Category: FOREIGN

China records first monkeypox case

China records first monkeypox case

Sep 17, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  CHINA) - China has detected its first case of monkeypox in the southwestern city of Chongqing, but the ... Read More

Chinese and Russian Leaders Meet in Uzbekistan

Chinese and Russian Leaders Meet in Uzbekistan

Sep 16, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  UZBEKISTAN) - Xi Jinping of China and Vladimir Putin of Russia met Thursday in Uzbekistan. The two leaders ... Read More

Ukraine President Zelensky has ‘no serious injuries’ after car accident

Ukraine President Zelensky has ‘no serious injuries’ after car accident

Sep 15, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  KYIV) - Volodymyr Zelensky’s motorcade was hit by a car in Kyiv but the president has escaped serious ... Read More

Public mourners wait in hours-long queue to view Queen Elizabeth’s coffin

Public mourners wait in hours-long queue to view Queen Elizabeth’s coffin

Sep 15, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  LONDON) - After a long and patient wait in the sun and the rain, the first members of ... Read More

Sweden’s Prime Minister resigns

Sweden’s Prime Minister resigns

Sep 15, 2022

(FASTNEWS | SWEDEN) - Sweden’s prime minister says she will stand down after her government was defeated in Sunday’s election. ... Read More

Over 300 injured, 23 protestors shot dead in Iraq protests

Over 300 injured, 23 protestors shot dead in Iraq protests

Aug 30, 2022

(FASTNEWS | IRAQ) -Fighting between rival Iraqi forces resumed Tuesday in Baghdad, where 23 supporters of Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr ... Read More

Global sea levels may increase by 10 inches

Global sea levels may increase by 10 inches

Aug 30, 2022

(FASTNEWS | GREENLAND) - Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches (27 ... Read More

Pakistan floods claim 1,061 lives so far

Pakistan floods claim 1,061 lives so far

Aug 30, 2022

(FASTNEWS | PAKISTAN) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences to the families of those who have lost their lives due ... Read More

An earthquake hit Kuala Lumpur

An earthquake hit Kuala Lumpur

Aug 29, 2022

(FASTNEWS | KUALA LUMPUR) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale hit near Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur on ... Read More

Luxury yacht sinks off Italy coast

Luxury yacht sinks off Italy coast

Aug 29, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A 39.4-meter (129-foot) superyacht, valued at $7.8 million (over Rs 62 crore), capsized and sank some 15 ... Read More

Pakistan flood death toll crosses 1,000 mark

Pakistan flood death toll crosses 1,000 mark

Aug 29, 2022

(FASTNEWS | PAKISTAN) - The death toll from the devastating floods in Pakistan has crossed the 1,000-mark after another 119 ... Read More

Three month old baby dies at Dutch asylum shelter

Three month old baby dies at Dutch asylum shelter

Aug 25, 2022

(FASTNEWS | NETHERLAND) - The authorities in the Netherlands are investigating the death of a three-month-old baby in the country's ... Read More

Mack becomes youngest to fly around the world

Mack becomes youngest to fly around the world

Aug 25, 2022

(FASTNEWS | BELGIUM) - A teenage pilot has become the youngest person to fly solo around the world in a ... Read More

Russia railway station strike kills 22

Russia railway station strike kills 22

Aug 25, 2022

(FASTNEWS | UKRAINE) - A Russian rocket strike on a Ukrainian train station has killed 22 people, Ukraine says, on the ... Read More

Fuel crisis forces Bangladesh to cut down school and office hours

Fuel crisis forces Bangladesh to cut down school and office hours

Aug 24, 2022

(FASTNEWS | BANGLADESH) - After shutting down all of its diesel-run power plants last month, Bangladesh has been battling extreme power ... Read More