Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Myanmar hands over to China thousands of telecom fraud suspects
BEIJING (Reuters) - Myanmar authorities have handed over 31,000 telecom fraud suspects to China since law enforcement officers from both countries launched a crackdown on online scams in September, Ch...
Nov 21, 2023
South Korea says some DMZ tours to resume after US soldier crossing
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Tuesday some tours of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas will restart for selected guests for the first time since they were suspen...
Nov 20, 2023
Flights cancelled, residents to evacuate as Papua New Guinea volcano erupts
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Some residents of a remote Papua New Guinea island were preparing on Tuesday to evacuate from the vicinity of an erupting volcano that shot a cloud of ash into the sky forcing the c...
Nov 20, 2023
One dead, three injured in shooting at Ohio Walmart – local media
(Reuters) -At least one person was killed and three people were injured on Monday in a shooting at a Walmart store in Beavercreek, Ohio,WHIO television reported, citing its reporters on the scene, as ...
Nov 20, 2023
Explainer-Why North Korea’s satellite launches draw condemnation
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea appears to be preparing for its third attempt this year at launching a reconnaissance satellite, a move that may prove as controversial as the nuclear-armed country's wea...
Nov 20, 2023
Taiwan election about choosing whether to embrace China, frontrunner says
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's people have to make a choice at next year's election about whether the island keeps moving forward on the road to democracy or "walks into the embrace of C...
Nov 20, 2023
US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson arrives in South Korea port
SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. aircraft carrier Carl Vinson arrived at a port in the South Korean city of Busan on Tuesday, in a show of extended deterrence against North Korea's nuclear and missile progr...
Nov 20, 2023
China’s carbon emissions set to peak before 2030 – expert poll
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China is on track to meet a goal to bring its climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions to a peak before 2030, according to a poll of 89 experts from industry and academia publish...
Nov 20, 2023
Japanese whisky turns 100 as craft distilleries transform industry
By Rocky Swift and Chris Gallagher SHIZUOKA CITY, Japan (Reuters) - In a still fuelled by cedar from nearby forests, Shizuoka Distillery, a leader in Japan's new wave of independent whisky makers, cra...
Nov 20, 2023
White House says Israel, Hamas hostage deal closer than before
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States believes that Israel and Hamas are getting closer to a deal that would secure the release of some hostagesheld in Gaz...
Nov 20, 2023
