Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
South Korean city turns to matchmaking to boost low birth rates
By Soo-hyang Choi SEONGNAM, South Korea (Reuters) - Against the backdrop of Christmas songs, 100 South Korean men and women gathered at a hotel near Seoul dressed in their best with name tags hanging ...
Nov 27, 2023
G7, Vietnam making final tweaks to climate plan ahead of COP28 – sources
By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam is finalising reform commitments with G7 governments and multilateral lenders that could unlock billions of dollars in loans to reduce coal use in the ...
Nov 27, 2023
Rainy weather closing in on Indian rescuers trying to reach trapped men
By Saurabh Sharma SILKYARA, India (Reuters) - Wet weather expected on Monday could mean more complications for the rescue of 41 construction workers trapped in a tunnel in the Indian Himalayas for mor...
Nov 27, 2023
Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group CEO dies at 65
TOKYO (Reuters) -Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) on Monday said group CEO Jun Ohta died on Nov. 25 aged 65 of pancreatic cancer. Japan's second-biggest lender after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Gro...
Nov 26, 2023
North Korea lashes out at critics, hints at more satellite launches
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea warned on Monday it would continue to exercise its sovereign rights, including satellite launches, state media KCNA reported, citing the foreign ministry. The report on a...
Nov 26, 2023
North Korea deploys troops, weapons near border after military pact suspended -Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has deployed soldiers and heavy weapons at guard posts near the border with South Korea following the suspension of a military accord between the countries, news agency Y...
Nov 26, 2023
Biden hopes for extension as Israel-Hamas truce enters final day
By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said he hoped the temporary truce between Israel and Hamas can go on as long as hostages are being released, after the militant group ...
Nov 26, 2023
Analysis-Netanyahu’s two-front war against Hamas and for his own political survival
By Howard Goller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Inside Israeli defence headquarters, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu monitored the first release of Hamas-held hostages while outside, their families in a Tel ...
Nov 26, 2023
Vietnam set to raise effective tax rate on multinationals as part of global deal
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's parliament is set to approve on Wednesday a top-up tax for multinationals, which will raise the effective rate of the corporate levy to 15% from January in line with a glob...
Nov 26, 2023
Olympics-Tahiti locals say plans for smaller surf judging tower still unacceptable
By Lincoln Feast (Reuters) - Residents of the Tahitian village that will host the 2024 Olympic surfing event remain opposed to plans to build a new smaller judging tower on the reef, saying it will st...
Nov 26, 2023
