Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Exclusive-WHO vaccine scheme risks failure, leaving poor countries no COVID shots until 2024
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The global scheme to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries faces a "very high" risk of failure, potentially leaving nations home to billions of peop...
Dec 16, 2020
Indonesian militant linked to Bali bombings flown to Jakarta for questioning
By Tri Iswanto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities on Wednesday transferred 23 Islamic militants to the capital Jakarta for questioning, including one of the suspected bomb makers behind the 20...
Dec 16, 2020
Erdogan says U.S. sanctions will not deter Turkey’s defence industry
ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday U.S. sanctions imposed on Turkey over its acquisition of Russian defence systems will fail in what he said was their aim of deterring Anka...
Dec 16, 2020
Two ex-ministers snub judge after being charged over Beirut blast
By Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two former Lebanese ministers charged with negligence over a huge explosion at Beirut port in August that killed 200 people indicated on Wednesday they would not ap...
Dec 16, 2020
Iran’s Khamenei: U.S. hostility toward Iran will not end with Trump’s departure
(Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Washington's hostility toward the Islamic Republic would not end when U.S. President Donald Trump leaves office. "The ho...
Dec 16, 2020
Indian farm widows join protests against agriculture reforms
By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Hundreds of Indian women, including many widows of farmers who were believed to have killed themselves over debt, joined a protest on Wednesday against governm...
Dec 16, 2020
Exclusive-Suspected Chinese hackers stole camera footage from African Union – memo
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As diplomats gathered at the African Union's headquarters earlier this year to prepare for its annual leaders' summit, employees of the international organizat...
Dec 16, 2020
Biden will keep using U.S. sanctions weapon but with sharper aim – sources
By Matt Spetalnick, Daphne Psaledakis, Humeyra Pamuk and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden will not shy away from using President Donald Trump's weapon of choice - sanctions - as he se...
Dec 16, 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azeri forces of capturing its troops despite ceasefire deal
YEREVAN (Reuters) - The leader of the ethnic-Armenian controlled enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh accused Azeri forces on Wednesday of capturing several dozen of its troops despite a ceasefire deal that en...
Dec 16, 2020
Taliban delegation visits Islamabad, plans for leadership meeting in Pakistan
By Charlotte Greenfield and Jibran Ahmed ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR (Reuters) - A Taliban delegation will arrive in Pakistan's capital on Monday for a three-day visit, according to official statements, as bot...
Dec 16, 2020
