Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Venezuela’s Guaido rightful leader despite assembly vote, Chile says
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Juan Guaido will still be Venezuela's legitimate head of state even if he loses his seat as head of the country's parliament on Sunday, Chile's foreign minister sa...
Dec 01, 2020
Brazen gun battle in Brazil bank heist leaves cash scattered on road
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Bank robbers in southern Brazil blasted explosives and fired high-caliber weapons at police late on Monday, in an audacious heist that injured two people and left reams of c...
Dec 01, 2020
Friends or foes? Syrian refugees divided on fate of defectors
By Joseph Nasr GERA, Germany (Reuters) - Should former members of the Syrian security forces who have defected from President Bashar al-Assad's government be prosecuted for war crimes, or should they ...
Dec 01, 2020
U.S. accuses China of ‘flagrant violation’ of North Korea sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department on Tuesday accused China of "flagrant violation" of its obligation to enforce international sanctions on North Korea and said Washington would offer rew...
Dec 01, 2020
Several people injured by car in pedestrian zone in German town
BERLIN (Reuters) - A car hit and injured several people in a pedestrian zone in the western German city of Trier, police said on Twitter on Tuesday. Public broadcaster SWR reported that the driver had...
Dec 01, 2020
Historic Liberia war crimes trial to open in Switzerland
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The trial of a former Liberian commander accused of rape, pillage, assassinations, and an act of cannibalism opens in Switzerland this week. The trial of Alieu Kosiah,...
Dec 01, 2020
Analysis: Wary Turks aren’t buying Erdogan’s economic promise yet
By Ebru Tuncay, Ezgi Erkoyun and Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's promise of a new economic era triggered a foreign-driven rally in the lira, but local investors ha...
Dec 01, 2020
Robot chef serves Chinese school dinners to lower COVID-19 risk
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Shanghai school is using a bright yellow robot to prepare and serve dishes in its canteen in an effort to improve food safety as China strives to keep the spread of the novel co...
Dec 01, 2020
Hamas Gaza chief tests positive for COVID-19, spokesman says
GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas's Gaza leader, Yehya Al-Sinwar, has tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesman for the Islamist militant group, which runs the Palestinian territory, said on Tuesday. Sinwar, 58,...
Dec 01, 2020
Chefs versus scientists: France’s pandemic fight to keep eating out
By Elizabeth Pineau and Caroline Pailliez PARIS (Reuters) - "Chez Francoise" is a discreetly located venue near the French parliament whose visitors' book boasts signatures from former leaders includi...
Dec 01, 2020
