Category: FOREIGN

UK health minister resigns after breaching coronavirus rules

UK health minister resigns after breaching coronavirus rules

Jun 27, 2021

(FASTNEWS |  UNITED KINGDOM) - UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock resigned today, a day after apologising for breaching social distancing ... Read More

George Floyd murder – Derek Chauvin sentenced to over 22 years

George Floyd murder – Derek Chauvin sentenced to over 22 years

Jun 26, 2021

(FASTNEWS |  UNITED STATES) - The US white ex-police officer convicted of murdering African-American man George Floyd in Minneapolis in ... Read More

Europe is ‘on thin ice’ amid delta virus variant rise

Europe is ‘on thin ice’ amid delta virus variant rise

Jun 25, 2021

(FASTNEWS | BERLIN) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that Europe is "on thin ice" in its battle against ... Read More

India vaccinates 8 million in a day

India vaccinates 8 million in a day

Jun 22, 2021

(FASTNEWS |   INDIA) - India has launched a new vaccine drive, announcing a record eight million jabs on the first ... Read More

COVID-Vaccines running out in poorer nations, WHO says

COVID-Vaccines running out in poorer nations, WHO says

Jun 22, 2021

(FASTNEWS | WHO) - A large number of poorer countries receiving Covid-19 vaccines through a global sharing scheme do not ... Read More

UK COVID-infections rise as Delta variant dominates

UK COVID-infections rise as Delta variant dominates

Jun 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | UK) - UK coronavirus infections have risen slightly in the last week, with an estimated 119,000 people - ... Read More

Brazil hits 500,000 deaths at critical moment

Brazil hits 500,000 deaths at critical moment

Jun 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | BRAZIL) - The number of deaths related to Covid-19 has passed 500,000 in Brazil, the second-highest in the ... Read More

US Court blocks child slavery lawsuit on chocolate

US Court blocks child slavery lawsuit on chocolate

Jun 18, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The US Supreme Court has ruled food giants Nestlé USA and Cargill can't be sued for ... Read More

Record number of displaced people despite COVID

Record number of displaced people despite COVID

Jun 18, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The number of people who have been forced to flee their homes around the world has ... Read More

Kim Jong-un admits to tense food situation in North Korea

Kim Jong-un admits to tense food situation in North Korea

Jun 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has formally acknowledged that his country is facing food shortages. (more…) Read More

Myanmar village of Kin Ma burns down after clashes

Myanmar village of Kin Ma burns down after clashes

Jun 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A village in the centre of Myanmar has been burned down after clashes between the security ... Read More

Protests against violence as search for baby’s body continues

Protests against violence as search for baby’s body continues

Jun 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A deep-water search for the body of a one-year-old girl, believed murdered by her father, is ... Read More

US and Russian leaders set for tense Geneva talks

US and Russian leaders set for tense Geneva talks

Jun 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are preparing sit down for their ... Read More

Thousands rally against Catalan pardons

Thousands rally against Catalan pardons

Jun 14, 2021

(FASTNEWS | MADRID, SPANISH) - Tens of thousands of people have joined protests in the Spanish capital Madrid against controversial ... Read More

Israel’s new Premier promises to unite nation

Israel’s new Premier promises to unite nation

Jun 14, 2021

(FASTNEWS |  ISREAL) - Israel's new Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, has promised to unite a nation frayed by years of ... Read More