Category: FOREIGN

Italy begins strict Easter lockdown

Italy begins strict Easter lockdown

Apr 3, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Italy has entered a strict three-day lockdown to try to prevent a surge in Covid-19 cases ... Read More

Taiwan prosecutors seek arrest after train crash

Taiwan prosecutors seek arrest after train crash

Apr 3, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Prosecutors in Taiwan want to arrest a construction site manager whose lorry is suspected of causing ... Read More

Suu Kyi slapped with tough colonial-era charge

Suu Kyi slapped with tough colonial-era charge

Apr 2, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged with breaking a colonial-era official secrets ... Read More

At least 34 killed as train derails in Taiwan

At least 34 killed as train derails in Taiwan

Apr 2, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  At least 34 people have died and 72 remain trapped after a train carrying around 350 ... Read More

Brazil’s March COVID death toll tops 60,000

Brazil’s March COVID death toll tops 60,000

Apr 1, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Some 66,570 people in Brazil died of Covid-19 in March, more than double the previous monthly ... Read More

Imran Khan urges financial commitments to address climate change

Imran Khan urges financial commitments to address climate change

Apr 1, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Prime Minister Imran Khan pleaded the case of Pakistan and other developing countries on Wednesday, urging ... Read More

China limits Hong Kong Parliament to patriots

China limits Hong Kong Parliament to patriots

Mar 31, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - China has passed sweeping changes to Hong Kong's electoral rules which will tighten its control over ... Read More

China lab leak theory needs deeper probe, says WHO

China lab leak theory needs deeper probe, says WHO

Mar 31, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said further investigation is needed to ... Read More

Suez Canal reopens after stranded ship is freed

Suez Canal reopens after stranded ship is freed

Mar 30, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Traffic has resumed in Egypt's Suez Canal after a stranded container ship blocking it for nearly ... Read More

China passes Hong Kong patriot reforms

China passes Hong Kong patriot reforms

Mar 30, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - China has passed several changes to Hong Kong's electoral rules which will tighten its control over ... Read More

Massive fire rages at Indonesian oil refinery

Massive fire rages at Indonesian oil refinery

Mar 29, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Firefighters in Indonesia are working to put out a massive fire that has broken out at ... Read More

Stranded Suez container ship reported freed

Stranded Suez container ship reported freed

Mar 29, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A huge container ship that has been wedged in the Suez Canal since Tuesday has been ... Read More

Efforts to free ship stuck in Suez Canal continue

Efforts to free ship stuck in Suez Canal continue

Mar 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS | EGYPT) - A container ship remains stuck across Egypt's Suez Canal after attempts to dislodge it on Saturday's ... Read More

Suicide bomb attack targets Indonesian Church

Suicide bomb attack targets Indonesian Church

Mar 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS | INDONESIA) - A suspected suicide bomb attack outside a Catholic Church in the Indonesian City of Makassar has left ... Read More

Ships stuck in traffic jam outside Suez Canal

Ships stuck in traffic jam outside Suez Canal

Mar 27, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The blockage of Egypt's Suez canal by a giant container ship is causing a "traffic jam" ... Read More