Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Police brutality activist says she was barred from leaving Nigeria
By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian immigration officials blocked a prominent anti-police brutality activist from leaving the country and confiscated her passport, she told Reuters on Wednesday...
Nov 04, 2020
U.S. FDA staff says effectiveness data to support approval of Biogen Alzheimer’s drug
(Reuters) - Biogen Inc's experimental Alzheimer's disease drug was found effective enough in a large trial to support approval, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel said on Wednesday, boosting th...
Nov 04, 2020
In wake of attacks, one French Muslim asks: does my country love me?
By Elizabeth Pineau ARGENTEUIL, France (Reuters) - Naouelle Garnoussi is a devout Muslim who was brought up in France, prays five times a day, enjoys her job working with local communities and covets ...
Nov 04, 2020
Video evidence confirms lone Vienna gunman theory: minister
VIENNA (Reuters) - Video evidence confirms the theory that a gunman who killed four people in Vienna on Monday acted alone, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer told reporters on Wednesday. Slovak intellig...
Nov 04, 2020
Vatican investigating Polish archbishop over alleged cover-up of sexual abuses
WARSAW (Reuters) - The Vatican has ordered an investigation into the former archbishop of Gdansk on suspicion of negligence over sex abuse allegations, a month after the pope accepted the resignation ...
Nov 04, 2020
Swiss say two arrested men were friends of Vienna gunman
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss authorities confirmed on Wednesday that two men arrested near Zurich were "obviously friends" of a gunman who killed four people in a shooting rampage in Vienna...
Nov 04, 2020
Italy’s lower house of parliament approves bill protecting LGBT+ community
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's lower house of parliament on Wednesday passed an anti-discrimination bill that makes violence against women and LGBT+ people a hate crime, with those found guilty of such atta...
Nov 04, 2020
As America counts, the world holds its breath for U.S. election outcome
By Luke Baker, Libby George and Daria Sito-Sucic LONDON/LAGOS/SARAJEVO (Reuters) - A day after Americans voted in a bitterly contested election, the rest of the world was none the wiser on Wednesday, ...
Nov 04, 2020
Aegean quake toll rises to 116 as Turkey ends search
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey on Wednesday ended search and rescue efforts in the rubble of buildings that collapsed as a result of Friday's strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea, after the death toll cre...
Nov 04, 2020
Swiss report 10,073 new coronavirus infections, 73 more deaths
(Reuters) - Coronavirus infections rose by 10,073 in a day, data from Swiss health authorities showed on Wednesday, as the Alpine country is trying to slow the spread of COVID-19. The total confirmed ...
Nov 04, 2020
