Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
South Korean capital drills to guard against surprise attack by North
By Daewoung Kim and Jimin Jung SEOUL (Reuters) - More than 1,000 South Korean military, police and emergency personnel joined rare defence drills on Wednesday that simulated an attack by North Korea o...
Dec 27, 2023
Factbox-What is Egypt’s proposal for Gaza?
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Dan Williams and and Ahmed Mohamed Hassan GAZA (Reuters) - Egypt has held talks between Hamas and its allied Islamic Jihad to try and broker a permanent ceasefire in Israel's war...
Dec 27, 2023
Wolfgang Schaeuble, veteran of German politics, dies at 81 – reports
BERLIN (Reuters) - Veteran German politician Wolfgang Schaeuble, who served as a member of the Bundestag parliament for over half a century, has died aged 81, German media reported on Wednesday. Schae...
Dec 27, 2023
One killed in Russia’s latest drone attack -Ukrainian authorities
(Reuters) - One person was killed after Russian forces sent dozens of attack drones over Ukraine in their latest overnight air strike, Ukrainian authorities said on Wednesday. The Ukraine air force sa...
Dec 27, 2023
Iran dismisses IAEA report on uranium enrichment -Iranian media
(Reuters) - Iran's atomic energy chief Mohammad Eslami on Wednesday said there was "nothing new" in an international nuclear watchdog report saying that Tehran had reversed a months-long slowdown in i...
Dec 27, 2023
Russia to deploy newest howitzers close to Finland’s border – Rostec
(Reuters) - Russia will soon deploy its newest howitzers to its Northern Military District which borders Finland and Norway, the head of the Rostec state defence conglomerate said in remarks published...
Dec 26, 2023
China threatens more trade sanctions on Taiwan as election nears
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese government on Wednesday threatened to place further trade sanctions on Taiwan if the ruling party "stubbornly" adheres to supporting independence, in a further escalati...
Dec 26, 2023
Whisky and the coal mining ‘shack’: Taiwan election is not only about China
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - As Taiwan's election approaches next month, it is not only fraught ties with China competing for electors' attention. The candidates are exchanging blows over every...
Dec 26, 2023
‘Parasite’ actor Lee found dead amid drug allegations -Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) - Lee Sun-kyun, a South Korean actor of the Oscar-winning film "Parasite", was found dead, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday, citing police. Lee had been under investigation ove...
Dec 26, 2023
South Korea sanctions 8 North Koreans over arms trade, cyberattacks
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea imposed sanctions on eight North Koreans linked to nuclear and missile development through arms trade, cyberattacks and other illicit activities, Seoul's foreign ministry...
Dec 26, 2023
