Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
British police arrest 104 Londoners for breach of lockdown restrictions
(Reuters) - British police said they had arrested 104 Londoners on Thursday for breach of coronavirus regulations. "More than 100 of these people have now been arrested and will have to face the conse...
Nov 05, 2020
Thai ‘Drag Race’ star marches for democracy and equality
By Chalinee Thirasupa BANGKOK (Reuters) - With flawless makeup and costume that blends cabaret with catwalk and rainbow pride with royal court pageantry, Aunchalee Pokinwuttipob symbolises how Thailan...
Nov 05, 2020
‘Spreading like wildfire’: Facebook fights hate speech before Myanmar poll
By Fanny Potkin and Poppy McPherson SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) - One of two Muslims allowed to run for the ruling party in Buddhist-majority Myanmar's general election on Sunday, Sithu Maung, worries ...
Nov 05, 2020
Colombian lawmakers told to quarantine after confirmed COVID infection
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's lower house abruptly ended its session on Thursday and asked lawmakers to quarantine after a member tested positive for coronavirus. Lawmakers in Colombia, which has regi...
Nov 05, 2020
Eta’s rains and flooding wreak ‘shocking’ devastation in Central America, 18 dead
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Storm Eta unleashed torrential rains and catastrophic flooding in Central America, killing at least 18 people and turning streets into waist-high water chan...
Nov 05, 2020
Eleven kidnapped teachers freed in Cameroon
DOUALA (Reuters) - Eleven kidnapped teachers have been freed in western Cameroon, where separatist insurgents are battling government forces, the church that runs the schools said on Thursday Unidenti...
Nov 05, 2020
British foreign minister Raab self-isolating after COVID contact
LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who later tested positive for COVID-19, the foreign office said on Thursday. "The For...
Nov 05, 2020
Ambulances forced to queue as hospitals scramble for COVID-19 beds in Poland
By Alicja Ptak WARSAW (Reuters) - Marcin Serwach, an ambulance first responder from Warsaw, says he had to deliver oxygen at 3:00 a.m. to a colleague who spent 15 hours parked in front of a hospital w...
Nov 05, 2020
Mexican ex-defense minister to plead in drugs case straining U.S. ties
(Reuters) - The former Mexican defense minister Salvador Cienfuegos is expected to plead not guilty to drug trafficking charges in New York on Thursday, in a case that has deeply strained U.S. and Mex...
Nov 05, 2020
Carlos Ghosn’s accused escape plotters face skeptical U.S. judge in extradition fight
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge in Boston said on Thursday she would likely reject a last-ditch effort by two men to avoid being extradited to Japan to face charges that they helped...
Nov 05, 2020
