Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Cuba has big stake in U.S. election after Trump’s trashing of detente
By Nelson Acosta and Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - Pensioner Esperanza Chacn, 89, prays every day for Donald Trump to lose the U.S. presidential election. Like many Cubans, her livelihood has been th...
Nov 01, 2020
Azeri leader says he will fight ‘to the end’ if Karabakh talks fail
By Nailia Bagirova and Nvard Hovhannisyan BAKU/YEREVAN (Reuters) - Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday his troops would "go to the end" should negotiations fail to result in an agreement by et...
Nov 01, 2020
Belarus police fire warning shots at anti-Lukashenko protests: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police in Belarus fired warning shots into the air and started detaining protesters on Sunday as thousands began to march in the capital Minsk to demand veteran leader Alexander Luk...
Nov 01, 2020
Spanish families mark Day of the Dead separately amid COVID-19 fears
By Guillermo Martinez MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish families who normally honour their dead relatives by visiting cemeteries on the Day of the Dead are spacing out their visits this year as a second wave...
Nov 01, 2020
Greece says Turkey encroaching on continental shelf with new hydrocarbon search
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece urged Turkey on Sunday to rescind a naval advisory announcing hydrocarbon exploration activity in the Mediterranean, saying the area it covered included Greek continental she...
Nov 01, 2020
At least five dead in Ivory Coast election clashes, say officials
By Aaron Ross and Ange Aboa ABIDJAN (Reuters) - At least five people died and many others were wounded in election day clashes in opposition strongholds in Ivory Coast, officials said on Sunday. The c...
Nov 01, 2020
Iran’s daily COVID death toll hits record high as cases surge
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's daily tally of coronavirus deaths hit a record high of 434 on Sunday, the authorities said, a day after announcing stringent new restrictions including the closure of schools,...
Nov 01, 2020
Thousands of Thai royalists put on show of force for king
By Chayut Setboonsarng and Juarawee Kittisilpa BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of yellow-shirted Thai royalists staged their biggest show of support for the monarchy so far on Sunday in the face of mont...
Nov 01, 2020
Over 2.5 million Slovaks take part on first day of nationwide COVID-19 testing
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Nearly half of Slovakia's entire population took COVID-19 swabs on Saturday, the first day of two-day nationwide testing the government hopes will help reverse a fast rise in infect...
Nov 01, 2020
Israel starts human trials of COVID-19 vaccine as schools slowly reopen
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel began human trials on Sunday for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate which, if successful, could be ready for the general public by the end of next summer. Eighty volunteers wi...
Nov 01, 2020
