Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
In silence, Greek city buries coronavirus dead
THESSALONIKI, Greece (Reuters) - Authorities in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki have dug dozens of graves for the victims of COVID-19 after a sharp increase in the number of deaths. Greece has...
Dec 04, 2020
Moderna to supply four million more doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Israel
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Friday it has extended its contract with the Israeli health ministry to supply an additional 4 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Israel has now secured a...
Dec 04, 2020
U.S. envoy to visit South Korea next week – sources
WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - Washington's point man on North Korea, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, is scheduled to visit Seoul next week to meet with South Korean officials, five sourc...
Dec 04, 2020
Ivory Coast gives passport to exiled former president Gbagbo
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast has issued passports to former president Laurent Gbagbo, allowing him to return from exile in Belgium before the end of the year following his acquittal on war crimes c...
Dec 04, 2020
Iran pressures Biden with plan to increase underground enrichment machines
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is raising pressure on U.S. President-elect Joe Biden with plans to install more advanced uranium-enriching centrifuges at an underground plant in breach of its deal with major...
Dec 04, 2020
Explainer: India’s multi-billion dollar food programme is at the heart of farmers’ protests
By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Thousands of Indian farmers angered by farm laws that they say threaten their livelihoods have intensified their protests by blocking highways and camping out ...
Dec 04, 2020
Chile tightens immigration law ahead of predicted post-lockdown arrivals
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Lawmakers approved late on Thursday a bill that overhauls Chile's immigration rules and the service that oversees them, ahead of an anticipated surge in arrivals from abroad as th...
Dec 04, 2020
President Lopez Obrador asks Mexicans to cancel festive plans amid rising pandemic threat
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday asked Mexicans to cancel their year-end holiday plans and curb their movement amid rising coronavirus case numbers in the countr...
Dec 04, 2020
Over half of Italians back giving up freedoms for public health amid COVID-19: survey
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - More than half of Italians think it is right to give up personal freedom to protect public health, a survey said on Friday, suggesting the government's curbs to fight...
Dec 04, 2020
Lebanon investigates death of former customs official
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese authorities are investigating the killing of a retired customs officer in what a leading politician described as a "terrible incident". Colonel Munir Abu Rjeili was found d...
Dec 04, 2020
