Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Excluded, abandoned: Children born under Islamic State era still paying heavy price
By Charlotte Bruneau AL KHAZER, Iraq (Reuters) - Excluded, vilified and sometimes simply abandoned: such is the price paid by thousands of children in Iraq born to suspected Islamic State militants. A...
Dec 10, 2020
Mexican president says could recognize Biden win next week
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday he would immediately respond to the result of the U.S. presidential election if the electoral college definitive...
Dec 10, 2020
Spanish state takes over Franco’s palace, evicts heirs
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish state on Thursday took over former dictator General Francisco Franco's summer palace, complete with its vast art trove, and evicted his heirs as part of the leftist gove...
Dec 10, 2020
Car bomb kills at least four in Turkish-controlled north Syria
ANKARA (Reuters) - At least four people were killed in a Turkish-controlled region of northern Syria on Thursday when a car bomb detonated at a checkpoint in the border town of Ras Al Ain, according t...
Dec 10, 2020
“Ice Cathedral” in Swiss Alps offers visitors unique show
By Denis Balibouse LES DIABLERETS, Switzerland (Reuters) - An ice cave which forms naturally on a high-altitude glacier in the Swiss Alps became accessible on Thursday, to the delight of visitors who ...
Dec 10, 2020
Pope will say Christmas Mass earlier to meet Italy Covid curfew
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis' Christmas Eve Mass will start two hours earlier, the Vatican said on Thursday, allowing even the limited number of people who can attend to get home by a 10 p.m....
Dec 10, 2020
Thai protesters say royal insult law must go
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai protesters called on Thursday for the abolition of the lese majeste law which bans criticism of the monarchy and has been used recently against the leaders of months of protes...
Dec 10, 2020
Radiation levels rose inside a Finnish nuclear unit -nuclear watchdog
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's nuclear safety authority STUK said on Thursday that radiation levels had risen inside Olkiluoto2 nuclear unit at around 1 p.m. (1100 GMT) in Western Finland but no radio...
Dec 10, 2020
Buildings shake as deep, 6.7 magnitude quake hits Taiwan
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Buildings shook in Taipei on Thursday as a deep, 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit the northern part of Taiwan, though with no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake's epicent...
Dec 10, 2020
Financier Joseph Safra, Brazil’s richest man, dies at 82
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Joseph Safra, the Lebanese-Brazilian financier who has died aged 82, was Brazil's richest man and for many years the world's wealthiest banker. Safra helped run and expand his fa...
Dec 10, 2020
