Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Colombia extends health state of emergency until end of February
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government will extend its health state of emergency by three months, President Ivan Duque said on Wednesday, as he urged people to avoid crowds and keep up safety measur...
Nov 25, 2020
Britain to detail post-lockdown restrictions in England
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government on Thursday will set out which COVID-19 restrictions each local authority in England will face when a national lockdown ends next week allowing businesses to ...
Nov 25, 2020
Sudan’s former PM Sadiq al-Mahdi dies of coronavirus in UAE: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) - Leading Sudanese politician and former prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi has died in hospital in the United Arab Emirates after being infected with coronavirus, family sources said early...
Nov 25, 2020
Maradona, football legend, was a champion of Latin America’s left
By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - Argentina football legend Diego Maradona said his hero, late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro - whom he considered a "second father" and whose face he had tatt...
Nov 25, 2020
U.N. mulls U.S. proposal to streamline, lengthen North Korea aid exemptions
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - A United Nations Security Council sanctions committee is considering a U.S. proposal to streamline and lengthen exemptions from U.N. sanctions on North Korea f...
Nov 25, 2020
Brazilian state sues Carrefour unit for $38 million in damages for beating death of Black man
BRASILIA (Reuters) - A state attorney in southern Brazil is suing a unit of France's Carrefour SA seeking 200 million reais ($37.6 million) in damages after security guards beat a Black man to death a...
Nov 25, 2020
Biden urged to extend U.S.-Russia arms treaty for full 5 years without conditions
By Jonathan Landay and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arms control advocates are urging Joe Biden to extend the last U.S.-Russian treaty limiting deployed strategic nuclear arms for five years...
Nov 25, 2020
Turkey announces asymptomatic coronavirus case numbers for first time since July
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey recorded 28,351 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, including 6,814 with symptoms, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday, the first time since July Ankar...
Nov 25, 2020
Women call for end to domestic violence after lockdowns bring more attacks
ISTANBUL/ROME (Reuters) - Women around the world on Wednesday marked International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, highlighting how lockdowns due to the pandemic had left many trapp...
Nov 25, 2020
American woman charged with hiding money transfers to Syria-based militants
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal prosecutors have charged a New Jersey woman with concealing multiple efforts to transfer money to Islamist militants in Syria connected to the Nus...
Nov 25, 2020
