Category: FOREIGN

TikTok rejects Microsoft bid at eleventh hour

TikTok rejects Microsoft bid at eleventh hour

Sep 14, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Microsoft has said that its offer to buy the US operations of hugely popular video-sharing app ... Read More

Brazilian Official killed by arrow near indigenous tribe

Brazilian Official killed by arrow near indigenous tribe

Sep 11, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  A top Brazilian expert on isolated Amazon tribes has been killed by an arrow that struck ... Read More

India and China to ‘Quickly disengage’ from border

India and China to ‘Quickly disengage’ from border

Sep 11, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  India and China have agreed to "quickly disengage" from a standoff that has seen gunfire at ... Read More

UK and EU set for emergency talks as tensions rise

UK and EU set for emergency talks as tensions rise

Sep 10, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   The UK and EU are to hold emergency talks later as tensions rise over Boris ... Read More

US official claims pressure to downplay intelligence reports

US official claims pressure to downplay intelligence reports

Sep 10, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   A senior intelligence official at the US Department of Homeland Security has said he was ... Read More

UN experts voice deep concerns on Hong Kong security law

UN experts voice deep concerns on Hong Kong security law

Sep 4, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   UN human rights experts have told China a new security law for Hong Kong poses ... Read More

US Police suspended over man’s ‘Spit hood’ death

US Police suspended over man’s ‘Spit hood’ death

Sep 4, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Seven US police officers have been suspended over the death of an unarmed black man ... Read More

NY black man died after police pinned him down

NY black man died after police pinned him down

Sep 3, 2020

(FASTNEWS | US) - An unarmed black man died in New York State (NY), United States (US) after he was ... Read More

Twitter linked to Modi hacked

Twitter linked to Modi hacked

Sep 3, 2020

(FASTNEWS | INDIA) - Twitter has said that an account for the personal website of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ... Read More

Australia in first recession for nearly 30-years

Australia in first recession for nearly 30-years

Sep 2, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Australia's economy has plunged into its first recession in nearly 30 years, as it suffers the ... Read More

Trump visits Kenosha to back Police after shooting

Trump visits Kenosha to back Police after shooting

Sep 2, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - US President Donald Trump has visited Kenosha, Wisconsin, to back law enforcement after the police shooting ... Read More

Bali closed to foreign tourists until end of 2020

Bali closed to foreign tourists until end of 2020

Aug 25, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Indonesian island of Bali will not open to foreign tourists again this year, due to ... Read More

Facebook blocks Thai access to group critical of monarchy

Facebook blocks Thai access to group critical of monarchy

Aug 25, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Facebook has blocked access in Thailand to a million-member group discussing the monarchy, after the Thai ... Read More

Chicken wings test positive for Covid-19 in China

Chicken wings test positive for Covid-19 in China

Aug 14, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Frozen chicken wings imported from Brazil tested positive for the novel coronavirus in China, authorities announced ... Read More

US labels Confucius Institute a Chinese ‘foreign mission’

US labels Confucius Institute a Chinese ‘foreign mission’

Aug 14, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The US has designated the Confucius Institute (CI), the Chinese government-run global education programme, as a ... Read More