Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Cameroon holds first ever regional elections, separatists vow disruption
By Josiane Kouagheu YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon holds its first ever regional election on Sunday, which the government says hands more power to the provinces but opponents fear only maintains Preside...
Dec 06, 2020
UK regulator who approved COVID jab says ‘we are ready’ for no-deal Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) - The head of Britain's medicines regulator, asked whether the COVID-19 vaccine rollout risked being disrupted if Britain and the European Union fail to reach a trade deal before the ...
Dec 06, 2020
UK farming minister says EU talks will continue until no point doing so
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is prepared to keep negotiating with the European Union on a post-Brexit trade deal until there is no longer any point doing so, farming minister George Eustice said on Sund...
Dec 06, 2020
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth may go public after having COVID vaccine, Times reports
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip may "let it be known" once they have received a vaccine against COVID-19, The Times newspaper reported, citing unnamed royal ...
Dec 06, 2020
Irish Foreign Minister has ‘very strong view’ EU-UK deal can be done: newspaper
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has a "very strong view" that a trade deal can be secured between Britain and the European Union, Ireland's Sunday Independent newspaper quoted ...
Dec 06, 2020
Australia bushfire threatens township on World Heritage-listed Fraser island
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Residents of a coastal township on Australia's World Heritage-listed Fraser Island were told to evacuate on Sunday as a bushfire approached. Since it was sparked by an illegal ca...
Dec 06, 2020
Exclusive: Steinmetz to appear at Geneva trial next month to face corruption charges – lawyer
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz will appear in a Geneva court next month to defend himself against corruption and forgery charges in connection with mining c...
Dec 06, 2020
Venezuela votes for parliament as opposition denounces fraud
By Brian Ellsworth CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelans on Sunday choose a new congress in an election that the opposition is boycotting and most Western nations call a fraud by President Nicolas Maduro to...
Dec 06, 2020
Japan, France, U.S. plan their first joint military drills in May: media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan, France, and the United States will hold joint military drills on land and sea for the first time in May next year as the Chinese military steps up activity in the region, the ...
Dec 06, 2020
Japan mulls limited resumption of inbound tourism from spring: media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government is considering the resumption of inbound tourism on a limited basis from the spring as Tokyo prepares to host a delayed summer Olympics, the Asahi newspaper report...
Dec 05, 2020
