Category: FOREIGN

Three injured in riots caused by Quran burnings in Sweden

Three injured in riots caused by Quran burnings in Sweden

Apr 18, 2022

(FASTNEWS | SWEDEN) - Three people in the Swedish city of Norrkoping needed medical attention after being hit by police bullets ... Read More

Google Doodle celebrates women from different walks of life with animated slides

Google Doodle celebrates women from different walks of life with animated slides

Mar 8, 2022

(FASTNEWS | UNITED STATES) - Search engine giant Google is celebrating International Women’s day with an animated slideshow that depicts ... Read More

Russia says it may cut gas supplies if oil ban goes ahead

Russia says it may cut gas supplies if oil ban goes ahead

Mar 8, 2022

(FASTNEWS | RUSSIA) - Russia has said it may close its main gas pipeline to Germany if the West goes ahead ... Read More

Russia says it will open humanitarian corridors to Ukrainian cities on Monday

Russia says it will open humanitarian corridors to Ukrainian cities on Monday

Mar 7, 2022

(FASTNEWS | RUSSIA) - Russia's military will hold fire and open humanitarian corridors in several Ukrainian cities on Monday, the ... Read More

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia sanctions not sufficient

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia sanctions not sufficient

Mar 7, 2022

(FASTNEWS | UKRAINE) - As Russian forces increased their shelling of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to the West to strengthen ... Read More

Daily cases in US drop, anti-curbs protest continue in Belgium

Daily cases in US drop, anti-curbs protest continue in Belgium

Jan 24, 2022

(FASTNEWS | UNITED STATES) -  The Omicron variant of coronavirus continues to spread rapidly all across the globe with a ... Read More

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern postpones wedding to put country under strict COVID restriction

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern postpones wedding to put country under strict COVID restriction

Jan 23, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  WELLINGTON) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Sunday that he had canceled his wedding in ... Read More

Maldives President Solih tests positive for COVID-19

Maldives President Solih tests positive for COVID-19

Jan 23, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  MALDIVES) - Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday. (more…) Read More

Austrian parliament approves vaccine mandate for adults

Austrian parliament approves vaccine mandate for adults

Jan 21, 2022

(FASTNEWS | AUSTRIA) - Austria’s parliament voted Thursday to introduce a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for adults. (more…) Read More

Giant pristine coral reef discovered off Tahiti

Giant pristine coral reef discovered off Tahiti

Jan 20, 2022

(FASTNEWS | TAHITI) - Marine explorers have discovered a "pristine" off the coast of Tahiti, French Polynesia. (more…) Read More

All homes on one of Tonga’s islands destroyed, three dead

All homes on one of Tonga’s islands destroyed, three dead

Jan 19, 2022

(FASTNEWS | TONGA) - All the homes on one of Tonga's small outer islands have been destroyed by a massive ... Read More

One in 10 Covid-19 patients may still infect after quarantine period

One in 10 Covid-19 patients may still infect after quarantine period

Jan 18, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - One in ten people may still be infectious for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. (more…) Read More

Unvaccinated tax in Canada’s Quebec Province

Unvaccinated tax in Canada’s Quebec Province

Jan 13, 2022

(FASTNEWS |CANADA) - Unvaccinated tax in Canada's Quebec leads to spike in first-dose appointments. (more…) Read More

Man gets a pig heart in a transplant for the first time in world

Man gets a pig heart in a transplant for the first time in world

Jan 11, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A man with terminal heart disease gets a transplant of genetically modified pig heart. (more…) Read More

Legal cases against Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi

Legal cases against Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi

Jan 10, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  MYANMAR) - Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to a further four years in jail ... Read More