Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Italy considers extending COVID-19 emergency until January 31, media say
ROME (Reuters) - Italy is considering extending until Jan. 31 next year its state of emergency over the COVID-19 crisis, two national newspapers said on Thursday. The emergency, set to expire in mid-O...
Oct 01, 2020
Kremlin critic Navalny to magazine: Putin was behind crime against me
BERLIN (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny told a German magazine that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind what Germany has said was poisoning and stressed that he was not afraid. "I cla...
Oct 01, 2020
India’s coronavirus infections rise to 6.31 million
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's coronavirus case tally increased by 86,821 in the last 24 hours to 6.31 million by Thursday morning, data from the health ministry showed, as the country eased more restr...
Oct 01, 2020
U.N. to tackle gender equality, chief calls it ‘greatest’ rights challenge
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Over the past week, 190 countries addressed the United Nations General Assembly, nearly all of them represented by presidents, prime ministers and ministers. O...
Oct 01, 2020
Mexican artists, activists oppose president’s proposed funding shakeup
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican artists and human rights activists are protesting against a funding plan proposed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's ruling party, accusing the ...
Sep 30, 2020
Honduran caravan heads towards U.S. to escape pandemic-induced poverty
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Hondurans formed a caravan headed towards the United States on Wednesday, seeking to improve their living conditions as coronavirus has killed o...
Sep 30, 2020
Security tight in Hong Kong ahead of expected banned China national day protest
By Yanni Chow and Carol Mang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Security was tight in Hong Kong early on Thursday with police vans dotting the streets ahead of an expected China national day march by pro-democracy...
Sep 30, 2020
Magnitude 6.7 quake strikes off Tonga in Pacific Ocean: USGS
(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.7 quake struck off Tonga in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake, 40 miles (64.57 km) southeast of Neiafu, Tonga, was very shallow...
Sep 30, 2020
Cuba lifts Havana lockdown as coronavirus cases fall
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba said on Wednesday it was lifting a curfew and partial lockdown in Havana, in place since Sept. 1. to contain a second wave of the new coronavirus. The governor of Havana Reinal...
Sep 30, 2020
‘Over our hearts’: confiscated plaque becomes emblem of Thai democracy push
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Authorities removed it swiftly, but a brass plaque proclaiming Thailand belongs to the people and not the king has rapidly become the emblem of a pro-dem...
Sep 30, 2020
