Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
U.S. designates Chinese body a foreign mission, quits local cooperation agreement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it was designating a U.S. branch of a Chinese government-controlled organization as a foreign mission and withdrawing from an agreement to pr...
Oct 28, 2020
Saudi-led coalition destroys two ballistic rockets targeting Saudi Arabia’s Jazan and Najran: state TV
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday it intercepted and destroyed two ballistic rockets, one targeting Saudi Arabia's Jazan and the other was launched towards the Saudi city of ...
Oct 28, 2020
Venezuela’s Maduro says Amuay refinery was hit by a ‘terrorist attack’
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday said the country's Amuay oil refinery was victim of a terrorist attack on Tuesday that involved a "powerful weapon", but said the c...
Oct 28, 2020
Islamist pleads guilty to Mali hotel, restaurant attacks
By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - A Mauritanian suspected jihadist pleaded guilty on Wednesday to shooting dead five people in an attack in the Malian capital Bamako in 2015 and planning two other ...
Oct 28, 2020
American jailed for attempt to overthrow Vietnam government says he was ‘kidnapped’
By Bill Tarrant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen sentenced last year to 12 years in a Vietnamese jail for "attempting to overthrow the state" spoke of his 27-month detention at a Zoom news confe...
Oct 28, 2020
Mexican president slams European coronavirus lockdown measures
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday blasted European countries for adopting strict lockdowns to stem the spread of coronavirus, suggesting they smacked o...
Oct 28, 2020
Hospitals in Wisconsin, Texas under strain as COVID-19 cases surge
By Maria Caspani and Lisa Shumaker NEW YORK (Reuters) - UW Health University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin has been rushing to convert available space into units for COVID-19 patients, as the state's...
Oct 28, 2020
Turkey summons French charge d’affaires over caricatures in Charlie Hebdo weekly
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey summoned the French charge d'affaires on Wednesday over caricatures published in Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine, a statement by Turkish foreign ministry said. The cartoon o...
Oct 28, 2020
Belgian ambulance crews say they risk being overwhelmed by COVID
By Marine Strauss and Yves Herman BRUSSELS/PERONNES-LEZ-BINCHE, Belgium (Reuters) - Belgian ambulance crews say they are at risk of being overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients, running out of capacity to h...
Oct 28, 2020
Spain’s coronavirus tally rises by nearly 20,000; deaths up 168
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's coronavirus tally rose by 19,765 cases, slightly more than recorded the previous day, bringing the total to 1,136,503 infections since the onset of the pandemic, health mini...
Oct 28, 2020
