Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Cuba braces for Storm Eta after deadly toll in Central America
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's meteorology office warned on Saturday of torrential rain and flooding as Tropical Depression Eta churned northwards towards the Caribbean island, and on track to Florida, aft...
Nov 07, 2020
Exclusive: PwC affiliate quits as Carlsberg India auditor, avoids opinion for second year
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - PwC's India affiliate has resigned as the auditor of Carlsberg India Pvt Ltd, declining for a second year in a row to give an opinion on its financial results, th...
Nov 07, 2020
Bosnian Prime Minister Tegeltija tests positive for COVID-19: statement
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's Prime Minister Zoran Tegeltija has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating at home, the cabinet said in a statement on Saturday. Tegeltija is in a stable healt...
Nov 07, 2020
Belarus’ Lukashenko inaugurates nuclear power plant amid safety concerns
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko inaugurated a nuclear power plant on Saturday that some neighbouring countries have opposed because of safety concerns. Built by Russian state...
Nov 07, 2020
UAE cancels lenient penalties for ‘honour killings’
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday it was cancelling lenient penalties for so-called "honour killings" and amending inheritance laws for residents as part of a reform of perso...
Nov 07, 2020
Lebanon’s president seeks evidence behind U.S. sanctions on son-in-law
BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Michel Aoun said on Saturday that Lebanon would seek evidence and documents from the United States that led Washington to impose sanctions on his son-in-law Gebran Bassil,...
Nov 07, 2020
U.S. aid agency to grant $20 million to fund Sudan wheat purchases
CAIRO (Reuters) - The U.S. Agency for International Development said it will grant $20 million to the World Food Programme to purchase wheat for Sudan to alleviate shortages in the east African countr...
Nov 07, 2020
Ivory Coast opposition leader arrested for creating rival government
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast opposition leader and former prime minister Pascal Affi N'Guessan was under arrest on Saturday for creating a rival government after President Alassane Ouattara's elect...
Nov 07, 2020
Ethiopian air strikes in Tigray will continue, says PM, as civil war risks grow
By Giulia Paravicini and Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian jets bombed the Tigray region on Friday and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pledged more air strikes in the escalating conflict, as ...
Nov 07, 2020
Trump administration advances $10 billion defense sale to UAE – source
By Patricia Zengerle and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department sent Congress an informal notification of plans to sell $10 billion of defense equipment, including precision-guide...
Nov 06, 2020
