades, Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremes...

India's BJP nominates tribal, female politician as presidential candidate

India's BJP nominates tribal, female politician as presidential candidate

-- 2022-06-22 17:09:33

A female Indian politician from a tribal community has been nominated as presidential candidate by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling nationalist party, officials said on Wednesday. Droupadi Murmu...

Fifteen killed in Russian strikes on Kharkiv

Fifteen killed in Russian strikes on Kharkiv

-- 2022-06-22 16:51:55

Russian forces pounded Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv and the surrounding countryside with rockets, killing at least 15 people, in what Kyiv called a bid to force it to pull resources from the...

Quake in Afghanistan is its deadliest since 2015

Quake in Afghanistan is its deadliest since 2015

-- 2022-06-22 16:33:32

Afghanistan's deadliest earthquake since 2015 killed at least 280 people near the southeastern city of Khost on Wednesday, news agency Reuters reported citing officials.  The country has a long...

Monkeypox: First Singapore case recorded in British flight attendant

Monkeypox: First Singapore case recorded in British flight attendant

-- 2022-06-22 15:00:19

Singapore has recorded its first recent case of monkeypox in a British flight attendant who entered the country last week. Authorities on Tuesday disclosed the case, saying the 42-year-ol...

Taiwan scrambles jets to warn away Chinese planes in its air defence zone

Taiwan scrambles jets to warn away Chinese planes in its air defence zone

-- 2022-06-22 11:37:10

Taiwan scrambled jets on Tuesday to warn away 29 Chinese aircraft in its air defence zone, including bombers that flew south of the island and into the Pacific, in the latest uptick in tensions and la...

Afghanistan quake toll rises to 950

Afghanistan quake toll rises to 950

-- 2022-06-22 11:35:41

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed 950 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles...

Lithuania to face 'consequences' for blocking rail shipments, Russia warns

Lithuania to face 'consequences' for blocking rail shipments, Russia warns

-- 2022-06-21 23:25:03

Russia threatened on Tuesday to punish Lithuania with measures that would have a "serious negative impact" for blocking some shipments by rail to Moscow's Baltic Sea enclave of Kaliningrad, the latest...

Sunny Spain's green energy plan leaves needy feeling cold

Sunny Spain's green energy plan leaves needy feeling cold

-- 2022-06-21 19:53:46

Standing by his swimming pool at his home in an affluent Madrid suburb, retired engineer Juan Manuel Cosmes Cuesta enthuses over the 30% state subsidy he will get for installing solar panels that have...

'Arrogant' Macron must compromise to win support, French opposition parties say

'Arrogant' Macron must compromise to win support, French opposition parties say

-- 2022-06-21 19:10:24

France's opposition parties said on Tuesday that an "arrogant" Emmanuel Macron will have to change tack and listen to them to win their support on a case-by-case basis after losing control of parliame...

United States announces a temporary pay raise for firefighters

United States announces a temporary pay raise for firefighters

-- 2022-06-21 18:09:57

US President Joe Biden's administration announced on Tuesday a temporary pay raise for federal wildland firefighters, saying they were facing longer, more severe fires partly due to climate change and...

Ukraine on course for EU candidacy at summit

Ukraine on course for EU candidacy at summit

-- 2022-06-21 18:04:29

Ukraine is set to become an official candidate for European Union membership on Thursday in a symbolic but morale-boosting decision following Russia's invasion, ministers and diplomats said on Tuesday...

Gunmen kill eight, kidnap 38 from Nigerian church

Gunmen kill eight, kidnap 38 from Nigerian church

-- 2022-06-21 17:21:56

Gunmen killed eight people and kidnapped 38 others in an attack on two churches in the northern state of Kaduna on Sunday, an official from the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Monday, w...

Germany investigates ‘anti-competitive restrictions’ on Google Maps

Germany investigates ‘anti-competitive restrictions’ on Google Maps

-- 2022-06-21 17:06:45

Germany's cartel office launched an investigation of Google Germany and parent Alphabet Inc on Tuesday over possible anti-competitive restrictions on the Google Maps platform. "We have information to...

Biggest rail strike in 30 years brings UK to standstill

Biggest rail strike in 30 years brings UK to standstill

-- 2022-06-21 13:31:52

Britain's biggest rail strike in 30 years kicked off on Tuesday as tens of thousands of staff walked out in a dispute over pay and jobs that could pave the way for widespread industrial action across...

Nepal police fire teargas to break up fuel price protests

Nepal police fire teargas to break up fuel price protests

-- 2022-06-21 10:33:32

Police in Nepal's capital fired teargas and charged at protesters with sticks on Monday to break up a demonstration by students against fuel price hikes, officials and witnesses said, in a sign of gro...

South Korea prepares for second space rocket attempt

South Korea prepares for second space rocket attempt

-- 2022-06-21 10:11:35

South Korea is set for a second test launch of its domestically produced Nuri space rocket on Tuesday, eight months after the first test successfully blasted off but failed to place a dummy satellite...

Lapid to become new prime minister as Israel heads to election

Lapid to become new prime minister as Israel heads to election

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-06-21 09:54:59

Israeli lawmakers will vote next week to dissolve parliament, opening the way for the country's fifth election in three years, after Prime Minister Naftali Bennett could not contain the rising pressur...

Europe may shift back to coal as Russia turns down gas flows

Europe may shift back to coal as Russia turns down gas flows

-- 2022-06-20 22:07:49

Europe's biggest Russian gas buyers raced to find alternative fuel supplies on Monday and could burn more coal to cope with reduced gas flows from Russia that threaten an energy crisis in winter if st...

Zimbabwe health workers strike after rejecting 100pc pay rise

Zimbabwe health workers strike after rejecting 100pc pay rise

-- 2022-06-20 19:55:35

Zimbabwean health workers went on strike on Monday after rejecting a 100 per cent wage hike offer last week, pressing their demand for payment in US dollars as the local currency slumps. Zimbabwe's m...

India calls off hundreds of trains as more protests loom over recruitment

India calls off hundreds of trains as more protests loom over recruitment

-- 2022-06-20 18:46:59

Authorities in India cancelled more than 500 train services on Monday because of calls for protests by young men angry with a military recruitment plan that they say will rob them of the opportunity o...

Ukraine to restrict Russian books, music in latest cultural break from Moscow

Ukraine to restrict Russian books, music in latest cultural break from Moscow

-- 2022-06-20 14:32:36

Ukraine’s parliament on Sunday voted through two laws which will place severe restrictions on Russian books and music as Kyiv seeks to break many remaining cultural ties between the two countrie...

France's Macron hunts for way to salvage a ruling majority

France's Macron hunts for way to salvage a ruling majority

-- 2022-06-20 13:22:54

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday was faced with trying to salvage a ruling majority and with it his economic reform agenda after voters punished his centrist 'Ensemble' alliance in France's parliam...

Four months into war, more Ukrainians decide to flee besieged areas

Four months into war, more Ukrainians decide to flee besieged areas

-- 2022-06-20 11:55:53

Four months into the Russian invasion on Ukraine, Lilya, a 22-year-old mother from the eastern city of Bakhmut, decided the time has come to leave the beleaguered region, Reuters reports. "It is very...

Macau shuts most businesses amid COVID outbreak, casinos stay open

Macau shuts most businesses amid COVID outbreak, casinos stay open

-- 2022-06-20 10:59:35

The world's biggest gambling hub Macau began its second day of mass COVID-19 testing on Monday after dozens of locally transmitted cases were discovered over the weekend, with most businesses shut but...

Duterte's daughter sworn in as Philippines vice president

Duterte's daughter sworn in as Philippines vice president

-- 2022-06-19 22:07:30

Sara Duterte-Carpio, daughter of outgoing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, was sworn in as the country's 15th vice president on Sunday, calling for national unity following a divisive election ca...

NATO chief warns war could last ‘years’

NATO chief warns war could last ‘years’

-- 2022-06-19 20:13:13

Four months of fighting in Ukraine appear to be straining the morale of troops on both sides, prompting desertions and rebellion against officers' orders, British defence officials said Sunday. NATO's...

Aboriginal flag set to fly permanently on Sydney Harbour Bridge

Aboriginal flag set to fly permanently on Sydney Harbour Bridge

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

The Aboriginal flag will fly permanently on the Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of a "healing process" and reconciliation efforts with Australia's indigenous community, New South Wales Premier Dominic P...