Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
South Korea to tighten social distancing amid COVID-19 case spikes: Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea decided to tighten social distancing curbs for the greater Seoul area amid recent spikes in new coronavirus cases, the Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday, citing a me...
Nov 16, 2020
Australian state reports one new COVID-19 case, dampens fears of new cluster
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's fifth most populous state on Tuesday reported one new COVID-19 case overnight, dampening fears of another deadly cluster emerging in a country that has ...
Nov 16, 2020
Pompeo says Europe, U.S. need to work together to address Turkey
PARIS (Reuters) - The U.S. administration and Europe need to work jointly on addressing the actions led by Turkey in the Middle East over the past few months, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Frenc...
Nov 16, 2020
Colombia asks for more time to remove landmines from territory
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia has requested a more than four-year extension under the Ottawa Treaty for removing landmines from across the country, the High Peace Commissioner's office...
Nov 16, 2020
U.S. sending delegation to Bahrain, Israel for first direct flight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy, Avi Berkowitz, will lead a U.S. delegation to Bahrain and Israel this week to discuss expanded economic cooperation between the two c...
Nov 16, 2020
Canada’s remote Nunavut to impose COVID-19 lockdown after community outbreak
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's remote Arctic territory of Nunavut is suffering its first community outbreak of COVID-19 and will close all non-essential services, as well as schools, for...
Nov 16, 2020
Breakthrough COVID vaccine tech could help defeat other diseases
By John Miller and Ludwig Burger ZURICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Breakthrough technology that transforms the body into a virus-zapping vaccine factory is poised to revolutionise the fight against COVID-1...
Nov 16, 2020
France’s COVID-19 hospitalisations hit new record
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported on Monday that the number of people hospitalised for the new coronavirus was up by 416 to reach a new all-time high of 33,497. COVID-19 fatalities ...
Nov 16, 2020
LGBT activists welcome rainbow light show in Poland, say more action needed
By Alicja Ptak WARSAW (Reuters) - Several cities in Poland illuminated buildings with rainbow colours on Monday in a gesture of solidarity with the LGBT+ community, but activists called for more suppo...
Nov 16, 2020
Social curbs have broken exponential growth in pandemic: Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - A partial lockdown imposed in Germany at the start of November has succeeded in breaking the exponential growth in coronavirus infections, but infection numbers must fall much furth...
Nov 16, 2020
