Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Militant attacks force 570,000 to flee homes in northern Mozambique, president says
MAPUTO (Reuters) - Militants have forced 570,000 people to flee their homes in Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado province, President Filipe Nyusi said on Wednesday, vowing to defeat insurgents who st...
Dec 16, 2020
Turkey’s Erdogan, EU’s Michel discussed EU summit in call
ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan told European Council President Charles Michel in a call that Turkey wants to build its future with the EU, calling for Ankara and the bloc to move on from ...
Dec 16, 2020
Malaysia invokes emergency to stop by-elections as COVID-19 cases rise
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's government on Wednesday declared a state of emergency to stop by-elections in two constituencies scheduled for next month, as the country grapples with a spike in c...
Dec 16, 2020
Iran’s Supreme Leader holds first function since health rumours – state media
(Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei held his first public function on Wednesday since rumours surfaced of his deteriorating health, Iranian state media reported. Khamenei met orga...
Dec 16, 2020
Fiji braces as category five Cyclone Yasa bares down
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Fiji closed schools and urged people to stock up on emergency supplies on Wednesday as a potentially devastating cyclone was due to hit the island nation within day...
Dec 16, 2020
Indonesia pledges free COVID-19 vaccines, with president first in line
By Maikel Jefriando JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will provide free coronavirus vaccines to its citizens when the world's fourth most populous nation starts its inoculation programme, President Joko W...
Dec 16, 2020
“Lock down,” says Italy adviser, as deaths head for wartime levels
ROME (Reuters) - An adviser to Italy's health ministry has called for coronavirus restrictions to be drastically tightened to avoid a "national tragedy" after the national statistics bureau ISTAT said...
Dec 16, 2020
Progress on Brexit issues, next days critical, EU says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's chief executive said on Wednesday that she could not say if there would be a trade accord with Britain but there had been progress and that the next few days ...
Dec 16, 2020
Taiwan extends ban on Indonesian workers citing coronavirus surge
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's government on Wednesday extended a ban on Indonesian workers coming to the island for an indefinite period citing a surge in the number of infected people arriving and lack...
Dec 16, 2020
Hospital beds run short in St Petersburg as COVID vaccine delivered across Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - St Petersburg is running dangerously low on hospital beds for COVID-19 patients, city authorities said, as deliveries of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine began on Wednesday across the cou...
Dec 16, 2020
