Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Saudi Arabia confident Biden administration will pursue regional stability
RIYADH/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Saturday he was confident that Democrat Joe Biden's incoming U.S. administration would pursue policies that help regional stability an...
Nov 21, 2020
Burkina opposition candidate alleges ‘massive fraud’ ahead of Sunday vote
By Edward McAllister OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso opposition candidate Zephirin Diabre said President Roch Kabore is orchestrating a "massive fraud" to secure re-election in Sunday's president...
Nov 21, 2020
Israel welcomes end to convicted U.S. spy Pollard’s travel ban
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli leaders on Saturday welcomed the U.S. decision to end parole restrictions on Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer who served 30 years in prison after...
Nov 21, 2020
As they repair Iota’s damage, Colombian survivors vow to rebuild
By Javier Andres Rojas BOGOTA (Reuters) - When Category 5 Hurricane Iota roared over the small Colombian island of Providencia in the early hours of Monday morning, Yeisler Chamorro and his wife hunke...
Nov 21, 2020
‘People need mountains’: Swiss ski resorts buck Alpine lockdowns
By Denis Balibouse ZERMATT, Switzerland (Reuters) - Blue skies over the Matterhorn drew skiers and snowboarders to Zermatt on Saturday, as well as police to break up crowds, as Switzerland's modest co...
Nov 21, 2020
Search for last miner trapped at South Africa’s Gamsberg goes on, mining halted
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Rescuers were searching for the last of 10 miners trapped at South Africa's Gamsberg zinc mine on Saturday and mining activity remains suspended, owner Vedanta Zinc Internatio...
Nov 21, 2020
Thousands protest against French bill to curb identification of police
PARIS (Reuters) - Several thousand people protested in Paris on Saturday against a bill that would make it a crime to circulate an image of a police officer's face with the intention that they should ...
Nov 21, 2020
Pompeii’s ruins yield scalded bodies of rich man and slave
ROME (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered the exceptionally well-preserved remains of two men scalded to death by the volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD,...
Nov 21, 2020
Thousands turn out to mourn Serbia’s Patriarch, despite COVID-19 surge
By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) - Several thousand worshippers and clergy, some without face masks, filed steadily into a Belgrade church on Saturday to pay their respects to Patriarch Irinej...
Nov 21, 2020
Russia bars entry to 25 British citizens in retaliation for UK sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has banned entry to 25 British citizens in retaliation for similar measures by Britain, Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday, without providing their names. Britain bro...
Nov 21, 2020
