Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
France to press on with law on “unrepublican” behaviour
PARIS (Reuters) - France's government decided on Wednesday to press ahead with a law it says will crack down on practices that go against the values of the French Republic, such as forced marriage and...
Dec 09, 2020
U.S. sanctions three individuals, three entities from Asia and Africa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has designated three individuals from Macau, Kyrgyzstan, and Liberia, and three entities from Hong Kong, Palau and Cambodia for sanctions under the Global Magn...
Dec 09, 2020
Don’t mix Sputnik vaccine with alcohol, says Russian official. Some recoil
By Polina Nikolskaya and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - A health official's warning that anyone getting vaccinated against COVID-19 with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine should give up alcohol for almost ...
Dec 09, 2020
‘We need help,’ says Stockholm healthcare chief as COVID fills intensive care wards
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The head of Stockholm's health service appealed to national authorities on Wednesday to send specialist nurses and other hospital staff as it struggles to cope with a second wave...
Dec 09, 2020
Portugal border service chief quits after fatal beating of Ukrainian traveller
By Catarina Demony and Victoria Waldersee LISBON (Reuters) - The head of Portugal's SEF border service resigned on Wednesday after months of backlash over the fatal beating of a Ukrainian man detained...
Dec 09, 2020
Saudi crown prince’s lawyer seeks dismissal of ex-spy chief case in U.S. court
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's lawyer has asked a U.S. court to dismiss a case filed by a former top-ranking Saudi intelligence official, claiming it has no juri...
Dec 09, 2020
Ethiopia shifts focus from war to economy, U.N. worries about Tigray
By Jackson Njehia and Stephanie Nebehay NAIROBI/GENEVA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's prime minister shifted his focus away from war on Wednesday, opening a cross-border highway to Kenya at the opposite end o...
Dec 09, 2020
Russian police hunt thieves who plundered top secret ‘Doomsday Plane’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police in Russia said on Wednesday they were searching for thieves who plundered technical equipment from a top-secret military aircraft known as the Doomsday Plane that is designed...
Dec 09, 2020
Giant iceberg on course to collide with south Atlantic penguin colony island
By Cassandra Garrison (Reuters) - An enormous iceberg is heading toward South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic, where scientists say a collision could devastate wildlife including penguins, sea...
Dec 09, 2020
Majority in Swedish parliament backs ‘NATO option’ after Sweden Democrats shift
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Swedish parliamentary majority in favour of readiness to join NATO as a possible security policy option has emerged for the first time after the far-right Sweden Democrats part...
Dec 09, 2020
