Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
‘Square of Change’: a Belarus courtyard becomes an unlikely protest battleground
By Maria Vasilyeva and Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - When state workers accompanied by police painted over opposition graffiti on a wall in a Minsk courtyard in August, local residents swiftly pain...
Oct 05, 2020
Rwanda prosecutor seeks to merge ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero’s case with that of rebel group members
KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda's top prosecutor will seek to merge the case of Paul Rusesabagina, depicted as a hero in a Hollywood movie about the country's 1994 genocide and on trial for terrorism, with ...
Oct 05, 2020
Ex-PM Sharif, daughter face sedition charges for criticising Pakistani military
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani police filed sedition charges on Monday against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and dozens of his party leaders...
Oct 05, 2020
Austria’s Kurz cancels meetings as colleague tests positive for COVID-19
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has cancelled all his appointments for the day and is being tested for the new coronavirus after an unidentified close colleague tested positive, ...
Oct 05, 2020
Chemical weapons experts ready to assist Russia in Navalny case: statement
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The global chemical weapons watchdog on Monday said it was ready to deploy experts to assist Russia in the case of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who Germany says was poisoned...
Oct 05, 2020
Brazil’s VP Mourao says mining in indigenous lands is legal, but needs regulation
(Reuters) - Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao defended mining on indigenous reservations on Monday, saying the constitution allowed for that though regulations are needed to ensure miners pay t...
Oct 05, 2020
Brazil military fly doctors to test Amazon tribe for COVID-19
By Adriano Machado IMPERATRIZ, Brazil (Reuters) - The Brazilian military wrapped up on Monday a three-week operation that provided medical care to the Amazon's Guajajara tribe hit by COVID-19, in resp...
Oct 05, 2020
Nvidia building UK supercomputer to boost COVID-19 research
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. chip giant Nvidia said on Monday it is building Britain's most powerful supercomputer, which will use artificial intelligence to help researchers solve pressing medical challen...
Oct 05, 2020
‘A matter of survival’: Lebanon’s hospitals on the brink as COVID cases surge
By Raya Jalabi BEIRUT (Reuters) - A drastic rise in COVID-19 infections has pushed Lebanon's hospitals to the edge, and experts warn they will soon be unable to cope as the country buckles under a suc...
Oct 05, 2020
UK must be hard-headed in relationship with China: Sunak
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain must take a hard-headed, transactional approach to its relationship with China, British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday. "I think with China we also need to be r...
Oct 05, 2020
