Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Sewage testing could protect schools, hospitals from COVID-19 outbreaks
By Allison Martell TORONTO (Reuters) - Early in the pandemic, a few cities and countries around the world began testing sewage for evidence of the coronavirus, hoping to detect rising infections early...
Nov 13, 2020
Children of Mexican former drug lord El Chapo build makeshift school for the poor
By Jesus Bustamante CULIACAN, Mexico (Reuters) - The children of former drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman helped build a makeshift school near the Mexican city of Culiacan for families who have no a...
Nov 13, 2020
Croatia jails former PM Sanader for party slush funds
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader was sentenced on Friday to eight years in prison for creating slush funds for his conservative HDZ party by taking money from public compa...
Nov 13, 2020
Russia detains Aeroflot executive on suspicion of passing secrets to Britain: Russian news agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian security services have detained a London-based executive of flagship airline Aeroflot on suspicion of passing state secrets to Britain, Russian news agencies reported, citin...
Nov 13, 2020
India, China close in on plan to end months of military standoff
By Sanjeev Miglani and Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Seeking to end a dangerous military standoff in the western Himalayas, India and China are formulating a plan that involves creating no-pat...
Nov 13, 2020
As disputed Pakistan region votes, locals want share of Chinese investment boom
By Umar Farooq GAHKUCH, Pakistan (Reuters) - As night falls on a remote mountain road in northern Pakistan, Ijaz ul Haq, 22, is keeping his grocery store open longer than usual, hoping to cash in on a...
Nov 13, 2020
No need for new coronavirus emergency, Japan PM says, as cases hit record
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan does not need another state of emergency to tackle the novel coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday, even though it is seeing record high numbers of...
Nov 13, 2020
French PM to seek three-month delay to March 2021 regional elections
PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Jean Castex will ask for a three-month delay for upcoming regional elections, normally set for March 2021, due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has...
Nov 13, 2020
Tanzania’s re-elected leader keeps finance minister Mpango in new government
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's re-elected President John Magufuli on Friday re-appointed Philip Mpango as finance minister, and promised continued reforms to the mining sector to help deliver th...
Nov 13, 2020
Morocco vows to clear Polisario blockade of Western Sahara road
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco will clear the main road linking Western Sahara to Mauritania that has been blocked since Oct. 21 by supporters of the Polisario independence movement, it said on Friday. The...
Nov 13, 2020
