Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
U.S. sanctions accomplice of “most wanted” Mexican trafficker Caro Quintero
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday it had frozen assets belonging to an alleged accomplice of Rafael Caro Quintero, a Mexican drug trafficker who tops the U.S...
Dec 02, 2020
Exclusive: Venezuela opposition discussing scaling back interim government, sources say
By Brian Ellsworth and Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition is discussing scaling back the interim government of opposition leader Juan Guaido that has won diplomatic recognition by...
Dec 02, 2020
2020 likely world’s second hottest year, U.N. says
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - This year is on track to be the second hottest on record, behind 2016, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday. Five data sets currently place 20...
Dec 02, 2020
Elderly Swedish woman suspected of imprisoning son released from custody
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A 70-year-old Swedish woman detained on suspicion of holding her adult son captive at home for up to three decades has been released from custody after the case against her had w...
Dec 02, 2020
Israel receives its most advanced warship as Iran tensions rise
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel received its most advanced warship on Wednesday, describing the German-made vessel dubbed "Shield" as a bulwark for vulnerable Mediterranean gas rigs as te...
Dec 02, 2020
Iran watchdog passes law on hardening nuclear stance, halting U.N. inspections
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's watchdog body approved a law on Wednesday that obliges the government to halt U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites and step up uranium enrichment beyond the limit set under T...
Dec 02, 2020
Bangladesh, against objections, set to move Rohingya refugees to remote island
By Ruma Paul and Poppy McPherson DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh has begun preparations to move thousands of Rohingya refugees to a remote island off its coast, officials said on Wednesday, despite oppos...
Dec 02, 2020
Armenia drops some martial law restrictions imposed during Karabakh conflict
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenia said on Wednesday it had dropped some of the martial law restrictions it imposed in September when war broke out between ethnic Armenians in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh...
Dec 02, 2020
Rise in executions in Egypt in past two months-Amnesty
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt executed 57 men and women in October and November, nearly double the 32 people reported in the whole of 2019, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. At least 15 of those exec...
Dec 02, 2020
Russia’s Putin tells officials to start mass vaccinations against COVID-19 next week
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered authorities to begin mass vaccinations against COVID-19 from next week in Russia. "Let's agree on this - you will not report to...
Dec 02, 2020
