Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
China condemns Canada’s support for Philippines on South China Sea incidents
(Reuters) - China condemned Canada's support for the Philippines over what it said were violations of China's sovereignty in the South China Sea, according to a statement by a Chinese embassy spokespe...
Dec 13, 2023
Malaysia arrests 31 people for suspected illegal rare earths mining – state media
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian authorities have arrested 31 people, including 21 foreigners, for suspected illegal rare earths mining in the western state of Perak, state media cited police as say...
Dec 13, 2023
Senior Taiwan opposition leader visits China month before election
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A senior leader of the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan's main opposition party, is in China for meetings with the Taiwanese community, his party said on Thursday, a highly sensitive visit ...
Dec 13, 2023
Why the Indian Ocean could be China’s Achilles’ heel in a Taiwan war
By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) - Every day, nearly 60 fully loaded very large crude-oil carriers sail between the Persian Gulf and Chinese ports, carrying about half of the oil that powers the wor...
Dec 13, 2023
Brazil Senate approves Lula’s justice minister for Supreme Court seat
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's Senate on Wednesday signed off on President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's nomination of Justice Minister Flavio Dino to the Supreme Court, paving the way for the minister ...
Dec 13, 2023
Australian woman jailed for 20 years for death of her four children has conviction quashed
By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) - A woman imprisoned for 20 years over the deaths of her four children, and pardoned in June, saw her convictions quashed by New South Wales state on Thursday, with he...
Dec 13, 2023
Russia notes falling U.S. support for Ukraine, says Kremlin
(Reuters) - Russia is watching as U.S. military support for Ukraine declines and Kyiv suffers setbacks on the battlefield, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in interviews made public on Wednesda...
Dec 13, 2023
Scientists see risk of lost opportunity for long COVID research in China
By Andrew Silver SHANGHAI (Reuters) - With more than a full year past since China eased restrictions and let COVID-19 sweep its households, scientists are worried a unique opportunity may be slipping ...
Dec 13, 2023
Australia tourist towns brace for floods in aftermath of cyclone Jasper
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Residents of tourist towns in Australia's northeast on Thursday braced for flash flooding after Tropical Cyclone Jasper tore through the region, uprooting trees, leavi...
Dec 13, 2023
Japan prosecutors to investigate ruling party’s Abe faction -Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's prosecutors will launch a criminal probe into the ruling party's biggest faction over a fundraising scandal, Nikkei reported on Thursday, in a further blow to Prime Minister ...
Dec 13, 2023
