Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
After frantic search, Moroccan woman finds brother stranded on Canary Islands
GRAN CANARIA, Spain (Reuters) - On Nov. 7, Sarah Bettache received an unexpected phone call from her brother Ahmed, who told her he was on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria. Two days earlier, the 19-...
Nov 18, 2020
Duck and cover: Blow-up mascots star at Thai protests
By Chayut Setboonsarng and Juarawee Kittisilpa BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police have water cannon and teargas to fire at protesters. The answer: Inflatable yellow pool ducks. The giant ducks starred on...
Nov 18, 2020
French court rules against Clint Eastwood testifying in train attack trial
PARIS (Reuters) - A French court has ruled that Clint Eastwood cannot testify during the trial of a suspected Islamist gunman, whose attack on a high-speed train was thwarted by three Americans, who l...
Nov 18, 2020
Greece to build new camps, cut migrant reception stays on islands
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece, on the front line of migration into Europe, promised on Wednesday to build new reception centres for asylum seekers and cut the maximum stay in camps on its now-overcrowded ...
Nov 18, 2020
Premature withdrawal from Afghanistan may hamper peace talks: Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - A premature troop withdrawal from Afghanistan may complicate peace talks between the government in Kabul and the Taliban, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Wednesday, comme...
Nov 18, 2020
Pole and Chinese citizen indicted in Warsaw for spying
WARSAW (Reuters) - A former Polish secret service agent and a Chinese citizen who worked for a telecommunications company were charged with spying for China, the spokesman of the minister coordinating...
Nov 18, 2020
UK police arrest man over 1974 Birmingham pub bombings
LONDON (Reuters) - British counter-terrorism police said on Wednesday they had arrested a man over the 1974 pub bombings in the city of Birmingham which killed 21 people, the deadliest attack on the B...
Nov 18, 2020
Italian study suggesting COVID predates China outbreak sparks scepticism
By Giselda Vagnoni and Emilio Parodi ROME (Reuters) - An Italian study supporting the case that the novel coronavirus was circulating outside China earlier than thought has sparked doubts among some W...
Nov 18, 2020
PM Johnson accuses SNP of using devolution to break up UK
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson accused the Scottish National Party on Wednesday of using devolution to campaign for the break up of the United Kingdom. After being criticised ...
Nov 18, 2020
‘A catastrophic situation’: COVID-19 threatens to overwhelm Canada’s health system
By Rod Nickel, Moira Warburton and Allison Lampert WINNIPEG (Reuters) - In July, the Canadian province of Manitoba went two weeks without a single new case of COVID-19. Theaters and casinos reopened a...
Nov 18, 2020
