Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Bird flu spreads to a quarter of Japan prefectures
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's worst bird flu outbreak on record spread to new farms this week and has been found in around a quarter of the country's 47 prefectures, with officials ordering more cullings....
Dec 15, 2020
New Zealand inquiry finds 253,000 children and adults abused in state and faith-based care
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Up to a quarter of a million children, young people and vulnerable adults were abused in New Zealand's faith-based and state care institutions in the past sever...
Dec 15, 2020
In Taiwan pig country, U.S. pork decision rankles, divides families
By Ann Wang PINGTUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - In southern Taiwan's pig-producing heartland, the government's contentious decision to ease restrictions on imports of U.S. pork is rankling some producers and...
Dec 15, 2020
Australia reports first local COVID-19 case in two weeks after airport worker tests positive
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state on Wednesday reported its first coronavirus case in nearly two weeks after an airport worker tested positive prompting authorities to suggest interna...
Dec 15, 2020
Chile reserves seats for indigenous as it prepares to rewrite Constitution
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean lawmakers late on Tuesday approved a bill to reserve 17 of 155 seats for representatives of indigenous communities in its upcoming constitutional convention, a measure lau...
Dec 15, 2020
Australia welcomes extradition of sex-crime suspect from Israel
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Wednesday welcomed an Israeli Supreme Court decision to approve the extradition of a former school principal accused of sexually assaulting students at a Jewish school ...
Dec 15, 2020
Cuba rejects U.S. report on diplomat health incidents
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba on Tuesday rejected a U.S. government report concluding that directed radio frequency was the most plausible explanation for mysterious ailments suffered by U.S. diplomats in H...
Dec 15, 2020
Saudi-led coalition in Yemen intercepts drone fired by Houthis -state TV
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Tuesday it intercepted and destroyed an explosive-laden drone launched by Iran-aligned Houthis towards the kingdom, Saudi state TV r...
Dec 15, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro recognizes Biden victory, reaches out to president-elect
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he had begun the process of reaching out formally to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, making the far-right South American leader ...
Dec 15, 2020
Mexico’s foreign minister says expects a rise in migration to the United States
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Tuesday said he expects migration to the United States to increase and added his government wants to convince Washington to change i...
Dec 15, 2020
