Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Armed bandits raid Nigerian school, police hunt for missing students
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Bandits armed with assault rifles attacked a secondary school in Nigeria's northwestern Katsina state late on Friday, police said, and two local people told Reuters hund...
Dec 12, 2020
Hardline Indonesian cleric arrested over alleged lockdown breaches – lawyer
By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian Islamic cleric Rizieq Shihab was arrested in Jakarta on Saturday on suspicion of having breached coronavirus restrictions by holding events tha...
Dec 12, 2020
Japan surpasses 3,000 daily new coronavirus cases for first time – NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan saw more than 3,000 new infections of the novel coronavirus for the first time in one day on Saturday, public broadcaster NHK reported, as the number of cases continues to rise...
Dec 12, 2020
Vietnam jails Hanoi CDC chief for overstating COVID-19 gear cost
HANOI (Reuters) - A Vietnamese court on Saturday sentenced the head of the Hanoi Center for Disease Control and Prevention to 10 years in prison after finding him guilty of wrongdoing linked to the pr...
Dec 12, 2020
Britain’s navy to protect fishing waters in case of no-deal Brexit
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Four Royal Navy patrol ships will be ready on Jan. 1 to help protect Britain's fishing waters in the event the Brexit transition period ends without a deal on future ties...
Dec 12, 2020
First NGO aid convoy arrives in capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The first non-governmental aid convoy since fighting erupted last month has arrived in the capital of Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray carrying desperately needed medicines...
Dec 12, 2020
Russia says may retaliate after new round of UK sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A new round of British sanctions against Russian individuals over alleged human rights abuses in Chechnya is "unfounded" and Moscow may retaliate, the Russian Foreign Ministry said ...
Dec 12, 2020
Explosion near Baghdad airport, cause unclear, no casualties – sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An explosion took place near Baghdad international airport on Saturday in an area housing Iraqi military compounds, but caused no damage or casualties, security sources said. The s...
Dec 12, 2020
Merkel to discuss tighter lockdown with German states on Sunday – sources
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to discuss on Sunday a tightening of lockdown restrictions with state leaders as coronavirus infections rise and amid growing calls for ...
Dec 12, 2020
Swiss freeze assets of Belarus leader Lukashenko
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland has frozen the financial assets of the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, following the violent aftermath of the elections in the east European country. Lukashe...
Dec 12, 2020
