Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
‘There’s no one left’: Violent floods sweep bodies from cemetery in France
By Michel Bernouin SAINT-DALMAS-DE-TENDE, France (Reuters) - Corpses from a cemetery in southern France were swept down a mountainous valley by a violent storm, with some believed to have washed up on...
Oct 06, 2020
Russian rights groups call for home raids to stop after journalist self-immolates
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian rights groups on Tuesday called on the authorities to stop using home searches as a tactic to intimidate opponents after a journalist set herself on fire following a police ...
Oct 06, 2020
Belgium tightens social contact rules as coronavirus cases surge
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium will tighten coronavirus restrictions at the end of the week, limiting groups to a maximum of four people in a bid to stem a sharp rise of COVID-19 infections. New prime m...
Oct 06, 2020
State funeral held for former Canadian Prime Minister John Turner
By Mahad Arale TORONTO (Reuters) - A state funeral was held on Tuesday for former Canadian Prime Minister John Turner who passed away last month at the age of 91. Turner, who served the Canadian Prime...
Oct 06, 2020
Turkey’s Erdogan slams France’s Macron for comments on ‘Islamist separatism’
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan upbraided French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday over his comments last week pledging to fight "Islamist separatism", saying the remarks were...
Oct 06, 2020
Northern Ireland can slow COVID-19 even without lockdown in Ireland: health chief
By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland can slow a rapidly increasing spread of COVID-19 even if it takes a different approach from that across the border in Ireland, the region's chie...
Oct 06, 2020
Belgium arrests three Rwandans in connection with 1994 genocide
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's federal prosecutor's office said on Tuesday it had arrested three people of Rwandan origin who were charged with serious violations of international la...
Oct 06, 2020
UK reports 14,542 cases of COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 14,542 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, up from 12,594 on Monday, according to government data. There were 76 deaths within 28 days of a positive test. (Reporting ...
Oct 06, 2020
Turkey’s EU membership bid evaporating, Commission says
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive said on Tuesday that Turkey's government was undermining its economy, eroding democracy and destroying independent courts, leaving A...
Oct 06, 2020
Kremlin hopes Belarus tensions can be resolved without external mediators
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday it hoped that the situation in Belarus, where protests have brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets over what they say is a rigged elect...
Oct 06, 2020
