Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Years after ISIS, Iraqis forced out of camps into uncertain future
By Amina Ismail BALAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Last month, Iraqi authorities gave families displaced by the war against Islamic State just 48 hours to pack up and leave the Al-Ishaki camp before it was close...
Dec 11, 2020
Iran protests to Turkey over alleged ‘meddling’ by Erdogan
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned Turkey's ambassador on Friday over what it said was "meddlesome" remarks by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a visit to Azerbaijan. Erdogan re...
Dec 11, 2020
EU to discuss arms exports to Turkey with NATO and U.S., Merkel says
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU leaders plan to discuss arm exports to Turkey with NATO allies and Washington, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday, after Greece pushed for an arms e...
Dec 11, 2020
Top Mexican Catholic cleric chooses science, suspends centuries-old pilgrimage
By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The overflowing crowds and lavish pageantry surrounding a centuries-old annual pilgrimage to the shrine of Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe, among the world's...
Dec 11, 2020
Former Hong Kong lawmaker urges U.S. to punish China’s ‘ATM’: the banking sector
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should target Hong Kong's financial sector with tougher sanctions to deprive China from its 'ATM' and to force Beijing to the negotiating tabl...
Dec 11, 2020
Doors open but nearly empty, French cathedrals count cost of epidemic
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - France's Chartres cathedral, a vast 13th century building with 18 staff on the payroll, is a costly place to run, and the one million a year who normally come to s...
Dec 11, 2020
Morocco, Israel normalisation is ‘betrayal’ of Palestine – Iranian official
DUBAI (Reuters) - Morocco's normalisation of relations with Israel is a betrayal and a stab in the back of Palestine, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, an adviser to Iran's parliamentary speaker, said on Frid...
Dec 11, 2020
French mistrust of government could hamper coronavirus vaccine drive
By Caroline Pailliez HERBLAY-SUR-SEINE, France (Reuters) - Boris Czajka knows how dangerous the coronavirus is. His wife Steffie suffered from an infection for months, and at the peak of her illness s...
Dec 11, 2020
More witnesses expected in Huawei CFO’s extradition case after ‘incomplete’ testimony interruption
By Sarah Berman VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's witness cross examination has been extended into next week, as the court proceedings on Thursday were disrupted for ...
Dec 11, 2020
‘The country needs me:’ cleaner in Chicago’s COVID wards proud to fight pandemic
By Shannon Stapleton and Ana Isabel Martinez CHICAGO (Reuters) - When hospital cleaner Evelia De La Cruz was assigned to the COVID-19 ward in March, she was afraid. A 60-year-old immigrant from the so...
Dec 11, 2020
