Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Germany postpones decision on further lockdown measures until next week
BERLIN (Reuters) - German federal and state leaders agreed to postpone until November 25 a decision on further lockdown measures to slow a second wave of coronavirus infections, Chancellor Angela Merk...
Nov 16, 2020
Italy calls in warzone doctor to sort out Calabria COVID-19 health crisis
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government on Monday called upon one of the country's leading emergency healthcare experts, who usually operates in warzones, to help sort out a growing...
Nov 16, 2020
Hurricane Iota threatens catastrophe in Central America, fuel shortages hamper evacuation
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Iota exploded into a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane on Monday and bore down on a remote Central American coastal region already reeling from another majo...
Nov 16, 2020
France’s former president Giscard d’Estaing hospitalised: France Bleu
PARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, 94, was admitted to hospital in Tours in western France on Sunday, France Bleu radio said on Monday, confirming a report by local pa...
Nov 16, 2020
WHO reports 65 COVID-19 infections at Geneva HQ since pandemic began
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday there had been 65 coronavirus infections among staff at its Geneva headquarters since the start of the pandemic. "We have had some...
Nov 16, 2020
WHO sees limited COVID-19 vaccine doses in early 2021
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization's chief scientist said on Monday she expected there to be "very limited" COVID-19 vaccine doses available in the first half of 2021. Soumya Swaminathan...
Nov 16, 2020
Trump may settle for partial Afghan withdrawal, despite Pentagon shakeup: sources
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's new Pentagon leadership team has not yet signalled an imminent, total withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, raising...
Nov 16, 2020
Shell-shocked Armenians return to Nagorno-Karabakh after peace deal
STEPANAKERT, Azerbaijan (Reuters) - Armenian refugees who fled a six-week war between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces have begun to return home to Nagorno-Karabakh to try to rebuild their shatte...
Nov 16, 2020
Putin orders defence ministry to sign deal on Russian Navy logistics hub in Sudan: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the defence ministry to conclude an agreement with Sudan on setting up a Russian naval facility in the African country, TASS news agency...
Nov 16, 2020
Qatar FM: Normalisation with Israel undermines Palestinian statehood efforts
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar's foreign minister said on Monday Arab states that establish ties with Israel undermine efforts for Palestinian statehood, but it was in their own sovereign right to do so. Thr...
Nov 16, 2020
