Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Togo names new government with record number of women ministers
LOME (Reuters) - Togo's first female prime minister has appointed a new government with a record 30% of the 33 ministerial positions given to women, according to the cabinet list announced on state te...
Oct 02, 2020
WHO ‘outraged’ by sex abuse reports in Congo Ebola operation
GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed anger on Friday at allegations of sexual abuse by aid workers during the Ebola disease response in the Democratic Republic ...
Oct 02, 2020
EU removes Libya’s powerbroker Saleh from sanctions list
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Friday removed an east Libyan powerbroker from its sanctions blacklist to encourage peace efforts and ensure the EU plays a central role in any negotiated se...
Oct 02, 2020
Guatemalan president has almost recovered from coronavirus, government says
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei has almost recovered from coronavirus, a government official said on Friday. "He just needs to do a COVID-19 test to know it's nega...
Oct 02, 2020
British coronavirus cases rise by 6,968 on Friday
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 6,968 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, up from Thursday's figure of 6,914 but below the peak of 7,143 given on Tuesday. There were 66 deaths within 28 days of a positi...
Oct 02, 2020
Myanmar election app goes offline, has been criticized over label for Rohingya
YANGON (Reuters) - A smartphone app produced for Myanmar's Nov. 8 election with help from international organizations appears to have been removed from circulation and may be amended after criticism o...
Oct 02, 2020
‘Hotel Rwanda’ inspiration denied bail again as court says he may escape
By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) - Paul Rusesabagina, depicted as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide and now on trial for terrorism, was denied bail on Friday for a sec...
Oct 02, 2020
Hungarians launch crowd-funded news site as Orban allies gain sway in media
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Political journalist Attila Rovo began work on Friday at Hungary's latest experiment in independent journalism - a crowd-funded online news service called Telex....
Oct 02, 2020
EU hits 40 Belarus officials with sanctions, spares Lukashenko
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union imposed sanctions on Belarus' interior minister and the head of its electoral commission but spared President Alexander Lukashenko, the bloc sai...
Oct 02, 2020
The final chapter? COVID spells crisis for Paris’ riverside booksellers
By Johnny Cotton PARIS (Reuters) - Jangling keys on a long chain, Paris bookseller Jerome Callais opens his green wooden crates mounted on a wall overlooking the Seine, resigned to another slow day's ...
Oct 02, 2020
