Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Dutch police investigating after shots fired at Saudi embassy
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch police said they were investigating a shooting at the embassy of Saudi Arabia before sunrise on Thursday. No one was hurt. Several shots were fired at the building in The H...
Nov 12, 2020
Ukraine President Zelenskiy hospitalised due to COVID-19
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was hospitalised after he contracted coronavirus earlier this week, a presidential official said on Thursday. "He first went home, but decided ...
Nov 12, 2020
Aid groups concerned about protection of civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, where the federal government is battling local forces, still has no telephone line connections, making humanitarian work difficult, the Unite...
Nov 12, 2020
Southeast Asian leaders begin summit amid ‘major power rivalries’
By James Pearson HANOI (Reuters) - Southeast Asian leaders kicked off a multilateral summit on Thursday expected to address tensions in the South China Sea and tackle plans for a post-pandemic economi...
Nov 11, 2020
Biden reassures U.S. allies in calls with leaders of Japan, South Korea, Australia
By Hyonhee Shin, Sakura Murakami and Simon Lewis SEOUL/TOKYO/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - In their first calls with Joe Biden since the U.S. election, the leaders of Japan, South Korea and Australia o...
Nov 11, 2020
Australia to appoint special investigator to examine possible prosecution of military in Afghanistan
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will appoint a special investigator to determine whether to prosecute members of the country's military for alleged crimes committed in Afghanistan, Prime...
Nov 11, 2020
U.S. President-elect Biden holds phone calls with Australia, Japan, South Korea leaders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has held separate congratulatory phone calls with the leaders of Australia, Japan and South Korea, his transition office said on Wednesday. All si...
Nov 11, 2020
Australian PM Morrison to be first head of state to meet in person with new Japanese leader Suga
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday he would travel to Japan next week, becoming the first world leader to meet in person with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. M...
Nov 11, 2020
Hong Kong opposition lawmakers expected to formally tender resignations in protest over oustings
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong opposition lawmakers, seen as representatives of the moderate pro-democracy voices in the Chinese-ruled finance hub, are expected to formerly tender their resignation o...
Nov 11, 2020
Mexico reports 7,646 more coronavirus cases, 588 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry reported on Wednesday 7,646 more coronavirus cases and 588 more deaths, bringing the official toll to 986,177 cases and 96,430 deaths. Health officials...
Nov 11, 2020
