Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Italy’s govt agrees on COVID-19 hard-hit Lombardy region new curbs request: health ministry
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government agreed on a request from the Lombardy region, hard hit by COVID-19, to impose further restrictions to curb a new surge in infections, an health ministry spokesman t...
Oct 19, 2020
Canada condemns attacks in indigenous fishing dispute
By Moira Warburton TORONTO (Reuters) - Attacks against indigenous lobster fishermen over the weekend are "disgusting," a government minister said on Monday, as Ottawa provided more police resources to...
Oct 19, 2020
U.S. to remove Sudan from state terrorism sponsors list after payment to victims: Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States would remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism after the country's new government pays millions to ...
Oct 19, 2020
Peru’s Vizcarra denies new corruption allegations, prosecutors to investigate
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Martn Vizcarra denied allegations on Monday that he had received a payout from a construction company that won a public works contract when he was a...
Oct 19, 2020
Hand signals only: How Thais are marshalling mass protests
By Juarawee Kittisilpa BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hands point above head = need umbrella; Hands held over head = need helmet; Hands crossed over chest = enough supplies here. Thai protesters are learning a w...
Oct 19, 2020
French imam says beheaded teacher is martyr for freedom of speech
By Antony Paone PARIS (Reuters) - A French imam said on Monday that the history teacher beheaded for showing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in class was a martyr for freedom of speech, and he cal...
Oct 19, 2020
Hong Kong protester says granted asylum in Germany
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Germany has granted refugee status to a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist facing a rioting charge in connection with last year's anti-China protests, the protester ...
Oct 19, 2020
Bolivia’s Mesa concedes election after fast counts show ‘clear’ win for socialists
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivian presidential candidate Carlos Mesa conceded the election on Monday after fast counts of the vote showed a strong win for the socialist candidate Luis Arce ahead of the Comu...
Oct 19, 2020
Venezuela’s opposition prepares popular consultation to reject Maduro
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition is organizing a popular consultation to repudiate the government of President Nicolas Maduro, a process expected to be held around the Dec. 6 congressional e...
Oct 19, 2020
Britain says Russia on cyber offensive to sabotage Tokyo Olympics
By Jack Stubbs and Christopher Bing LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain and the United States on Monday condemned what they said were a litany of malicious cyberattacks orchestrated by Russian milit...
Oct 19, 2020
