Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Top court upholds Paris decision to reserve student residences for Olympics workers
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris's university housing body is allowed to reserve more than 2,000 student apartments for Olympics workers next summer, France's highest administrative court ruled on Friday after...
Dec 30, 2023
For Palestinians arrested under Israeli occupation, a childhood disrupted
By Henriette Chacar JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Fourteen-year-old Abdelrahman al-Zaghal was one of the youngest Palestinians released by Israel in exchange for hostages seized during the Oct. 7 Hamas-led ra...
Dec 30, 2023
Venezuelan magnate Gustavo Cisneros dead at 78
(Reuters) - Cisneros on Friday announced the death of its chairman, Gustavo Cisneros Rendiles, who was aged 78. It did not provide further details. The Venezuelan media mogul had expanded his family b...
Dec 30, 2023
China eases visa application for U.S. tourists
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will simplify visa applications for tourists from the United States from Jan. 1, cutting the documents required, according to a notice on Friday on the website of the Chinese...
Dec 30, 2023
Thunderstorms batter Australia’s east, heatwave grips north
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Severe thunderstorms battered parts of eastern Australia on Saturday, bringing heavy rain, giant hail and strong winds, days after another storm hit the region over the Christmas ho...
Dec 30, 2023
McDonald’s Malaysia sues Israel boycott movement for $1 million in damages
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - McDonald's Malaysia has sued a movement promoting boycotts against Israel for "false and defamatory statements" that it says hurt its business, seeking damages amounting to 6 ...
Dec 30, 2023
Two South Koreans released after being kidnapped in Nigeria
SEOUL (Reuters) - Two South Koreans kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria earlier this month have been released safely, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Saturday. The two men were taken after gunmen ambushed...
Dec 29, 2023
US man charged for attempt to aid al Shabaab after Oct 7 attack on Israel
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A New Jersey man arrested in Kenya has been charged for trying to aid militant Islamist group al Shabaab, the U.S. Justice Department said, alleging he was mot...
Dec 29, 2023
Fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas rages after nearly 200 killed in Gaza
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Arafat Barbakh CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) - Fierce Israeli tank fire and aerial bombing struck Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Friday night, residents said, after nearly 200 people...
Dec 29, 2023
Arrests of Catholic priests in Nicaragua tick up as dragnet intensifies
By Ismael Lopez SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Nicaraguan police on Friday arrested two more Catholic priests, bringing the number of clergymen detained this week to at least eight, according to two sources clo...
Dec 29, 2023
