Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Vietnam says China military drills could harm maritime code talks
By Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam said on Thursday that military drills conducted this week by Beijing in the South China Sea will hurt negotiations on a regional maritime code of conduct (CO...
Oct 01, 2020
UK health minister extends COVID measures in northern England
LONDON (Reuters) - British health minister Matt Hancock introduced more coronavirus restrictions on Thursday across a wider area of England, including the northern city of Liverpool, extending a tight...
Oct 01, 2020
EU leaders to tell China to meet 2019-2020 trade deadlines
By Francesco Guarascio and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will call on China to finalise a stalled investment agreement by the end of the year and again criticise Beijing ove...
Oct 01, 2020
UK, EU make progress on talks on implementing divorce agreement, says Gove
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union have made progress in the joint committee charged with implementing their divorce agreement, Michael Gove, who leads Britain's team in those talks, ad...
Oct 01, 2020
German police set to clear environmental activists in forest
STADTALLENDORF, Germany (Reuters) - German police prepared on Thursday to clear a camp of environmental activists from an area of forest that is set to be felled so that a highway can be built. Dozens...
Oct 01, 2020
Malaysian court to hear ex-PM Najib’s 1MDB appeal from February 15
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian court will begin hearing on Feb. 15 an appeal by former prime minister Najib Razak against his conviction on graft and money-laundering charges linked to the state...
Oct 01, 2020
Police impose emergency law in Indian village as gang-rape victim’s cremation sparks clashes
By Saurabh Sharma and Alasdair Pal LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Indian police imposed emergency laws on Thursday in a village where a woman from the lowest rung of the country's caste system was alleged...
Oct 01, 2020
UK seeks to avoid national lockdown to stop unemployment in millions, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government is seeking to avoid a full national lockdown to prevent unemployment soaring into the millions, Environment Secretary George Eustic...
Oct 01, 2020
Four killed, 10 hospitalized in forest fires in eastern Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) - Four people died and ten were hospitalized as a series of forest fires swept through part of the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, Ukraine's emergency service said on Thursday. The...
Oct 01, 2020
After six months, Germany lifts blanket world travel warning
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany lifted its blanket warning against travelling to all countries outside the European Union early on Thursday, although little is likely to change for most travellers under th...
Oct 01, 2020
