Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Human rights lawyers sue Trump administration over ‘unconstitutional’ ICC sanctions
By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Human rights lawyers launched a legal challenge on Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order imposing economic sanctions on employees of the wo...
Oct 01, 2020
U.S. says won’t hesitate to act against threats to personnel in Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will not hesitate to act to protect its personnel in Iraq, where it considers Iranian-backed militias that have attacked U.S. targets to be the country's "sing...
Oct 01, 2020
Over 1,000 Honduran migrants enter Guatemala as new caravan heads for U.S.
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - More than 1,000 Honduran migrants have crossed illegally into Guatemala in a bid to reach the United States as a major new caravan formed barely a month ahead of U.S. presid...
Oct 01, 2020
Britain’s National Health Service targets net zero emissions by 2040
By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's National Health Service pledged on Thursday to become the world's first healthcare system to cut carbon emissions to net zero, hoping to achieve that by 2...
Oct 01, 2020
Former IMF chief Rato to leave Spanish prison on semi-release from embezzlement sentence
MADRID (Reuters) - Former IMF boss Rodrigo Rato was set to walk out of a Madrid prison after Spain's High Court on Thursday granted him a semi-release which allows him to serve the rest of a four-and-...
Oct 01, 2020
Italy tops 2,000 daily coronavirus cases for first time since April 29: health ministry
ROME (Reuters) - Italy has registered 2,548 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday, the first time the country has exceeded 2,000 cases in a single day...
Oct 01, 2020
Britain reports slight dip in new COVID-19 cases on Thursday
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Thursday reported 6,914 new COVID-19 cases, a slight fall from the previous two days when there were more than 7,000 cases reported daily. There were 59 deaths within 28 ...
Oct 01, 2020
UK police officer died from shot to the chest, inquest hears
LONDON (Reuters) - A British officer shot dead by a suspect at a London police station last week died from a gunshot wound to the chest, an inquest heard on Thursday. Sergeant Matt Ratana was killed a...
Oct 01, 2020
Russia confronts waning influence over Karabakh foes, must reckon with Turkey
By Mark Trevelyan and Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired off one appeal after another for a ceasefire between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces, but th...
Oct 01, 2020
Greece, Turkey agree ways to avoid accidents in Eastern Med, NATO says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO allies Greece and Turkey have set up a mechanism to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday. "I welcom...
Oct 01, 2020
