Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Taiwan says faces daily threat as U.S. notifies of new arms sale
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan faces military threats on a daily basis from "authoritarian forces", President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday, as the United States announced a new $280 million arms sale packa...
Dec 07, 2020
Hong Kong arrests eight more activists as crackdown on opposition shows no sign of let-up
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police arrested eight more activists on Tuesday over anti-government protests last year, the latest move in a relentless crackdown on opposition forces in the Chinese-r...
Dec 07, 2020
Report into NZ mosque attack faults focus on Islamist terror risks, firearms licensing
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A report into last year's Christchurch mosque massacre said New Zealand security agencies were "almost exclusively" focused on the threat from Islamist terrorism, and the police...
Dec 07, 2020
Eastern Libyan force says it intercepted Turkish ship
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Eastern-based Libyan forces have intercepted a Turkish ship under a Jamaican flag heading to the port of Misrata in western Libya, their spokesman said on Monday, a possibl...
Dec 07, 2020
Paraguay church to see no holiday pilgrims for first time in century
By Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) - The people of Paraguay will honor their patron saint this year online or in neighborhood parishes, as pandemic rules prevent an annual pilgrimage to a sacred c...
Dec 07, 2020
In a Lisbon bakery, Portugal’s president announces run for second term
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa's announcement on Monday that he was running for office again in next month's election may have been long anticipated...
Dec 07, 2020
U.S. defends how it treats jailed Ghislaine Maxwell
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Prisons said Ghislaine Maxwell is being treated the same as other inmates at her Brooklyn jail, rejecting her lawyers' claim she was subj...
Dec 07, 2020
Greece to keep schools, restaurants shut until after Christmas
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece said on Monday that it will not re-open schools, restaurants and courts until Jan. 7, effectively extending most of the restrictions the country imposed last month to contain...
Dec 07, 2020
WHO hopes to visit China as soon as possible to study coronavirus origins
GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) - The World Health Organization wants to visit China "as soon as possible" to study the origins of the new coronavirus, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. "W...
Dec 07, 2020
Chile announces fresh lockdowns, as president snapped without mask
By Aislinn Laing and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's health authorities on Monday announced a fresh lockdown in the capital Santiago after coronavirus cases spiked 18% in the past week. He...
Dec 07, 2020
