Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Austrian foreign minister tests positive for COVID-19 after EU meeting
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has tested positive for the coronavirus and might have caught it at a meeting with his European Union counterparts on Monday, a spok...
Oct 17, 2020
New Zealand ruling party registers strong start as election counting begins
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party held a commanding lead in New Zealand's general election on Saturday, very early tallies showed. Labour had 50% of ...
Oct 17, 2020
Malaysia’s Anwar says facing ‘malicious’ probe on list of backers for PM bid
By Liz Lee KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Friday said a police investigation into a list that purports to show lawmakers backing his bid for the premiership was...
Oct 17, 2020
India’s coronavirus infections rise to 7.43 million
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's cumulative tally of coronavirus infections stood at 7.43 million on Saturday, having risen by 62,212 in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed. But the number of act...
Oct 17, 2020
Hong Kong activist Grandma Wong says kept back in Shenzhen for 14 months
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong protester dubbed "Grandma Wong" said on Saturday that Chinese authorities kept her in custody for a month and a half across the border in Shenzhen, where she allegedl...
Oct 17, 2020
Myanmar says most Rakhine voting stations will not operate in Nov election
(Reuters) - More than half the polling stations initially planned in conflict-torn Rakhine for Myanmar's Nov. 8 election will no longer operate, as parts of the state are too unstable for voting, the ...
Oct 17, 2020
Azerbaijan says 12 civilians killed, 40 wounded in Ganja by Armenia shelling
BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan said on Saturday 12 civilians were killed and more than 40 were wounded in the city of Ganja due to shelling by Armenia. The Azeri Prosecutor General's office said that two...
Oct 17, 2020
‘One-der-ful’: Australia’s coronavirus hotspot records single case
By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's coronavirus hotspot of Victoria recorded a single case of the disease on Saturday - the lowest daily number since early June - and no deaths, with the ...
Oct 16, 2020
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 7,830 to 348,557: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 7,830 to 348,557, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Saturday. The reporte...
Oct 16, 2020
For a teacher in France, a civics class was followed by a gruesome death
By Antony Paone CONFLANS-SAINTE-HONORINE, France (Reuters) - The middle school teacher knifed to death on the street of a Paris suburb on Friday showed his teenage students a cartoon lampooning the Pr...
Oct 16, 2020
