Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
UK’s Johnson straining every sinew to get Brexit deal, Hancock says
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "straining every sinew" to get a Brexit deal that works for both sides but the EU must want to do it too, his health minister said on Tuesday...
Dec 08, 2020
Analysis: In Singapore, a very different Davos takes shape
By John Geddie and Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - It's not only the weather that might come as a shock when the World Economic Forum moves from Davos, the Swiss ski resort after which it tak...
Dec 08, 2020
France will not ‘sacrifice’ its fishermen in any Brexit deal, says minister
PARIS (Reuters) - Negotiations between Britain and the European Union over a post-Brexit trade deal are complex and France will oppose any pact that "sacrifices" its fishermen, French European Affairs...
Dec 08, 2020
British grandma is first in world to get Pfizer vaccine outside trial
LONDON (Reuters) - Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother from Britain, has become the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine outside of a trial following its clinical ap...
Dec 08, 2020
Farmers protest across India against Modi’s liberalisation
By Manoj Kumar and Rajendra Jadhav NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Farmers' protests against new laws liberalising agricultural markets spread across India on Tuesday, as farm organisations called for a ...
Dec 08, 2020
China condemns U.S. sanctions on Chinese officials over Hong Kong crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office condemned U.S. sanctions on Chinese officials over their role in a national security law for Hong Kong as "purely double-standards", stat...
Dec 08, 2020
A year on, markets bustling in Chinese city where COVID-19 emerged
By Cate Cadell WUHAN (Reuters) - Hundreds of shoppers pack a wet market on a December weekday morning in the Chinese city of Wuhan, jostling to buy fresh vegetables and live fish, frogs and turtles. A...
Dec 08, 2020
Turkey orders detention of 304 military personnel over suspected Gulen links: Anadolu
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has ordered the detention of 304 military personnel in an operation targeting supporters of the Muslim preacher that Ankara says was behind a failed coup in 2016, state-own...
Dec 08, 2020
Explainer: What hardline Islamic cleric Rizieq Shihab’s return means for Indonesian politics
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Six supporters of Indonesian Islamic cleric Rizieq Shihab were killed in a shootout on Monday, police said, raising worries the clash could reignite tensions between authorities an...
Dec 08, 2020
India investigates if organochlorines behind unknown illness
By Jatindra Dash BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - Indian authorities are investigating if organochlorines used as pesticides or in mosquito control caused the death of one person and hospitalisation of ...
Dec 07, 2020
