Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
New bill set to expand Russian ex-presidents’ immunity from prosecution
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian ex-presidents' immunity from criminal prosecution could be extended to any offences committed in their lifetimes, not merely while in office, under a bill submitted to parli...
Nov 05, 2020
Denmark to lock down regions after mutated coronavirus traced to minks
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Parts of Denmark will face new, tougher lockdown measures after health authorities discovered a mutated coronavirus strain in minks and people in the country's northern regions....
Nov 05, 2020
Kosovo President Thaci resigns after war crimes indictment confirmed
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo President Hashim Thaci resigned with immediate effect on Thursday after learning that the Kosovo war crimes tribunal had confirmed his indictment for war crimes. "I resign ...
Nov 05, 2020
Indian court sends news anchor Goswami to jail in abetment to suicide case
By Abhirup Roy and Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) - A court sent the lead anchor of India's fiercely nationalist and popular Republic television network to jail for 14 days for allegedly abettin...
Nov 05, 2020
Israel razes most of Palestinian Bedouin village in West Bank on U.S. election day
By Ali Sawafta JORDAN VALLEY, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel has demolished most of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, displacing 73 Palestinians - including 41 children - in the largest such ...
Nov 05, 2020
Greece orders nationwide lockdown to curb COVID surge
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece ordered a nationwide lockdown on Thursday for three weeks to help contain a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. "I've chosen to take drastic measures sooner rather than later," Pri...
Nov 05, 2020
Africans amused but alarmed by U.S. election’s aftermath
By Loucoumane Coulibaly and Saliou Samb ABIDJAN/CONAKRY (Reuters) - For plenty of Africans, President Donald Trump's actions in the aftermath of the U.S. election have been a cause for dark humor, but...
Nov 05, 2020
Coronavirus forces storied Rome barber to hang up his scissors
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - In nearly seven decades in the barber business, Luigi Pinzo has seen Italy go through some bad times, from myriad recessions to political assassinations, but it too...
Nov 05, 2020
Kremlin says lack of clarity at U.S. election could have bad impact on global economy
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that the lack of clarity after the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election so far could have a negative impact on the global economy and world at large, but d...
Nov 05, 2020
Harris’s ancestral village in India gets festive as Biden leads count
By Ravikumar P THULASENDRAPURAM, India (Reuters) - Villagers in the Indian ancestral home of Kamala Harris painted slogans on roads wishing her victory on Thursday, as Joe Biden, her Democrat running ...
Nov 05, 2020
