Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
US OKs potential sale of tank cartridges to Israel for $106.5 million
(Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of tank cartridges and related equipment to Israel for an estimated $106.5 million, the Pentagon said on Saturday. The sale will b...
Dec 09, 2023
Russia says U.S.-Russian dual national detained for ‘rehabilitating Nazism’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A man with dual U.S.-Russian nationality has been placed in pre-trial custody in St Petersburg for "rehabilitating Nazism" in posts on social media, the city's court service said on...
Dec 09, 2023
Children of Iran Nobel Peace Prize winner fear they won’t see her again
By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) - The teenage children of jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi fear they will never meet their mother again, but said they were proud of her str...
Dec 09, 2023
Ukraine presses ahead with removal of Soviet monuments
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian officials pressed on with a campaign to remove Soviet-era monuments on Saturday as authorities in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv dismantled a statue of a Red Army commander from...
Dec 09, 2023
U.S. is left alone on Gaza issue after veto at UN – Turkey’s FM
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The United States' veto of a proposed United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza was a "complete disappointment," Turkey's ...
Dec 09, 2023
Turkey’s Erdogan: The UN Security Council needs to be reformed
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called for the United Nations Security Council to be reformed, decrying the fact that the United States could veto a ceasefire proposa...
Dec 09, 2023
China says not much chance of success at COP28 without a solution on fossil fuels
DUBAI (Reuters) - China's top climate envoy Xie Zhenhua on Staurday said there was little chance the COP28 climate summit would be called a success if nations could not agree to language on the future...
Dec 09, 2023
Dutch-led coalition moves to phase out fossil fuel subsidies at COP28
By Gloria Dickie and Kate Abnett DUBAI (Reuters) - A Dutch-led coalition of a dozen nations committed on Saturday to publish an inventory of their own fossil fuel subsidies within a year, with the aim...
Dec 09, 2023
Nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka due to a system failure – government official
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is experiencing a countrywide power outage due to a system failure, a government official said on Saturday. Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), the count...
Dec 09, 2023
Activists stage rare UAE politics protest during COP28 climate summit
DUBAI (Reuters) - A small group of demonstrators staged a very rare protest in Dubai on Saturday in the COP28 U.N. climate summit site to demand the release of pro-democracy activists imprisoned in th...
Dec 09, 2023
