Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Mexico launches coast-to-coast passenger and cargo railway
By Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico on Friday launched operations on a train line that crosses the country's narrowest point from the Gulf coast to the Pacific Ocean, kicking off a flagship ...
Dec 22, 2023
Turkish commission to meet next week to discuss Swedish NATO bid
ANKARA (Reuters) -The Turkish parliament's foreign affairs commission will sit down again on Tuesday to consider Sweden's NATO membership bid, parliament's website showed on Friday, a first step neces...
Dec 22, 2023
Spaniards rejoice as ‘The Fat One’ lottery winners revealed
MADRID (Reuters) - Thrilled Spaniards sang, cheered and celebrated with cava bubbly throughout the country on Friday as the Christmas lottery draw known as "El Gordo" (The Fat One) dished out prizes i...
Dec 22, 2023
Last French troops leave Niger as military cooperation officially ends
NIAMEY (Reuters) - The last French troops deployed in Niger to help fight a decade-old Islamist insurgency in the Sahel left the country on Friday, sealing a withdrawal that has dealt a further blow t...
Dec 22, 2023
EU Commission to mediate on stalemate over Spanish judiciary council
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the leader of the conservative opposition agreed on Friday to ask the European Commission to mediate an end to a five-year political stalema...
Dec 22, 2023
U.S. Treasury’s Adeyemo says new Russia sanctions order puts bigger burden on banks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's new executive order strengthening U.S. sanctions against Russia will put new pressure on banks to ensure that their services are not being used to aid...
Dec 22, 2023
We won’t let there be war with China, Taiwan VP frontrunner says
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's ruling party will not let war break out with China, but it is China that is to blame for stirring up tensions, Taipei's former top diplomat in the United States and now fro...
Dec 22, 2023
Police launch criminal investigation into missing UK boy found in France
LONDON (Reuters) - British police on Friday said they had launched a criminal investigation into the alleged abduction of Alex Batty, a British teenager who resurfaced in France earlier this month aft...
Dec 22, 2023
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan files nomination for 2024 national elections- Geo
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan filed nomination papers for the 2024 national elections on Friday, local media Geo News reported. Khan filed his papers to cont...
Dec 22, 2023
Netherlands to deliver 18 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands will deliver 18 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to help its battle against Russia's invasion, the Dutch government said on Friday. "Today I informed President Zelens...
Dec 22, 2023
