Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Japan opens airport coronavirus test lab for departing travellers
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's largest airport opened a novel coronavirus testing facility on Monday as it takes steps to reopen international travel that has been largely grounded for months by the pandem...
Nov 02, 2020
Moldova presidential election goes to run-off, opposition leads
CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldova's presidential election will go into a run-off after preliminary results on Monday showed that opposition leader Maia Sandu held a small lead over his main opponent, incum...
Nov 02, 2020
Tanzania police arrest main opposition party leader ahead of protests
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tanzanian police have arrested the leader of the main opposition party Chadema, Freeman Mbowe, the party's candidate in last week's presidential election, Tundu Lissu, told Reuters...
Nov 02, 2020
Turkey continues rescue work after quake, death toll hits 81
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Rescue efforts continued in eight buildings in western Turkish city of Izmir on Monday, authorities said, as the death toll from Friday's powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea reg...
Nov 01, 2020
South Korea takes in 164 asylum seekers from nearly 6,000 applicants
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has accepted just 164 asylum seekers this year from nearly 6,000 who applied despite coronavirus travel curbs, government data showed. Immigration is a co...
Nov 01, 2020
Philippines says death toll from Typhoon Goni climbs to 16
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' disaster agency said on Monday the death toll from Typhoon Goni, the world's strongest typhoon this year, had climbed to 16. Goni's powerful winds and heavy rains c...
Nov 01, 2020
New Myanmar political party woos voters with grocery truck
By Zaw Naing Oo YANGON (Reuters) - As Myanmar prepares for a general election next week, an opposition politician has found a new way of connecting with voters facing novel coronavirus restrictions an...
Nov 01, 2020
New Zealand PM Ardern names finmin Robertson as new deputy prime minister
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday named finance minister Grant Robertson as deputy prime minister in her new government after Labour Party deputy leader Kelvin Dav...
Nov 01, 2020
Britain’s Prince William contracted COVID-19 in April: media
(Reuters) - Britain's Prince William contracted COVID-19 in April at a similar time to his father Prince Charles, British media reported late on Sunday, citing Kensington Palace sources. William, gran...
Nov 01, 2020
Former FARC guerrillas march in Colombia to demand end to killings
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Hundreds of demobilized former members of the FARC rebel group marched in Colombia's capital Bogota on Sunday to demand more security, implementation of a 2016 ...
Nov 01, 2020
