Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Ivory Coast president on track for election win, opposition cry foul
By Aaron Ross ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara edged closer to claiming a landslide election victory, partial tallies showed on Monday, though opponents said his bid for a t...
Nov 02, 2020
Indonesian president signs contentious jobs bill: CNN Indonesia
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo has signed new contentious jobs measures into law, news publication CNN Indonesia reported late on Monday, citing finance ministry official Yustinu...
Nov 02, 2020
Nigerian minister says it’s unclear who shot protesters in Lagos
By Alexis Akwagyiram ABUJA (Reuters) - "Hoodlums" wearing military uniforms may have shot Nigerian protesters campaigning against police brutality and it was too soon to tell if soldiers were involved...
Nov 02, 2020
WHO chief will be tested for COVID ‘if he shows symptoms’
GENEVA (Reuters) - World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who is self-isolating at home, will be tested for COVID-19 if he displays symptoms, a senior official said on Monday. "Ou...
Nov 02, 2020
Two thirds of Slovaks joined widely-watched blanket COVID test, 1% positive
By Radovan Stoklasa and Jan Lopatka TRENCIN, Slovakia (Reuters) - More than 3.6 million Slovaks - two thirds of the population - took part in a widely-watched nationwide coronavirus testing programme ...
Nov 02, 2020
Poles protest again as abortion ruling expected to take effect
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poles staged further protests in cities across the country on Monday ahead of the expected entry into force of a ruling by the Constitutional Tribunal that bans most abortions and t...
Nov 02, 2020
Georgian PM tested positive for coronavirus: press office
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has tested positive for the coronavirus, his press office said on Monday. Gakharia went into self-isolation in the morning after one of his ...
Nov 02, 2020
EU to target Lukashenko in widening sanctions against Belarus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is expected to approve sanctions this week against a second list of Belarus officials over an Aug. 9 election the West says was rigged, including President Alex...
Nov 02, 2020
Syrian satirist questioned over ‘Macron’ flogging stunt in Berlin
By Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) - German police are investigating a Syrian satirist who filmed a video in a Berlin street in which, dressed in an Arab robe and turban, he flogged a handcuffed man wear...
Nov 02, 2020
Armenia calls for probe into ‘foreign mercenaries’ in Karabakh
By Nvard Hovhannisyan and Nailia Bagirova YEREVAN/BAKU (Reuters) - Armenia's prime minister called on Monday for an international investigation into the presence of "foreign mercenaries" in Nagorno-Ka...
Nov 02, 2020
