Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Judge orders mass trial as Italy takes on ‘Ndrangheta mobsters
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - A judge on Thursday indicted 444 suspected members of the 'Ndrangheta mafia on an array of charges, including murder, attempted murder, extortion, money laundering ...
Dec 03, 2020
Egypt to free members of leading rights group: sources, state media
CAIRO (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Egypt have ordered the release of three members of a leading human rights group who were arrested last month after the group gave a briefing to senior diplomats, judic...
Dec 03, 2020
Hundreds protest against Armenian PM, block streets over ceasefire deal
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Hundreds of Armenians blocked streets in the capital Yerevan late on Thursday and called for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over a ceasefire deal that locked in ...
Dec 03, 2020
Victims of Bhopal gas tragedy say pandemic has worsened their plight
BHOPAL, India (Reuters) - Protesters in the central Indian city of Bhopal formed a human chain on Thursday to demand justice for people suffering cancer, blindness, respiratory, immune and neurologica...
Dec 03, 2020
COVID-19 vaccines will be free for all in Portugal, says health minister
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's Health Minister Marta Temido said on Thursday the country's public health service will be responsible for the distribution of vaccines against the coronavirus, which will...
Dec 03, 2020
UK’s COVID-19 death toll surpasses 60,000
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom's total death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 60,000 on Thursday, by the government's preferred measure of deaths within 28 days of a positive test. Official daily d...
Dec 03, 2020
Almost half of Yemenis in acute food insecurity, new data shows
By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) - Famine-like conditions have re-appeared in parts of Yemen and almost half the population is experiencing high levels of food insecurity, new United Nations data sh...
Dec 03, 2020
Italian regions up in arms over government’s Xmas Covid curbs
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's regions on Thursday hit out at the government over its latest curbs to control the coronavirus, saying they were not consulted over measures that were too hard on families and...
Dec 03, 2020
Indonesia eager to clinch French Rafale fighter jets deal soon: La Tribune
PARIS (Reuters) - Negotiations between France and Indonesia for the purchase of 48 French Rafale fighter jets are advancing at a fast pace and a deal could be inked soon, French website La Tribune.fr ...
Dec 03, 2020
Czechs toast Christmas return to pubs, shops
By Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czechs raised glasses in pubs, grabbed lunch again at restaurants and hit the shops for the first time since October on Thursday as coronavirus measures were eased be...
Dec 03, 2020
