Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Crackdown on illegal housing leaves some Egyptians struggling to pay fees
By Mahmoud Mourad CAIRO (Reuters) - In her village in Egypt's Nile Delta, 35-year-old Shaimaa Saleh has spent sleepless nights worrying how to raise almost $1,000 to save her unfinished three-storey h...
Oct 05, 2020
Philippines’ Duterte scores record high rating, despite virus crisis
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's approval rating has hit a record high, an opinion poll showed on Monday, despite a stubborn coronavirus crisis that has ravaged the economy an...
Oct 05, 2020
Armenians, Azeris accuse each other of striking civilian areas
YEREVAN/BAKU (Reuters) - Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Monday of attacking civilian areas on a ninth day of fighting, the deadliest in the South Caucasus region for more than 25 years. ...
Oct 05, 2020
Two rockets fall in Baghdad, no casualties: Iraq military
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's military said in a statement on Monday that two Katyusha rockets had fallen late on Sunday in Baghdad's Jadiriya area, near the heavily fortified Green Zone, without causing...
Oct 05, 2020
Japan PM Suga under fire after rejecting scholars for advisory body
By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is under fire for rejecting six scholars for membership in a science advisory body set up after World War Two, a move critics...
Oct 05, 2020
EU’s von der Leyen self-isolating after contact with COVID-19 case
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday she would self-isolate until Tuesday after attending a meeting with someone who tested positive. "I've been infor...
Oct 05, 2020
UK technical failure in COVID-19 testing data system now fixed, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - A technical failure in England's COVID-19 testing data system has now been fixed and should not be repeated, Work and Pensions Secretary Thrse Coffey said on Monday. Britain reporte...
Oct 05, 2020
State premier Laschet is frontrunner to succeed Merkel: party sources
By Andreas Rinke and Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) - Armin Laschet is fast emerging as the frontrunner in the race to be the ruling Christian Democrats' (CDU) candidate for chancellor in Germany's fede...
Oct 05, 2020
Yemen’s war shifts focus to Marib, thousands of displaced at risk
MARIB, Yemen (Reuters) - In Yemen's gas-rich region of Marib, fighters loyal to the Saudi-backed government recited Koranic verses before launching a hail of mortar and machine gun fire towards rocky ...
Oct 05, 2020
Afghan President Ghani travels to Qatar amid peace talks
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani is travelling to Qatar for a bilateral meeting with Qatari leaders but will not hold a meeting with Taliban officials even as peace talks are und...
Oct 05, 2020
