Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Brazilian Senate approves Bolsonaro’s Supreme Court nominee
By Maria Carolina Marcello and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian Senate late on Wednesday approved the nomination of Kassio Nunes to the Supreme Court, swiftly signing off on right-wing...
Oct 21, 2020
Socioeconomic factors drive COVID risks for minorities: UK government report
LONDON (Reuters) - The increased risk to ethnic minorities from COVID-19 is largely driven by factors such as living circumstances and profession and not the genetics of different groups or structural...
Oct 21, 2020
Analysis: China struggles to fill Trump’s ‘America First’ leadership void
By Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) - As Donald Trump has pulled the United States inward under his "America First" presidency, China has had only halting success at capitalising on a global leadership v...
Oct 21, 2020
Guinea’s president retains lead in first round of voting- electoral commission
CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's President Alpha Conde retained his lead on Wednesday in provisional results from the Oct. 18 election, beating his challengers in 14 constituencies out of 20 that have bee...
Oct 21, 2020
U.S. State Department approves $1.8 bln in potential arms sales to Taiwan: Pentagon
By David Brunnstrom and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of three weapons systems to Taiwan, including sensors, missiles and artillery that c...
Oct 21, 2020
UK unveils new rules to bar entry to EU criminals
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said it would introduce new rules from January to bar entry to people from the European Union with a criminal record, meaning those from the bloc would be treated the same a...
Oct 21, 2020
Turkey extends exploration in disputed Mediterranean waters to Oct. 27
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey said on Wednesday it extended the stay of its Oruc Reis survey vessel and two other ships in a disputed area of the eastern Mediterranean until Oct. 27, in a move likely to f...
Oct 21, 2020
Parents not found for 545 children separated at U.S.-Mexico border: filing
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers and non-profit organizations seeking to reunite immigrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border by the Trump administration have not been able to locate the parents...
Oct 21, 2020
German police investigating ancient artefact vandalism in Berlin museums
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police are investigating after dozens of priceless artefacts in some of Berlin's most famous museums were daubed with an oily liquid by unkown vandals, causing possibly irrep...
Oct 21, 2020
Pompeo says U.S. still working to determine what caused ‘Havana syndrome’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is still investigating what caused dozens of U.S. government employees in China and Cuba to become mysteriously ill, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said o...
Oct 21, 2020
