Nepal flood reconstruction bill to be $4.78 bn: foreign ministry
Nepal estimates the reconstruction bill after deadly floods sparked by a glacial mountain collapse last month will amount to $4.78 billion, the foreign ministry said on Friday.
Read moreMaresca says spotlight not on him ahead of Manchester derby
Enzo Maresca said Friday he was not the "main focus" as he prepares to take charge of his first Manchester derby, seeking to maintain his team's 100 percent record this season.
Read moreInvestors on edge as energy costs, surging bond yields roil markets
High oil prices and US diesel prices at record levels kept inflation fears at the fore on Friday, ratcheting up expectations that more central banks will have to hike interest rates despite the risk of weighing on economic growth.
Read morePhilippine Coast Guard finds bodies aboard ferry after blaze
The Philippine coast guard has discovered bodies aboard a ferry consumed in a blaze that swept through it "in seconds", it said Friday, with dozens of people still missing.
Read moreJUMO and Standard Bank launch Social Finance Framework to scale inclusive finance in Africa
Designed to support the mobilisation of sustainable funding for financial inclusion and economic empowerment across Africa.
Read moreUK lawmakers to vote again on failed assisted dying bill
British MPs were on Friday set to vote again on an assisted dying bill as protesters both for and against the proposed legislation gathered outside parliament.
Read moreDoomsday tech: could AI really kill us all?
Stark warnings from artificial intelligence researchers that advanced forms of the technology could wipe out humanity have raised questions over whether governments are moving fast enough to regulate it.
Read moreIndia welcomes Russia, Iran leaders for BRICS summit overshadowed by war
Leaders from Russia and Iran were in India for talks on Friday, ahead of a BRICS summit dominated by conflict and economic challenges, which Chinese President Xi Jinping will also attend.
Read moreYemen's Houthis complete takeover of Bab al-Mandab area: govt official to AFP
Yemen's Houthis seized on Friday a key Red Sea island in the middle of the Bab al-Mandab strait, completing a push to take control of a waterway crucial to Saudi oil exports, a local government official and eyewitnesses told AFP.
Read moreItalian feminist fighter Emma Bonino dies
Italy's Emma Bonino, a long-time radical activist and one of the country's most popular political figures, has died aged 78.
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