Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
U.N. decries police use of racial profiling derived from Big Data
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Police and border guards must combat racial profiling and ensure that their use of "big data" collected via artificial intelligence does not reinforce biases ag...
Nov 26, 2020
Danish PM in tears after visiting mink farmer whose animals were culled
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen broke down on Thursday when visiting a mink farmer who lost his herd following the government's order this month to cull all 17 millio...
Nov 26, 2020
Field of candidates widens in heated race for top ICC prosecutor job
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A British lawyer looking into alleged atrocities by Islamic State and a Canadian who helped bring to justice perpetrators of Cambodia's genocide are among five new candidates to ...
Nov 26, 2020
Analysis: Questions over AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine data risk delaying approval
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Days after grabbing headlines with its COVID-19 "vaccine for the world", AstraZeneca is facing tricky questions about its success rate that some experts say could hi...
Nov 26, 2020
UK’s Johnson picks new chief of staff to lead post-Cummings ‘reset’
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Dan Rosenfield, a business consultant and former treasury official, as his new chief of staff on Thursday as he tries...
Nov 26, 2020
Buried under a Serbian cornfield, Roman military headquarters slowly sheds its secrets
KOSTOLAC, Serbia (Reuters) - Buried under a Serbian cornfield close to a coalmine, the well-preserved remains of a Roman legion's headquarters are being excavated by archaeologists who say its rural l...
Nov 26, 2020
Russia tells Belarus leader to press ahead with constitutional reform
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign minister told Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday to honour agreements with the Kremlin and press ahead with constitutional reforms to defuse a po...
Nov 26, 2020
Sweden’s second COVID wave could peak in mid-December, Health Agency says
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The second wave of COVID-19 infections that has hit Sweden could peak in mid-December, health officials said on Thursday, stressing developments will depend on how well the publi...
Nov 26, 2020
Rome airport to offer COVID-tested flights to U.S. with Delta, Alitalia
ROME (Reuters) - Rome's Fiumicino airport will run COVID-tested flights to and from the United States operated by Delta Air Lines and Alitalia, it said on Thursday, adding it will be the first airport...
Nov 26, 2020
French police watchdog to probe alleged beating of Black man
PARIS (Reuters) - France's IGPN police watchdog is investigating allegations a Black music producer was physically attacked and racially abused during a police check, said French Interior Minister Ger...
Nov 26, 2020
