Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Cate Blanchett calls for focus on education, refugee experience at forum
By Johnny Cotton BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Education for refugees, supporting host countries and hearing personal accounts of those forced to flee their homes should be the focus of the second Global Refug...
Dec 11, 2023
UN appeals for $46 billion to meet humanitarian needs in 2024
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations on Monday appealed for $46 billion in funding for 2024 to help millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the globe, including in the occupied Pale...
Dec 11, 2023
All eyes on Polish parliament as Tusk set to become PM
By Alan Charlish and Pawel Florkiewicz WARSAW (Reuters) - Former European Council President Donald Tusk is expected to be appointed prime minister of Poland on Monday, during a parliament sitting set ...
Dec 11, 2023
Defence minister Prabowo surges ahead in Indonesia’s presidential race
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian defence minister and presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto has extended a commanding lead in the polls ahead of February's election, with a series of recent surveys show...
Dec 10, 2023
As Xi visits, China offers rail grants to Vietnam, pushes Digital Silk Road
By Francesco Guarascio and Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) -China and Vietnam are set to agree this week on upgraded rail links and other infrastructure, possibly including digital projects, officials said, ...
Dec 10, 2023
Russian air strike on Kyiv injures two, damages buildings – Ukraine officials
KYIV (Reuters) - Russia launched an overnight air assault on Kyiv, with debris from the shot down weapons that fell onto several districts injuring at least two people and damaging a residential build...
Dec 10, 2023
UK PM Sunak battles to unite divided party in pivotal week
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces the most dangerous moment of his premiership this week, when he is due to appear before a COVID-19 inquiry and must win a crunch...
Dec 10, 2023
Israel presses ahead in battle against Hamas in southern Gaza
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Bassam Masoud GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli tanks were trying to push further west in their battle against Hamas in and around Khan Younis on Monday, as they met resistance a...
Dec 10, 2023
Former Japanese soldier fights for justice in landmark sexual assault case
By Akiko Okamoto and Chris Gallagher YOKOHAMA (Reuters) - A former Japanese soldier's years-long fight for justice against the men she has accused of sexually assaulting her will reach a climax on Tue...
Dec 10, 2023
Philippines eyes constitutional amendments to ease economic restrictions
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine lawmakers are considering efforts to amend the country's constitution to ease restrictive provisions on economic ownership, a top congressional leader said on Monday. "We...
Dec 10, 2023
