Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Mauritania’s former president jailed for five years for corruption
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania's former president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has been sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering and "illicit enrichment". Abdel Aziz led the West African...
Dec 05, 2023
Buildings evacuated as earthquake felt in Philippine capital
MANILA (Reuters) - People evacuated buildings in the Philippine capital Manila on Tuesday after an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck off Luzon, according to the state seismology agency and images sha...
Dec 05, 2023
Nigeria’s president calls for investigation after drone attack kills 85
By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday called for a thorough investigation into a military drone attack that the state emergency agency in northern Kaduna state sa...
Dec 05, 2023
Swathes of Siberia freeze in temperatures below -58 Celsius
YAKUTSK, Russia (Reuters) - Arctic weather enfolded swathes of Russia on Tuesday, with temperatures in the wilds of Siberia falling to minus 58 degrees Celsius (minus 72 degrees Fahrenheit). Yakutsk, ...
Dec 05, 2023
China says visa-free travel policy has boosted tourism
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday its visa-free travel policy has produced a clear effect, making things easier for travellers. "Going forward, the Ministry of Foreign Affai...
Dec 05, 2023
Norway parliament in deal to advance seabed mining
By Victoria Klesty OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's minority Labour-led government has struck a deal with two opposition parties to open Arctic oceans to mineral exploration, a key step on the way to full-sc...
Dec 05, 2023
Indonesia softens internet law after critics complain of misuse
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday passed a revision to its internet law, softening articles that critics said have been used to stifle government opposition. The revision to the el...
Dec 05, 2023
A decade after Mandela’s death, his pro-Palestinian legacy lives on
By Carien du Plessis and shafiek tassiem JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Days after his release from 27 years in prison in February 1990, anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela gave Palestinian leader Yasser Ara...
Dec 05, 2023
Stigma, regulatory barriers delay mpox response in country that needs it most
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - Vaccines and treatments that could help tackle an mpox epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo are lying unused outside the country despite a death rate far h...
Dec 05, 2023
Experts say they warned of dangers of climbing Indonesia’s Mt. Marapi after 13 die in eruption
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's volcanology agency had warned since 2011 that it was unsafe to climb the country's active Marapi volcano, the organisation's chief said, days after the peak erupted and...
Dec 05, 2023
