Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Slovak president blasts government’s prosecution reforms, threatens veto
(Reuters) -Slovak President Zuzana Caputova said on Friday she would likely veto the government's planned fast-track changes to criminal law that include scrapping a special prosecutor's office that h...
Dec 08, 2023
Hanukkah traditions comfort mother of Israeli held captive in Gaza two months
By Lucy Marks JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Alon Ohel's absence has darkened his mother Idit's celebration of the Jewish Hanukkah festival, but she finds comfort recalling his love of the holiday donu...
Dec 08, 2023
Dubliners bid farewell to Shane MacGowan singing his Christmas classic
By Graham Fahy DUBLIN (Reuters) - Hundreds of Dubliners lined the streets singing The Pogues' Christmas anthem "Fairytale of New York" to bid farewell to singer Shane MacGowan as his horse-drawn hears...
Dec 08, 2023
Factbox-Putin’s economic challenges ahead of March re-election bid
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said he would run again for president in March, seeking to maintain his hold on power until at least 2030. Russia's su...
Dec 08, 2023
Explainer-Key challenges facing Putin if he gets a new six-year term
By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will seek another six years in the Kremlin by standing in an election in March where his victory is widely assumed to be a fo...
Dec 08, 2023
From top of Paris Notre-Dame spire, Macron pledges reopening in a year
By Elizabeth Pineau and Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - From scaffolding at the top of Notre-Dame's newly rebuilt spire, French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Friday that reconstruction of the...
Dec 08, 2023
France’s Macron criticised for Hanukkah candle lighting ceremony at Elysee
By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron has been criticised by opponents for what they said was a violation of the principle of secularism after attending a ceremony on...
Dec 08, 2023
Ukraine’s parliament approves minorities bill, seen as key for EU talks
(Reuters) - The Ukrainian parliament on Friday approved three bills necessary to start European Union accession talks, including one on national minorities' rights, a critical demand from Hungary whic...
Dec 08, 2023
Killings hit record high in 2021 as post-lockdown stress grew – UN
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - The number of murders and other intentional killings surged to a record high across the world in 2021, driven in part by the stress and economic pressures of COVI...
Dec 08, 2023
Recovering Pope reads prayer unaided from Vatican window
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis was well enough to read the Angelus prayer from a Vatican window overlooking St. Peter's Square on Friday, speaking unaided for the first time since suffering fro...
Dec 08, 2023
