Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Turkish finance minister resigns in second surprise departure after lira slide
By Nevzat Devranoglu and Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said on Sunday he was resigning for health reasons, the second surprise departure of a top economic pol...
Nov 08, 2020
France reports 271 new COVID-19 deaths
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of people to die in French hospitals from coronavirus rose by 271 over the last 24 hours, bringing the total deaths to 40,439, data from the health ministry showed. The mi...
Nov 08, 2020
Saudi king and Crown Prince congratulate Biden on U.S. election win
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz and his son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on...
Nov 08, 2020
French minister, in Cairo, affirms respect for Islam in dispute over cartoons
By Aidan Lewis and Mahmoud Mourad CAIRO (Reuters) - The French foreign minister asserted his country's "profound respect for Islam" during a visit to Cairo on Sunday in a dispute with the Muslim world...
Nov 08, 2020
Bolivians decorate skulls with sunglasses and cigarettes to honor the dead
By Santiago Limachi and Monica Machicao LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivians celebrated the Day of Skulls over the weekend, a colorful tradition rooted in ancient indigenous beliefs that is meant to bring goo...
Nov 08, 2020
Thank you Tegel: Berliners bid emotional farewell to Cold War airport
BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin's venerable Tegel airport hosted its final flight on Sunday, a Paris-bound Air France plane that left to cheers and a fountain salute from the terminal's fire engines. First ...
Nov 08, 2020
Canada’s foreign minister says Biden victory is ‘good news’
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden's U.S. election victory is good news for Canada, Foreign Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said on Sunday, adding that he hopes there wi...
Nov 08, 2020
Georgians take to the streets in Tbilisi to protest election results
By Margarita Antidze TBILISI (Reuters) - Thousands of people rallied in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Sunday to support opposition parties that have rejected the result of Oct. 31 parliamentary elec...
Nov 08, 2020
Trump will lose special Twitter protections in January
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will be subject to the same Twitter Inc rules as any other user when President-elect Joe Biden takes office on Jan. 20, the social media ...
Nov 08, 2020
Cuba’s president acknowledges Biden’s U.S. election win
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Sunday acknowledged Joe Biden's victory in the U.S. presidential elections, tweeting that his government recognized "the people of the United St...
Nov 08, 2020
