Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Gadgets for groceries: coronavirus sparks Philippines online barter trade
By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - In the middle of a coronavirus lockdown in the Philippine capital, Grace Lagaday was struggling to breastfeed her newborn without milk storage bottles and nur...
Oct 01, 2020
Paraguay declares state of emergency as forest fires rage
By Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay's Congress declared a national emergency on Thursday as forest fires raged, burning vast swaths of the Chaco dry forest, home to sprawling cattle ranc...
Oct 01, 2020
North Korea’s Kim tours flood-hit town, sister reappears in public
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected recovery efforts in a flooded village, his latest visit to areas damaged by recent typhoons, while his sister reappeared in public for the f...
Oct 01, 2020
Australia’s COVID-19 hotspot state says daily cases near four-month low
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New daily coronavirus infections in Australia's hotspot state Victoria have fallen to a near four-month low, authorities said on Friday, as other states recorded only imported cases...
Oct 01, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says Supreme Court nomination to be made official on Friday
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The formal nomination of Judge Kassio Nunes to Brazil's Supreme Court will be published in the federal government's official bulletin on Friday, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonar...
Oct 01, 2020
New Zealand’s Ardern takes on housing crisis issue ahead of early voting
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's ruling Labour Party promised to deliver more homes and replace a 30-year-old law blamed for high housing costs and impeding urban development, as ...
Oct 01, 2020
China’s U.S. envoy says U.S.-China relations must be put on right track
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's ambassador to Washington said on Thursday that China's relations with the United States were facing "severe difficulties" and the two countries should lose no time in pu...
Oct 01, 2020
Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, bets on mass testing to reopen schools
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Sao Paulo began a mass COVID-19 testing program on Thursday for public school employees and students, as Brazil's largest city seeks to edge back to normalcy even as Brazil conti...
Oct 01, 2020
EU imposes sanctions on Belarus after deadlock resolved
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders agreed to impose sanctions on about 40 individuals in Belarus on Friday after Cyprus dropped its opposition over demands that the bloc also punish Turkey fo...
Oct 01, 2020
EU leaders strike deal to end Turkey-Belarus deadlock, officials say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders on Friday agreed to end a deadlock over sanctions by the bloc against Belarus that were being held up by Cyprus, which was insisting that Turkey be punished...
Oct 01, 2020
