Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Pakistan opposition starts countrywide protests to oust government
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Supporters of Pakistan opposition parties were converging on a stadium in the city of Gujwanwala on Friday to begin a countrywide protest campaign to o...
Oct 16, 2020
Jailed Philippine activist lays to rest her three-month-old baby
By Adrian Portugal and Eloisa Lopez MANILA (Reuters) - Jailed Philippine activist Reina Mae Nasino wanted to hold her three-month-old daughter for the last time before she was laid to rest on Friday b...
Oct 16, 2020
Migrant evacuation flights resume from Libya, U.N. agency says
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations evacuation flights for migrants stuck in Libya have resumed after being suspended because of the global pandemic, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday. More than 15...
Oct 16, 2020
‘Endangered species’: Barcelona bar staff protest coronavirus shutdown
By Luis Felipe Castilleja and Jordi Rubio BARCELONA (Reuters) - Banging pots and pans, some 1,000 hospitality workers rallied in Barcelona's Old City on Friday to protest against a 15-day shutdown of ...
Oct 16, 2020
Factbox: Why are Nigerians protesting against police brutality?
By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerians protesting police brutality have hit the streets across Africa's most populous nation for more than a week, and the hashtag #EndSARS trended on Twitter even...
Oct 16, 2020
Guinea military base attacked two days before presidential election
By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) - Armed men attacked a military base in western Guinea overnight, killing the camp's commander, the defence minister said on Friday, two days before the West African c...
Oct 16, 2020
A year on, Lebanon’s protests have faded and life has got worse
By Samia Nakhoul and Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - One year after Lebanese erupted in rage against politicians they blamed for economic collapse, squares once packed with angry demonstrators are em...
Oct 16, 2020
Moscow’s pre-trial detention facilities stop taking in new suspects due to COVID-19: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Nearly all of Moscow's pre-trial detention facilities have stopped taking in new suspects as a precaution against the pandemic, the TASS news agency cited a prison monitor as saying...
Oct 16, 2020
Warring sides fight new clashes in ‘powder keg’ Nagorno-Karabakh
By Nvard Hovhannisyan and Nailia Bagirova YEREVAN/BAKU (Reuters) - Armenian and Azeri forces fought new clashes on Friday, defying hopes of ending nearly three weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh ...
Oct 16, 2020
A millennials love affair: China’s second-hand luxury goods market booms
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's love for luxury is spilling over into the once shunned second-hand goods sector, with online stores surfing a wave of pent-up demand from shoppers, led by millennials, who ...
Oct 16, 2020
