Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Brazilian politician, in a coma on ventilator due to COVID-19, elected mayor
By Gabriel Stargardter RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Maguito Vilela was elected mayor of the Brazilian city of Goinia on Sunday, but he has yet to find out. That's because he has spent much of the last m...
Nov 30, 2020
Pope cancels traditional pre-Christmas ceremony due to COVID-19
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has cancelled a ceremony that traditionally begins Rome's Christmas season on Dec. 8 at the Spanish Steps because of coronavirus restrictions, ...
Nov 30, 2020
Giant Japanese robot spurs hopes for tourism after virus hit
TOKYO (Reuters) - An 18-metre (60-foot) "Gundam" robot that can walk and move its arms was unveiled in Japan on Monday amid hopes that it will help invigorate tourism hit by COVID-19. The robot is mod...
Nov 30, 2020
Indonesian president says brutal Sulawesi slayings beyond humanity
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday condemned the brutal murder of four villagers by suspected Islamist militants as "beyond the limits of humanity", as the military chief p...
Nov 30, 2020
NATO must focus more on challenge of rising China – report
By Robin Emmott and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - NATO must think harder about how to handle China and its military rise, though Russia will remain its main adversary during this decade, ...
Nov 30, 2020
Three French military bases attacked in northern Mali, no injuries
By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - French forces said three of their bases in Kidal, Menaka and Gao in northern Mali were attacked within the space of a few hours on Monday morning, although no deat...
Nov 30, 2020
Exclusive: NATO angers some members with proposed salary hike – diplomats
By John Irish, Robin Emmott and Beln Carreo PARIS/BRUSSELS/MADRID (Reuters) - NATO has asked members for more money to finance a salary hike for staff, a request some alliance nations deem disproporti...
Nov 30, 2020
In Sudan camp, a Tigray farmer once displaced by famine now shelters from war
By Seham Eloraby and Baz Ratner UM RAKUBA CAMP, Sudan (Reuters) - Ethiopian farmer Berhan Halie came to Sudan 35 years ago to escape hunger. Now 65 and walking with a stick, he is back again, this tim...
Nov 30, 2020
London police shut roads after suspect package found at skyscraper
LONDON (Reuters) -British police responded to a report of a suspect package at the Heron Tower on Monday, closing roads near to the skyscraper. "We have set up a 200 metre cordon around the building, ...
Nov 30, 2020
In ancient Italian monastery, monks defend a dying tradition
By Angelo Amante and Philip Pullella GROTTAFERRATA, Italy (Reuters) - In an ancient monastery behind huge medieval battlements in a hilltop town just south of Rome, 10 monks are striving to keep alive...
Nov 30, 2020
