Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Tokyo prosecutors consider summary indictment of ex-PM Abe officials: Asahi
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo prosecutors are considering a summary indictment of two officials in former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office for alleged violation of political funding laws, the dai...
Dec 03, 2020
Saudi-led coalition in Yemen intercepts explosive-laden drone launched by Houthis: state TV
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said early on Friday it intercepted and destroyed an explosive-laden drone launched by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement towards the kingdom,...
Dec 03, 2020
U.S. actions against China shifting ties to “dangerous path” – China Daily
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Moves by United States to limit visitor visas for Chinese Communist Party members and their families and a ban on Xinjiang cotton imports are "worrisome signs" bilateral ties are ...
Dec 03, 2020
Japanese PM Suga to hold news conference amid third coronavirus wave: media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, is set to hold a news conference to provide an update on the country's pandemic response on Friday, local media reported, his first since coro...
Dec 03, 2020
‘No harvests’: Peru farm protests grip country, turn deadly
By Maria Cervantes LIMA (Reuters) - Protests by farm workers demanding better wages in Peru raged on for a fourth day Thursday, spreading north into key agricultural areas of the Andean nation, derail...
Dec 03, 2020
Opposition candidates suspected of ties to Venezuela’s ruling party defy call for vote boycott
By Brian Ellsworth and Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan politician Henry Gomez is running for parliament as part of an alliance that has promised to confront President Nicolas Maduro and ...
Dec 03, 2020
Iran likely to hold off on retaliation over scientist’s killing -U.S. envoy
By Humeyra Pamuk and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran is unlikely to retaliate over the assassination of a prominent nuclear scientist before the inauguration of Joe Biden in case it jeopar...
Dec 03, 2020
Coronavirus claims 1.5 million lives globally with 10,000 dying each day
By Shaina Ahluwalia and Sangameswaran S (Reuters) - Over 1.5 million people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 with one death reported every nine seconds on a weekly average, as vaccinations are se...
Dec 03, 2020
Gaza authorities clamp down again to stem rise in COVID-19 cases
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - A partial lockdown will begin this weekend in the Gaza Strip after COVID-19 infections spiked in the densely populated territory, Gaza's Interior Ministry declare...
Dec 03, 2020
Exclusive: Biden must use sanctions as leverage against Venezuela’s Maduro, U.S. envoy says
By Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. envoy on Venezuela called on the incoming Biden administration on Thursday to use the leverage he believes has been gained from...
Dec 03, 2020
