Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Canada names China, Russia as main cyber-crime threats; sees risk to power supply
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Wednesday identified state-sponsored programs in China, Russia, Iran and North Korea as major cyber crime threats for the first time, and said it feared...
Nov 18, 2020
Palestinians sending ambassadors back to UAE and Bahrain, official says
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinians are sending ambassadors back to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain after recalling them in protest at the Gulf countries' U.S.-brokered deals establi...
Nov 18, 2020
Polish judge, government critic loses immunity amid EU rule of law dispute
WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish judge critical of the ruling nationalists' judiciary reforms had his immunity from prosecution removed on Wednesday by a disciplinary chamber the EU says is not independent...
Nov 18, 2020
Air France-KLM prepares COVID-19 vaccine airlift
PARIS (Reuters) - Air France-KLM is among airlines gearing up for the challenge of transporting millions of doses of temperature-sensitive COVID-19 vaccines in the midst of a travel slump. Breakthroug...
Nov 18, 2020
Duchess Meghan sought advice from senior royals before writing letter to father
LONDON (Reuters) - Meghan, Britain's Duchess of Sussex, sought advice from two senior members of the royal family before writing a letter to her father which is at the centre of a privacy lawsuit agai...
Nov 18, 2020
Greece makes vaccination plans, urges patience as COVID cases rise
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece plans to set up more than 1,000 vaccination centres as it awaits a successful vaccine against COVID-19, its health minister said on Wednesday. Announcements over the last two...
Nov 18, 2020
Iraq-Saudi Arabia border crossing opens for trade, first time since 1990
AL-NUKHAIB, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq and Saudi Arabia opened the Arar border crossing for trade for the first time in three decades, the Iraqi border ports commission said on Wednesday. Arar has been clo...
Nov 18, 2020
IAEA and U.S. pressure Iran over uranium particles at ‘atomic warehouse’
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog and the United States pressured Iran on Wednesday to finally explain the origin of uranium particles found almost two years ago at an old but undeclared si...
Nov 18, 2020
Coronavirus cases in Africa surpass the 2 million mark: Reuters tally
By Shaina Ahluwalia (Reuters) - Total coronavirus cases in Africa surpassed the 2 million mark on Wednesday despite the slow addition of reported infections compared to other regions around the world....
Nov 18, 2020
WHO says COVID-19 cases continue to accelerate in U.S
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The United States continues to see an acceleration of COVID-19 cases, reporting more than one million new infections in the past week alone, according to the Americas branch of th...
Nov 18, 2020
