Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Russia to hold presidential election on March 17, 2024
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's upper house of parliament voted on Thursday to set the date for Russia's presidential election for March 17, 2024. The decision was passed unanimously by 162 votes in the F...
Dec 07, 2023
U.S. still wants to see Saudi-Israel normalisation, energy envoy says
DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. energy envoy Amos Hochstein said on Thursday he did not think hope should be lost with regards to normalisation of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel and it remains a goa...
Dec 07, 2023
EU still hammering out landmark AI rules in marathon overnight talks
By Foo Yun Chee and Supantha Mukherjee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU lawmakers and governments were still wrangling on Thursday morning over several key issues on landmark rules governing artificial intelli...
Dec 07, 2023
China’s President Xi to visit Vietnam
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping will visit Vietnam on Dec. 12-13, according to a statement from China's foreign ministry. "During Xi's visit, the two sides will discuss how to upgrade...
Dec 07, 2023
Up to 600 North Korean defectors deported by China ‘vanish’ – rights group
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - Up to 600 North Koreans have "vanished" after being forcibly deported by China in October, a Seoul-based human rights group said on Thursday, warning they may face im...
Dec 07, 2023
Girl, 14, shoots student dead before killing herself at Russian school
MOSCOW (Reuters) -A 14-year-old girl shot a fellow pupil dead and wounded five other people before killing herself at a school in the Russian city of Bryansk, investigators said on Thursday. "Accordin...
Dec 07, 2023
West Africa counts on chemicals to curb new cotton pest
By Loucoumane Coulibaly and Alessandra Prentice KORHOGO, Ivory Coast (Reuters) - Without pausing to wipe the sweat from their brows, workers in northern Ivory Coast picked cotton by the handful - a cr...
Dec 07, 2023
Mercosur summit overshadowed by fate of EU trade deal, Milei in the wings
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Presidents of the four Mercosur nations meet for their annual summit on Thursday in Rio de Janeiro with black clouds hovering over the fate of a trade deal with ...
Dec 07, 2023
Ukraine’s Danube port infrastructure hit by Russian drones, driver killed – governor
KYIV (Reuters) - A driver was killed and grain infrastructure damaged by a Russian drone attack on Ukrainian grain infrastructure near the Danube River, the governor of Odesa region said on Thursday. ...
Dec 07, 2023
Seychelles declares state of emergency after explosion, flooding
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan declared a state of emergency on Thursday after a blast at an explosives depot and heavy rains damaged an industrial zone and surrounding area...
Dec 07, 2023
