Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
GAVI providing $150 million to poorer countries to prepare for COVID-19 vaccines
GENEVA (Reuters) - The GAVI vaccine alliance's board has approved up to $150 million to help 92 low- and middle-income countries prepare for the delivery of future COVID-19 vaccines, including technic...
Oct 01, 2020
Polish divers hope Nazi shipwreck holds key to Amber Room treasure
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish divers say they have found the wreck of a German World War Two ship which may help solve a decades-old mystery - the whereabouts of the Amber Room, an ornate chamber from a t...
Oct 01, 2020
Ukraine summons Belarus diplomat over Crimea
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's foreign ministry summoned a senior Belarusian diplomat over the participation of a representative of Crimea's occupation administration in a Russia-Belarus regional forum, t...
Oct 01, 2020
‘Victims of improvisation’ – Madrid residents vent anger at chaotic sudden lockdown
MADRID (Reuters) - Madrid's residents expressed their frustration and confusion on Thursday after municipal authorities grudgingly accepted a city-wide lockdown ordered by the central government follo...
Oct 01, 2020
Rwanda genocide survivors want speedy trial for Kabuga, but court faces delays
By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) - A special U.N. tribunal in Tanzania should quickly try elderly tycoon Felicien Kabuga on charges of financing the 1994 Rwandan genocide, survivors said on ...
Oct 01, 2020
France to enrol 25,000 in COVID-19 vaccines clinical trials
PARIS (Reuters) - France called for 25,000 adult volunteers on Thursday to enrol in a series of large-scale clinical trials aimed at evaluating the safety and efficacy of several COVID-19 vaccine cand...
Oct 01, 2020
Japan considering making promotion of paternity leave mandatory for companies: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is considering making it mandatory for companies to recommend employees take paternity leave, the Nikkei said on Thursday, as the government looks to boost the birthrate by mak...
Oct 01, 2020
American Islamic State supporters held by Kurds back in U.S. custody: DOJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday all known Americans allegedly supporting Islamic State militants and being held by U.S.-backed forces in Syria have been returned, some to fac...
Oct 01, 2020
Two migrants killed in brawl as Bosnia starts closing reception centres
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Two migrants were killed in a brawl in northwest Bosnia as regional authorities emptied a migrant reception centre in the town of Bihac and moved hundreds to a camp 50 km (30 mile...
Oct 01, 2020
Poland expects high daily numbers of COVID-19 to continue
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland reported a record number of new daily coronavirus infections on Thursday with 1,967 new cases, while the Health Minister said he expected daily new coronavirus cases could co...
Oct 01, 2020
