Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Opera goes underground in Ukraine’s Kharkiv to avoid Russian missiles
By Vitalii Hnidyi KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Opera singers in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv hope to return to the stage more than 20 months into Russia's war by performing in the baseme...
Nov 01, 2023
UK says Gaza’s Rafah crossing likely to open for foreign nationals
LONDON (Reuters) - The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza is expected to open on Wednesday, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said in a post on X. "The Rafah crossing is likely to open today ...
Nov 01, 2023
Samurai trash collectors clean Tokyo streets after Halloween revels
By Francis Tang TOKYO (Reuters) - Trash collectors in samurai costumes took to Tokyo's streets on Wednesday, theatrically wielding garbage tongs and flicking litter left from an evening of Halloween r...
Nov 01, 2023
China’s veteran climate envoy Xie to step down in December – govt source
By Muyu Xu and David Stanway (Reuters) - China's veteran climate change envoy, Xie Zhenhua, is set to retire in December at the end of this year's COP28 climate talks in Dubai, a government official f...
Nov 01, 2023
North Korea’s chances of succeeding in spy satellite launch high -S.Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is in the final stages of preparations for the launch of a spy satellite and the chances of the third attempt succeeding are high, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesda...
Nov 01, 2023
As deadline to leave Pakistan expires, official says over 100,000 Afghans gone home
By Mushtaq Ali PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani officials reported that more than 100,000 Afghan nationals had returned to their Taliban-ruled homeland in the past two weeks, as a deadline for...
Nov 01, 2023
Kazakhstan welcomes France’s Macron under Moscow’s disapproving gaze
ASTANA (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, the first leg of his trip to Central Asia, a region long regarded as Russia's backyard which has drawn fresh Wes...
Nov 01, 2023
Gold mining spreads mercury to tropical birds, study says
By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - Tropical birds, from kingfishers to wrens to warblers, are showing signs of mercury contamination as artisanal and small-scale gold mining operations reach deeper i...
Nov 01, 2023
Ukraine imposes new rules for food exports – government
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine will introduce mandatory registration of food export companies aimed at preventing abuses such as tax avoidance in the export of key agrarian goods, the government said in a r...
Nov 01, 2023
Haze lingers in Beijing as fog blankets parts of north China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Hazy weather hung over Beijing on Wednesday with conditions in other parts of north China possibly worsening, forecasters said, although cold air sweeping in from the northwest is ...
Nov 01, 2023
