Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Factbox-The two Chrises vying for role of New Zealand prime minister
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's election has turned into a battle of the two Chrises. According to recent polls, Chris Hipkins, New Zealand's current prime minister and leader of ...
Oct 12, 2023
‘Kindness costs nothing’, says Australian PM in final plea ahead of Indigenous referendum
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made a final plea to vote in favour of recognising Indigenous people in the constitution in a referendum on Saturday, as opinion polls show...
Oct 12, 2023
US colleges become flashpoints for protests on both sides of Israel-Hamas war
By Joseph Ax and Gabriella Borter NEW YORK (Reuters) - At Columbia University on Thursday, two groups of hundreds of students tensely faced each other in dueling pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonst...
Oct 12, 2023
U.S. law enforcement steps up security ahead of expected Mideast protests
By Dan Whitcomb and Steve Gorman (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement agencies have escalated security measures to safeguard Jewish and Muslim communities ahead of global pro-Palestinian protests expected...
Oct 12, 2023
Striking actors vow resolve, studios balk at latest demands
By Omar Younis and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Striking Hollywood actors vowed to hold firm on Thursday in their push for higher compensation and other gains as studios rejected a union dema...
Oct 12, 2023
Steve Scalise says drops out of race for U.S. House speaker
(Reuters) - Steve Scalise, who had secured the Republican Party's nomination to be the next speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives but was short of the 217 votes needed to be elected on the Hous...
Oct 12, 2023
Eyeing election, Congo president eases some terms of eastern military rule
By Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) - With little over two months until a general election, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi on Thursday said some conditions of military rule in conflict-hit easter...
Oct 12, 2023
Human Rights Watch says Israel used white phosphorous in Gaza, Lebanon
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of using white phosphorus munitions in its military operations in Gaza and Lebanon, saying the use of such weapons puts civilians at...
Oct 12, 2023
Israeli cyber security professionals band together amid Gaza war
By Christopher Bing, Raphael Satter and James Pearson WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - As Israeli children listened to their teacher over Zoom, the image of a gun-toting man in fatigues appeared on the s...
Oct 12, 2023
Split verdict for Colorado police officers tried in death of Elijah McClain
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -A jury in Colorado on Thursday found police officer Randy Roedema guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, a young Black man who died af...
Oct 12, 2023
