Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Lebanon residents wound UN peacekeeper, block convoy twice
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A U.N. peacekeeper in southern Lebanon was hurt when a group of young men attacked a patrol and tried to stop it from moving through their village, the U.N. mission said on Thursday...
Dec 28, 2023
US military’s secretive X-37B spaceplane ready for launch to higher orbit
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - After weeks of false starts and delays, SpaceX teams prepared again on Thursday to launch the military's secretive X-37B robot spa...
Dec 28, 2023
Former China central bank official jailed for 16 years for graft – Caixin
BEIJING (Reuters) - A former Chinese central bank official has been sentenced to 16 years and six months in prison for taking bribes, leaking state secrets and insider trading as the ruling Communist ...
Dec 28, 2023
DR Congo government rules out election re-run demanded by opposition
By Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo will not cancel the results of last week's presidential election despite repeated calls from the opposition for a full re-run of the d...
Dec 28, 2023
Factbox-What and where are Russia’s $300 billion in reserves frozen in the West?
By Elena Fabrichnaya and Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) - After President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022, the United States and its allies prohibited transactions with Russia's ce...
Dec 28, 2023
Aerial strike on Ethiopia church grounds kills eight – witnesses
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - An aerial strike on the grounds of a church in Ethiopia's Oromiya region killed eight people and injured five as they collected corn, two witnesses and an opp...
Dec 28, 2023
Turkey fines popular TV series after religious controversy
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's radio and television watchdog RTUK on Thursday placed a two-week broadcasting ban on the popular television series "Kizil Goncalar" (Crimson Buds), a board member said, as ...
Dec 28, 2023
Brazil cracks down as wildcat miners in the Amazon shift their operations
By Adriano Machado SUCUNDURI, Brazil (Reuters) - Deep in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil is fighting destructive wildcat gold mining as it spreads from Indigenous lands into government-protected conserv...
Dec 28, 2023
Egypt says it is awaiting responses on plan to end Gaza war
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt confirmed on Thursday that it had put forward a framework proposal to end the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip that includes three stages ending with a cease...
Dec 28, 2023
Ukraine, without foreign aid, may postpone pension indexation – minister
(Reuters) - Ukraine's minister for social policy believes the country will be able to pay pensions even if crucial Western financial aid is not approved soon, but the planned indexation of pensions, t...
Dec 28, 2023
