Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Philippine police hunt for six kidnapped Chinese nationals
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine authorities were trying to track the whereabouts of six Chinese nationals who were abducted in the capital region this week, police said on Thursday. Police anti-kidnappi...
Nov 01, 2023
Winter coming a week late in Beijing as northern China basks in warm weather
By Ethan Wang and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - Winter is expected to arrive late, and suddenly in Beijing this year as daytime temperatures hovered above 20 degrees Celsius (68 Fahrenheit), bathing th...
Nov 01, 2023
Jailed former Malaysian PM Najib in hospital with COVID-19
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia's jailed former prime minister Najib Razak has been admitted to a hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, his spokesperson said on Thursday. Najib, 70, is in sta...
Nov 01, 2023
Heckler pushes Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Biden says: ‘we need a pause’
By Andrea Shalal and Jarrett Renshaw MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday called for a "pause" in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas in the Gaza Strip...
Nov 01, 2023
Latin America ramps up condemnations of Israel’s attack on Gaza
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Some of Latin America's largest countries came out on Wednesday to condemn Israel's attacks on a densely populated refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, widening the diplomatic rift...
Nov 01, 2023
Climate’s ‘Catch-22’: Cutting pollution heats up the planet
By Jake Spring and David Stanway (Reuters) - Air pollution, a global scourge that kills millions of people a year, is shielding us from the full force of the sun. Getting rid of it will accelerate cli...
Nov 01, 2023
China lowers flags to half mast on former premier Li’s cremation day
BEIJING (Reuters) - China ordered the lowering of the national flag at Tiananmen Square in the heart of the Chinese capital Beijing on Thursday, when the remains of former premier Li Keqiang are sched...
Nov 01, 2023
Gaza says Israel’s strikes on refugee camp kill more than 195 people
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - More foreign nationals prepared to leave the besieged Gaza Strip on Thursday as the enclave's Hamas-run government said at least 195 Pa...
Nov 01, 2023
Democracy under threat around the world -intergovernmental watchdog
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Half of the world's countries are suffering democratic decline, ranging from flawed elections to curtailed rights including freedoms of expression and assembly, an intergovernmen...
Nov 01, 2023
Blinken to reassert in Israel its right to act but need to minimize civilian casualties
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel on Friday to voice solidarity with its retaliation against Hamas in Gaza but also to reassert the need ...
Nov 01, 2023
