Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Shoppers flood Italian cities as government debates Christmas curbs
By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) - Crowds flooded the streets of several Italian cities on Sunday, forcing police to close off popular sites such as Rome's Trevi fountain, while the government debated ...
Dec 13, 2020
Lebanon’s collapse is like the Titanic’s sinking, only without the music: Le Drian
PARIS (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Lebanon's political and economic collapse was like the sinking of the Titanic, only without the music. "Lebanon is the Titanic without...
Dec 13, 2020
Pakistan’s opposition to lead march to capital in bid to oust PM Khan
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The leaders of an anti-government alliance urged tens of thousands of supporters at a rally on Sunday to join a march to the Pakistani capital next mon...
Dec 13, 2020
11 migrants found dead off of Venezuela’s eastern coast
CARACAS (Reuters) - Eleven people believed to have traveled from Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago were found dead in waters near the South American nation's coast, Trinidad and Tobago's coast guard sa...
Dec 13, 2020
Iran jails British-Iranian researcher for nine years for subversion: report
DUBAI (Reuters) - A court in Iran has handed a nine-year jail sentence to British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady, after convicting him of conducting "subversive" research work, the semi-official...
Dec 13, 2020
Chinese dams under U.S. scrutiny in Mekong rivalry
By Kay Johnson and Matthew Tostevin BANGKOK (Reuters) - A U.S.-funded project using satellites to track and publish water levels at Chinese dams on the Mekong river was launched on Monday, adding to t...
Dec 13, 2020
Algeria president makes first appearance since hospitalisation
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday made his first appearance since he was flown to a hospital in Germany 47 days ago after testing positive for the novel coronavirus...
Dec 13, 2020
First Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses to arrive in Canada on Sunday – official
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The first doses of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Canada later on Sunday, with more of the initial batch of 30,000 coming on Monday, the official in charge of Canada's...
Dec 13, 2020
Iran controls oil pipeline spillage, fire in southwest
DUBAI (Reuters) - A pipeline carrying crude oil to Iran's second largest refinery ruptured and burst into flames on Sunday, but the spillage and the blaze were brought under control, Iranian news agen...
Dec 13, 2020
UK reports 18,447 new COVID-19 cases, 144 deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported on Sunday 18,447 cases of coronavirus and 144 deaths within 28 days of a positive test, marking a decline on Saturday's tallies, according to government data. (Repo...
Dec 13, 2020
