Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Delhi records its highest COVID-19 deaths, hospitals swamped
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Delhi's COVID-19 deaths rose by a record high on Thursday and it also reported the most number of infections in India, an increase attributed to the city's toxic air and a lack o...
Nov 13, 2020
AU chief dismisses bloc’s security head after Ethiopia raises loyalty concerns
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The African Union has dismissed its security head, an Ethiopian national, after the Ethiopian government accused him of disloyalty to the country amid its conflict with a resti...
Nov 13, 2020
Signed, sealed, delivered: Japan to all but scrap centuries-old custom of stamping paperwork
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is set to break with its age-old tradition of requiring citizens to use personal seals to stamp all official documents, scrapping their use in nearly 15,000 administrative proc...
Nov 12, 2020
Suu Kyi party wins enough seats to form Myanmar’s next government
YANGON (Reuters) - The ruling party of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won enough parliamentary seats to form the next government, according to official results of a general election released on F...
Nov 12, 2020
Peru protests build as interim president calls for calm
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian interim President Manuel Merino called for calm as he swore in his new cabinet on Thursday amid protests that have escalated around the country since the abru...
Nov 12, 2020
Australian COVID-19 vaccine candidate produces antibody response in early tests
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Early testing of a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by an Australian university and CSL Ltd has shown it to be safe and produce an antibody response, Minister f...
Nov 12, 2020
UK PM Johnson’s senior adviser Cummings expected to resign by year-end: BBC
(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top adviser, Dominic Cummings, is expected to leave his position by year-end, the BBC reported late on Thursday. Amid heavy speculation that Cummings...
Nov 12, 2020
Australia forecasts prolonged wildfire seasons, more droughts from climate change
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's climate will continue to warm, resulting in prolonged wildfire seasons and less rain in the southeast and southwest that will lead to more frequent droughts, the country...
Nov 12, 2020
Saudi-led coalition says destroyed five drones fired by Houthis
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition said on Friday it had intercepted and destroyed five explosive-laden drones launched towards Saudi Arabia by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Thursday. The Sau...
Nov 12, 2020
‘Has it finished?’ Brazil’s Bolsonaro questions the U.S. election
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a close ally of Republican President Donald Trump and one of the few prominent world leaders still not to have congratulated Democratic Preside...
Nov 12, 2020
