Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Former Ghana President Jerry Rawlings dies at 73
ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's former leader Jerry Rawlings, who seized power twice in military coups but went on to bring democratic rule to the West African country, has died at the age of 73, a source a...
Nov 12, 2020
Local elections in Brazil’s Macapá postponed due to state-wide power outage
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Local elections in the northern Brazilian city of Macap slated for Sunday have been postponed due to security concerns because of a state-wide power outage, according to a Supreme...
Nov 12, 2020
Pope offers Rome’s homeless free Covid-19 tests at Vatican
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis is offering free coronavirus tests for Rome's poor and homeless as part of the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of the Poor activities, the Va...
Nov 12, 2020
Thailand seizes nearly $1 billion worth of ketamine
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has seized almost $1 billion worth of contraband ketamine, most of it probably destined for Europe, Japan or Korea, the Thai Narcotics Suppression Bureau said on Thursday....
Nov 12, 2020
Swiss leader suggests how to revive stalled treaty to EU’s von der Leyen
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga called European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday to outline Bern's proposal to unblock a stalled bilateral treaty, von der...
Nov 12, 2020
Egyptian transgender woman faces uphill battle against stigma
CAIRO (Reuters) - Farida Aly spent decades performing blood tests, brain scans and personality tests before doctors issued the needed medical reports to allow her to undergo gender reassignment surger...
Nov 12, 2020
EU executive launches action to protect, support LGBTIQ people
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission launched on Thursday a strategy for the equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, bisexual, transgender, intersex or questioning (LGBTIQ) peo...
Nov 12, 2020
Russia targets senior French, German officials in tit-for-tat sanctions over Navalny poisoning
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday said Russia would soon announce the retaliatory measures it has taken against senior French and German officials in tit-for-tat sanctions ...
Nov 12, 2020
Spanish mountaineer, 81, trains for Himalayas in tribute to victims of COVID-19
By Elena Rodriguez and Juan Antonio Dominguez MORALZARZAL, Spain (Reuters) - At 81 years old Spanish mountaineer Carlos Soria is training to tackle one of the world's highest peaks, a challenge he wil...
Nov 12, 2020
UK says China has breached Hong Kong treaty so considering sanctions
By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Thursday said China had broken its main bilateral treaty on Hong Kong by imposing new rules to disqualify elected legislators in the ...
Nov 12, 2020
