Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Merkel, German states consider tougher COVID-measures: document
By Sabine Siebold BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's federal government and states are considering new COVID-19 measures to halt the rise in infections, such as dramatically reducing the number of people at...
Nov 15, 2020
North Korea’s Kim orders tightening of anti-virus measures amid global pandemic: KCNA
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered a tightening of state emergency anti-coronavirus systems in the face of the worldwide pandemic, as he presided over a meeting of...
Nov 15, 2020
Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hits Mindanao, Philippines: EMSC
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck Mindanao in the Philippines, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Sunday. The quake was at a depth of 15 kilometers, it adde...
Nov 15, 2020
Macron: Europe needs its own sovereignty in defence, even with new U.S. government
PARIS (Reuters) - Europe still needs its own independent and sovereign defence strategy, even if it is dealing with a new U.S. government which may result in friendlier ties, French President Emmanuel...
Nov 15, 2020
British PM Johnson is self-isolating after COVID-19 contact
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, his Downing Street office said on Sunday. Johnson, wh...
Nov 15, 2020
Sandbags and monks in khaki: Russian troops guard Armenian monastery after ceasefire
DADIVANK, Azerbaijan (Reuters) - Soldiers unloaded sandbags and monks donned khaki vests over their cassocks on Sunday after Russian peacekeepers arrived to guard the 12th century Armenian Dadivank mo...
Nov 15, 2020
Pro-EU candidate Sandu on course to win Moldovan presidential run-off: exit poll
By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) - An exit poll put opposition candidate Maia Sandu, who favours closer ties with the European Union, on target to defeat pro-Moscow incumbent Igor Dodon in a pres...
Nov 15, 2020
France registers 302 new COVID-19 deaths and 27,228 new cases
PARIS (Reuters) - France registered 27,228 new, confirmed cases of COVID-19 and a further 302 deaths from the disease over the last 24 hours, according to health ministry data published on Sunday. (Re...
Nov 15, 2020
Pro-Sisi party in commanding position in Egypt’s parliamentary polls
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Mostaqbal Watn (Nation's Future) Party took a commanding lead in parliamentary polls on Sunday as the election commission announced results from a second round of voting. Pre...
Nov 15, 2020
ESwatini’s prime minister tests positive for COVID-19
MBABANE (Reuters) - ESwatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating at home, he said in a government statement on Sunday. Dlamini is asymptomatic and fee...
Nov 15, 2020
