Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Main Bangladesh opposition party calls for boycott of January election
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's main opposition party urged voters on Wednesday to boycott next year's general election, reiterating demands for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step down or else risk w...
Dec 20, 2023
EU top court upholds sanctions against Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's top court on Wednesday upheld sanctions against Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich that had been placed upon him after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. After P...
Dec 20, 2023
Israel charts unmapped ways to treat trauma of freed child hostages
By Ari Rabinovitch and Rami Amichay JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Just days after Hamas kidnapped more than 35 young children and teenagers during its Oct. 7 rampage, youth psychologists and welfare experts i...
Dec 20, 2023
Swiss capital Bern considers legal cocaine project
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's capital is examining a pilot scheme to allow the sale of cocaine for recreational use - a radical approach to the war on drugs that is not thought to ha...
Dec 20, 2023
Kuwait’s new emir sworn in, demands comprehensive review
By Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) -Kuwait's new emir, Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah, forcefully castigated lawmakers and executive authorities on Wednesday for what he said was harm to the interests ...
Dec 20, 2023
Ukrainians prepare for first wartime Christmas on new calendar
KYIV/DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainians are gearing up to celebrate their first Christmas according to a new calendar, another step towards erasing all traces of Russian influence as their...
Dec 20, 2023
England’s junior doctors ramp up strikes in threat to emergency care
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - Junior doctors in England ramped up their industrial action on Wednesday, beginning the first walk-out of their biggest strike yet, which hospitals warn could threate...
Dec 20, 2023
EU reaches agreement on new set of rules to manage migration and asylum
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU has reached an agreement on a new set of rules to manage migration and asylum, Roberta Metsola, president of the European Parliament, said on Wednesday on social media plat...
Dec 20, 2023
Explainer-How could Red Sea attacks affect oil and gas shipping?
By Marwa Rashad, Robert Harvey and Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) - Several shipping companies and a few liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers have decided to avoid the world's main East-West trade rou...
Dec 20, 2023
French President Macron to defend his contested migration bill on TV
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will speak about his government's new migration law on television later on Wednesday, hours after lawmakers gave their final approval to the conteste...
Dec 20, 2023
