Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
South Korea warns of return to tough COVID measures to fight third wave
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's prime minister on Friday pleaded with the public to avoid social gatherings and warned that tougher measures may be needed if a new wave of coronavirus infections is no...
Nov 19, 2020
Lithuanian defense minister, senior Pentagon official test positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis has tested positive for COVID-19 and Anthony Tata, one of several senior U.S. defense officials who met him at the Pentagon last w...
Nov 19, 2020
Shame and vindication as Australia digests report of Afghan military killings
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian military personnel who spoke out against alleged war crimes in Afghanistan said on Friday they felt vindicated by an inquiry which called for prosecuting tr...
Nov 19, 2020
South Australia state lockdown triggered by a ‘lie’, restrictions to be eased
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - South Australia's drastic six-day lockdown was triggered by a "lie" to contact tracers from a single individual and restrictions across the state would now be lifted m...
Nov 19, 2020
Taiwan says U.S. environment protection head Wheeler to visit
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The Cabinet-level head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will visit Taiwan, the island's premier said on Friday, in what will be the third visit by a senior U.S. official ...
Nov 19, 2020
Hong Kong, world’s most visited city, faces tourism bust
By Farah Master and Joyce Zhou HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of parked tour buses are gathering dust at a northern Hong Kong container port, having been off the road for 10 months since authorities b...
Nov 19, 2020
Canada on track to hit 20,000 COVID-19 cases a day by end of December: media
By Moira Warburton TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada is on track to record 20,000 new cases of COVID-19 per day by the end of December, several media outlets reported late on Thursday, citing new modelling d...
Nov 19, 2020
Mainland China reports 17 new COVID-19 cases vs. 12 a day earlier
(Reuters) - Mainland China reported 17 new COVID-19 cases on Nov. 19, up from 12 a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Friday. The National Health Commission said all new cases were im...
Nov 19, 2020
Mexico’s Senate approves sweeping cannabis legalization bill
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Senate approved a sweeping cannabis legalization bill in a lopsided 82 to 18 vote on Thursday, paving the way for the creation of the world's largest legal marijuana m...
Nov 19, 2020
Mexico close to grim milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico, the most populous country in the Spanish-speaking world, is on the brink of recording 100,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths, after passing one million infections several...
Nov 19, 2020
