Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Australian copper miner Sandfire says damaged Aboriginal cultural heritage
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian copper miner Sandfire said on Thursday it had damaged Aboriginal cultural heritage at a copper mine in Western Australia, and has informed traditional owners and the s...
Nov 30, 2023
Taiwan reports more Chinese military activity as election nears
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan again reported Chinese warplanes and warships around the island on Thursday, including aircraft crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait, as Beijing keeps up i...
Nov 30, 2023
COP28 summit opens with hopes for early deal on climate damage fund
By Kate Abnett, Katy Daigle and Valerie Volcovici BRUSSELS/DUBAI (Reuters) - Countries at the U.N.'s COP28 climate summit opening on Thursday hope to clinch an early deal on a new fund to pay for clim...
Nov 30, 2023
Exclusive-Syrians lead push to create global chemical weapons tribunal
By Stephanie van den Berg, Anthony Deutsch and Maya Gebeily THE HAGUE/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Illegal chemical weapons attacks killed and injured thousands during Syria's civil war, many of them children, ...
Nov 30, 2023
Hamas says it agrees to extend truce with Israel
(Reuters) - The Hamas militant group said on Thursday it had agreed to extend a truce with Israel in Gaza for a seventh day. Israel's military said earlier the truce with Hamas will be extended to all...
Nov 29, 2023
Israeli military says Gaza truce will continue
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Thursday that a truce with Hamas will continue "in light of the mediators' efforts to continue the process of releasing hostages, and subject to the ter...
Nov 29, 2023
Indonesia approves 20% rise in defence budget by 2024
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's outgoing president has approved a 20% hike in defence spending through the end of next year, to upgrade the country's military hardware in response to geopolitical deve...
Nov 29, 2023
Taiwan urges elderly, young to avoid China visits due to respiratory illnesses
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's health ministry on Thursday urged the elderly, very young and those with poor immunity to avoid travel to China due to the recent increase in respiratory illnesses there. T...
Nov 29, 2023
Bhutan votes in preliminary round of national elections
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Bhutan began voting on Thursday in the preliminary round of national elections to choose two political parties that will contest the fourth free vote since democr...
Nov 29, 2023
IMF says Sri Lanka debt deal could help board clear first bailout review
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's in-principle pact with creditor nations to restructure its debt prepares the way for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to consider clearing the first review of a ba...
Nov 29, 2023
