Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Much still to do on Brexit trade deal, EU’s Barnier says
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union and Britain are working hard for a Brexit trade deal but much remains to be done, EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Friday. "After 7 days of intensive ne...
Oct 30, 2020
Strong earthquake strikes Aegean Sea, shaking Turkey, Greece
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A strong earthquake of magnitude of up 7.0 struck the Aegean Sea on Friday and was felt in both Turkey and Greece, local and international observatories said. People flooded to th...
Oct 30, 2020
Qatar government says invasive searches of women at airport ‘illegal actions’
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Invasive searches on female passengers from 10 aircraft at Doha's Hamad airport violated standard procedures, a preliminary report by the Qatar government found, s...
Oct 30, 2020
Greta Thunberg takes climate strike online again as Sweden’s COVID-19 cases mount
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Friday she will stop her regular protest outside Sweden's parliament because of the surge in COVID-19 infections, and return to only campa...
Oct 30, 2020
Congolese husband of Angola’s Isabel dos Santos dies in diving accident: colleague, relatives
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Sindika Dokolo, the Congolese businessman and art collector husband of Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, has died in a diving accident in Dubai, a colleague and two family me...
Oct 30, 2020
Malaysia’s Mahathir denies promoting violence with ‘right to kill French’ posts
By A. Ananthalakshmi and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Friday denied promoting violence by saying that Muslims have a right to "kill milli...
Oct 30, 2020
Homesick and bellicose, Karabakh’s exiled Azeris yearn for return
By Olzhas Auyezov and Nailia Bagirova BAKU (Reuters) - Gassan Akhmedov has one last wish - to return to the land of his birth, a land he says has been occupied for more than 25 years. That dream came ...
Oct 30, 2020
Callers flood Polish abortion helpline after number sprayed during protests
By Joanna Plucinska WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish abortion rights support group said it had seen a sharp rise in calls to its helpline since activists started spraying its number on buildings, statues a...
Oct 30, 2020
Britain again touts ‘tiered’ approach to COVID as neighbours lock down
By Alistair Smout and Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's "tiered" approach to reining in the coronavirus appears to be working, the foreign minister said on Friday, as EU neighbours France and G...
Oct 30, 2020
‘Eat out to help out’ offer contributed to UK second COVID wave: study
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - The British government's "Eat out to help out" discount scheme to boost spending at restaurants, cafes and pubs over the summer helped spread the coronavirus and...
Oct 30, 2020
