Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Swedish watchdog finds serious failures in COVID care at nursing homes
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's health watchdog said on Tuesday it had uncovered "serious shortcomings" in COVID-19 care for residents of nursing homes where thousands have died, increasing pressure on...
Nov 24, 2020
Japan and China to continue communications on East China Sea, Japan says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and China agreed on Tuesday to continue communications on issues around the East China Sea where the two countries are in dispute, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi s...
Nov 24, 2020
China says pope’s remarks about “persecuted” Uighurs are groundless
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese foreign ministry on Tuesday dismissed Pope Francis's criticism of China's treatment of Muslim Uighurs as groundless. In a new book "Let Us Dream: The Path to A Better F...
Nov 24, 2020
Swedish prosecutors receive request to reopen 1994 ferry sinking investigation
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish prosecutors said on Tuesday they had received a request to reopen an investigation into the 1994 sinking of the ferry Estonia that killed 852 people, based on new informa...
Nov 24, 2020
PM Conte tells Italians to avoid skiing at Christmas due to COVID-19 risk
ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has warned Italians not to ski during the Christmas holidays to help curb a second wave of the new coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 50,000....
Nov 24, 2020
Saudi-led coalition destroys five mines laid by Yemen’s Houthis in Red Sea – Saudi TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said it had destroyed five mines laid by the Iran-aligned group in the Red Sea, Saudi state TV reported on Tuesday. The mines ar...
Nov 24, 2020
Poland finds eight coronavirus cases among farmed minks
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish scientists have identified eight cases of COVID-19 in minks at a farm in the north of the country, the Medical University of Gdansk said on Tuesday. No coronavirus cases amon...
Nov 24, 2020
China announces eradication of extreme poverty in last poor counties
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has removed the last remaining counties from a list of poor regions, in what officials described as achieving President Xi Jinping's longstanding political goal of eliminatin...
Nov 24, 2020
Iran sees foreign firms returning if U.S. lifts sanctions
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran expects foreign companies to return to the country if U.S. sanctions are lifted under President-elect Joe Biden and some firms have made initial contacts already, Iranian govern...
Nov 24, 2020
U.N. chief calls for Afghan ceasefire and inclusive peace
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Tuesday for an "immediate, unconditional ceasefire" in Afghanistan to create a conducive environment for Doha peace talks...
Nov 24, 2020
