Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
New Zealand’s Ardern storms to re-election with ‘be strong, be kind’ mantra
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Jacinda Ardern turned speaking from the heart and smiling through adversity into a winning formula for a blowout re-election as New Zealand's leader on Saturday...
Oct 17, 2020
Polish bishop caught up in abuse negligence case resigns
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday accepted the resignation of the bishop of the Polish diocese of Kalisz who has been accused of shielding priests known to have sexually abused childre...
Oct 17, 2020
British COVID-19 testing adviser calls for ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown
LONDON (Reuters) - A professor who has advised the British government on its COVID-19 testing programme said on Saturday a short nationwide lockdown was needed due to "eye-watering" levels of infectio...
Oct 17, 2020
Woman arrested after bodies of three children found at Vienna property
ZURICH (Reuters) - Austrian police are investigating the deaths of three young girls, including a baby, at a property in Vienna. A 31-year-old woman called the police at 5.20 a.m. (0320 GMT) on Saturd...
Oct 17, 2020
Analysis: Arrest of ex-army chief puts Mexican president’s plans under siege
By Drazen Jorgic and Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The spectacular fall from grace of Mexico's previous armed forces supremo has raised awkward questions about the president's reliance on the mi...
Oct 17, 2020
Merkel urges Germans to reduce contacts and travel to curb coronavirus
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans on Saturday to curb social contacts and keep travel to a minimum, making a personal appeal after the federal and state governments struggled t...
Oct 17, 2020
U.S. businesswoman says did have affair with UK PM Johnson: Daily Mail
LONDON (Reuters) - A U.S tech entrepreneur at the centre of allegations of misconduct involving British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told a newspaper they did have an affair when he was mayor of L...
Oct 17, 2020
French police arrest nine after teacher beheaded in street
PARIS (Reuters) - French police have arrested nine people after a suspected Islamist sympathiser beheaded a school teacher on the street of a Paris suburb on Friday, police sources said. Investigators...
Oct 17, 2020
Erdogan tells Trudeau suspension of drone exports is against alliance spirit
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canada's suspension of the export of some drone technology was not in line with the spirit of all...
Oct 17, 2020
Czech Republic’s daily COVID-19 infections top 11,000 for first time
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic, facing Europe's biggest surge in new coronavirus infections per capita, reported 11,105 COVID-19 cases on Friday, its largest single-day tally so far of the pand...
Oct 17, 2020
