Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Polish president denounces Tusk’s state media overhaul as ‘anarchy’
WARSAW (Reuters) - The new Polish government led by Donald Tusk is implementing reforms of state media that amount to "anarchy", the president said on Thursday, amid rising tensions between the head o...
Dec 21, 2023
Congo votes in extended election as opposition calls for rerun
KINSHASA (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo voted on Thursday on the second day of a chaotic and in parts violent general election after authorities extended opening hours for polling statio...
Dec 21, 2023
Urban school farm opens world of opportunity to British teens
By Phil Noble and Andy Bruce BIRKENHEAD, England (Reuters) - The rural life of rearing rare breed sheep and nurturing alpacas is a world away for many urban teenagers. Yet a British school near Liverp...
Dec 21, 2023
Rift deepens between the Philippines, China over South China Sea
MANILA (Reuters) - Relations between Manila and Beijing have soured under Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, with Manila pivoting back towards the United States which supports the Southeast Asi...
Dec 21, 2023
UN’s WFP temporarily suspends food assistance in parts of Sudan
(Reuters) - The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) has temporarily suspended food assistance in some parts of Sudan's state of Gezira as fighting spreads south and east of Sudan's capital Khar...
Dec 21, 2023
Polish parliament votes for court reform resolution
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's parliament voted for a resolution seeking changes in the National Council of the Judiciary (NCJ), as the new government attempts to undo reforms by the previous administrat...
Dec 21, 2023
Uruguay’s migrant population grows for first time in a century, driven by Venezuelans, Cubans
By Lucinda Elliott MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - For the first time since mass European migration to the Americas at the turn of the 20th century, the number of foreigners living in Uruguay is on the rise, t...
Dec 21, 2023
Ukrainian town faces tough winter, a year after driving out Russian forces
By Vitalii Hnidyi, Thomas Peter and Max Hunder LYMAN, Ukraine (Reuters) - The few remaining residents in the devastated eastern Ukrainian town of Lyman are preparing for a difficult winter as snow fal...
Dec 21, 2023
Explainer-How could North Korea use its nuclear weapons?
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said a missile test this week shows his country would not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack if an enemy provokes it with strategic wea...
Dec 21, 2023
Bail denied to Hong Kong rights lawyer in landmark security case
By Jessie Pang and Dorothy Kam HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court on Thursday rejected a fresh bail application for pro-democracy activist and lawyer Chow Hang-tung, whose subversion trial under ...
Dec 21, 2023
