Category: FOREIGN

India must cut pollution to avoid COVID disaster

India must cut pollution to avoid COVID disaster

Oct 20, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  India's dreaded pollution season has returned as air quality in the capital Delhi and other northern ... Read More

Chile protests turn violent on anniversary

Chile protests turn violent on anniversary

Oct 19, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Demonstrations in Chile against inequality have turned violent as vandals burned two churches, virtually destroying one ... Read More

Italy tightens rules after COVID-19 cases surge

Italy tightens rules after COVID-19 cases surge

Oct 19, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Italy has announced a new raft of measures to tighten restrictions amid a surge in ... Read More

Trump’s son Barron had COVID-19, says First Lady

Trump’s son Barron had COVID-19, says First Lady

Oct 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  US President Donald Trump's 14-year-old son Barron contracted coronavirus but has since tested negative, First Lady ... Read More

Thai Premier declares emergency decree over protests

Thai Premier declares emergency decree over protests

Oct 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Thailand has issued an emergency decree banning protests as it clamps down on largely peaceful pro-democracy ... Read More

Kyrgyz President rejects new Prime Minister

Kyrgyz President rejects new Prime Minister

Oct 14, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Kyrgyzstan's president has rejected the country's newly appointed prime minister, in the latest political deadlock in ... Read More

Europe tightens measures amid rise in COVID-19 cases

Europe tightens measures amid rise in COVID-19 cases

Oct 14, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   The Czech Republic is imposing a three-week partial lockdown shutting schools, bars and clubs, as ... Read More

Bangladesh to introduce death penalty for rape

Bangladesh to introduce death penalty for rape

Oct 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Bangladesh is to introduce the death penalty for rape cases, following days of protests about the ... Read More

Trump back on campaign trail in Florida

Trump back on campaign trail in Florida

Oct 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  President Donald Trump has returned to the campaign trail less than two weeks after testing positive ... Read More

FBI busts plot to abduct US Governor

FBI busts plot to abduct US Governor

Oct 9, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  The FBI says it has thwarted a plot to abduct and overthrow Michigan's Democratic Governor Gretchen ... Read More

Trump ready to return to public events, says doctor

Trump ready to return to public events, says doctor

Oct 9, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  US President Donald Trump has completed his course of treatment for Covid-19 and can return to ... Read More

Masks made mandatory outdoors across Italy

Masks made mandatory outdoors across Italy

Oct 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Italy has made it mandatory to wear face masks in outdoor spaces across the country in ... Read More

Trump back at work days after positive COVID test

Trump back at work days after positive COVID test

Oct 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  US President Donald Trump says he feels great after his Covid-19 illness, describing it as "a ... Read More

Kyrgyzstan Premier resigns amid election protests

Kyrgyzstan Premier resigns amid election protests

Oct 7, 2020

(FASTNEWS | KYRGYZSTAN) - Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister has resigned after widespread post-election protests which plunged the country into political chaos. ... Read More

Trump ends COVID budget stimulus relief talks

Trump ends COVID budget stimulus relief talks

Oct 7, 2020

(FASTNEWS | UNITED STATES) - The United States (US) President Donald Trump has said he is ending negotiations over a ... Read More