Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Lebanon hires firm to clear dangerous material from shattered Beirut port
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's authorities signed a contract this month with a German company to clear dangerous material stored for more than a decade at Beirut port, the site of a seismic blast in Aug...
Nov 20, 2020
UK PM raises Rohingya concerns in call with Myanmar leader
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson raised the UK's ongoing concerns over the Rohingya crisis and the conflict in Rakhine when he spoke by phone to Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung ...
Nov 20, 2020
For Hungary’s same-sex couples, a narrow window to adopt is closing
By Krisztina Than and Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) - After three years, Marton Pal and his partner Adam Hanol received the phone call they had been waiting for in 2018 and a few months later the...
Nov 20, 2020
Mekelle: conflict returns to Ethiopian city steeped in legacy of war
By Maggie Fick ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Mekelle, a city nestled in the arid, mountainous Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, is steeped in the lore of its guerrilla fighters, who marched in sandals to Add...
Nov 20, 2020
Poland finds COVID-19 cases among mink farm workers
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland has found 18 cases of coronavirus among mink farm workers as it continues tests among the animals, but does not believe the workers were infected by the animals, sanitary and...
Nov 20, 2020
Zimbabwe court frees journalist charged with obstructing justice
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean journalist and government critic Hopewell Chin'ono was freed on bail on Friday after being arrested two weeks ago on charges of obstructing justice. Chin'ono's arrest and...
Nov 20, 2020
25 years after peace deal, Bosnia endures division and stagnation
By Daria Sito-Sucic BRCKO, Bosnia (Reuters) - Mirsad Zahirovic is a university-educated journalist and activist who moonlights as a waiter because he is not a member of one of the ruling political par...
Nov 20, 2020
EU says Brexit trade deal still snagged on three issues: diplomats
By Gabriela Baczynska and John Chalmers BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union and Britain remain at odds in last-ditch trade talks over fishing rights, guarantees of fair competition and ways to sol...
Nov 20, 2020
With applause and flowers, thousands attend funeral of Belarusian protester
By Matthias Williams KYIV (Reuters) - Thousands of people silently raised their arms in the air, held flowers aloft and broke into chants outside a church in Minsk on Friday at the funeral of a Belaru...
Nov 20, 2020
Death toll rises to 28 in Uganda protests after Bobi Wine’s arrest: police
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Twenty eight people have died in protests in Uganda triggered by the arrest of presidential candidate and pop star Bobi Wine, police said on Friday, up from a ...
Nov 20, 2020
