Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
In Congo’s east, elections dominated by conflict and voter anger
By Djaffar Al Katanty GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Conflict defined Ishara Bahati Yassin's childhood, forcing him time and again to flee his home in eastern Congo, where like million...
Syndicated Content Dec 13, 2023
Indonesian presidential hopeful Ganjar projects grassroots appeal as popularity slips
By Kate Lamb and Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian presidential hopeful Ganjar Pranowo faces an uphill battle against rivals ahead of February's election but is pinning his hopes on an int...
Syndicated Content Dec 13, 2023
Pope wants to simplify papal funeral rites, be buried outside Vatican
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, who has shunned much of the Vatican's pomp and privilege, has decided to vastly simplify the elaborate funeral rites for a pontiff by being the first one to be b...
Syndicated Content Dec 13, 2023
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy on surprise visit to Norway
OSLO (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Norway on Wednesday for a previously unannounced visit to discuss support for his country's defence against the Russian invasion, the...
Syndicated Content Dec 13, 2023
Pakistan asks Kabul to probe links to attack that killed 23 soldiers
By Asif Shahzad and Mohammad Yunus Yawar ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has protested to Afghanistan's Taliban government over the killing of 23 soldiers in an attack on a military base, demanding act...
Syndicated Content Dec 13, 2023
Senegal fits inmates with ankle tags to reduce prison crowding
By Sofia Christensen DAKAR (Reuters) - Eight months after her arrest, a heavily pregnant detainee was escorted into court in Senegal's capital Dakar for the start of a trial for her involvement in a c...
Syndicated Content Dec 13, 2023
Progressive Thai lawmaker sentenced to jail for insulting monarchy – lawyer
BANGKOK (Reuters) - An activist-turned-lawmaker in Thailand was sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday for insulting the powerful monarchy, her lawyer said, over a series of posts a judge deeme...
Syndicated Content Dec 13, 2023
UN seeks to counter Western anti-refugee rhetoric at major forum
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Thousands of U.N. officials, politicians, aid and business groups meet in Geneva on Wednesday to seek solutions to a record displacement crisis as the U.N. refugee age...
Syndicated Content Dec 13, 2023
Rebel alliance reaffirms commitment to ending Myanmar ‘dictatorship’
(Reuters) - An alliance of ethnic minority insurgent groups in Myanmar on Wednesday reaffirmed its commitment to defeat the country's "dictatorship", days after the ruling military said it held China-...
Syndicated Content Dec 13, 2023
Australian resort towns along Great Barrier Reef brace for cyclone
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tourist towns along Australia's Great Barrier Reef are bracing for a tropical cyclone set to hit the Queensland state coast on Wednesday afternoon as first winds cu...
Syndicated Content Dec 12, 2023




