Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Kickboxer throws down challenge to Pakistan’s TikTok ban
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A mixed martial arts specialist is challenging a Pakistani ban on TikTok, the video sharing app on which he was pinning his hopes of gaining a mass audience and he...
Oct 15, 2020
Mexican court blocks ex-president’s bid to register new party
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's top electoral tribunal has rejected former President Felipe Calderon's bid to register a new political party, citing insufficient proof on the origin of cash contribut...
Oct 15, 2020
Sweden boosts military spending, expands draft amid Russia tensions
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden will boost military spending by around 40% over the next five years and double the numbers conscripted into the armed forces as it looks to beef up its defence amid growin...
Oct 15, 2020
Taiwan says Hong Kong warned off flight to Taiwan-controlled island
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Hong Kong air traffic controllers on Thursday warned off a Taiwanese civilian flight flying to Taiwan-controlled islands in the South China Sea, forcing it to turn back, the island'...
Oct 15, 2020
Canada imposes additional sanctions on Belarusian officials: statement
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada said on Thursday that it had imposed sanctions on an additional 31 officials in Belarus because of human rights violations by President Alexander Lukashenko and his governmen...
Oct 15, 2020
French will have to show exemption documents during curfew: PM
PARIS (Reuters) - Citizens of nine French cities where a night-time curfew will be imposed from midnight on Friday will be able to leave home during that period for work or pre-booked journeys provide...
Oct 15, 2020
Curfew leaves Paris pizzeria boss asking ‘what help will I get?’
PARIS (Reuters) - Manager Laurent Jespas' tough year just got tougher. Turnover at his Parisian pizza restaurant was hammered by a three-month coronavirus lockdown in the spring, then came early closi...
Oct 15, 2020
Vietnam rescuers find all 13 bodies from two deadly landslides
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese rescuers on Thursday recovered the bodies of all 13 soldiers from the site of two deadly landslides, three days after the disaster near a remote hydropower dam. Helicopter...
Oct 15, 2020
Ten migrant bodies washed up on Djibouti coast
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The bodies of 10 migrants washed up on the coast of Djibouti on the Horn of Africa, the U.N. migration agency said on Thursday. The incident occurred in the town of Obock, wher...
Oct 15, 2020
Iran says hackers attacked two of its key institutions
DUBAI (Reuters) - Hackers launched large-scale attacks on two Iranian government institutions this week, a senior official said on Thursday, without giving details on the targets or the suspected perp...
Oct 15, 2020
