Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
EU holds off on no-deal Brexit plans amid last-ditch push for deal
By Gabriela Baczynska and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is holding off on updating EU contingency plans for a no-deal Brexit amid a final push in talks with Britain to...
Nov 19, 2020
Catalonia eases COVID restrictions but keeps curfew, including for Christmas
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain's Catalonia region will allow bars, restaurants, gyms and cinemas to reopen from Monday, gradually easing some of the restrictions put in place to tackle the c...
Nov 19, 2020
Greek police arrest Islamic State suspect after migrant camp brawl
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police arrested a Syrian Islamic State suspect on Thursday after a brawl at a migrant camp where he has been staying with his wife and children and said he was believed to hav...
Nov 19, 2020
EU to prepare new round of Belarus sanctions – diplomats
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers agreed to push ahead on Thursday with a new round of sanctions on Belarus that could be ready in weeks, two EU diplomats said. The...
Nov 19, 2020
Chile’s police chief resigns amid allegations of human rights abuses
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's police chief Mario Rozas resigned on Thursday following months of controversy over alleged rights abuses and excessive use of force by the country's security forces. His r...
Nov 19, 2020
In Autumn in Paris, struggling shops get creative to survive
By Sarah White and Yiming Woo PARIS (Reuters) - Toy store owner Marie Boudier is grateful November has been unusually mild in Paris this year - she's trying to survive France's second coronavirus lock...
Nov 19, 2020
Sweden finds COVID-19 cases in people who work in the mink industry
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's health agency said on Thursday that a number of COVID-19 cases had been confirmed in people who work in the mink industry. Authorities are analysing viruses from the inf...
Nov 19, 2020
Pakistani Islamist found guilty on two more charges of terrorism financing
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani court on Thursday sentenced Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the militant group blamed by the United States a...
Nov 19, 2020
Germany approves 2.3 billion euro purchase of Airbus helicopters: source
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German parliament's budget committee approved a 2.3 billion euro ($2.7 billion) contract to buy 31 Airbus helicopters for the country's navy on Thursday, a parliamentary source ...
Nov 19, 2020
HK people detained in China send ‘doubtful’ letters from prison -families
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Family members of some of the 12 Hong Kong people arrested by China at sea in August said on Thursday they have received their first letters from them, but they we...
Nov 19, 2020
