Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Zoroastrians make a comeback in northern Iraq, but still face stigma
By Charlotte Bruneau and Kawa Omar DOHUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Carefully tucking his Farvahar pendant under his shirt, Aram Mehdi reminds himself of the core Zoroastrian principles it represents: good wor...
Sep 30, 2020
UK secures Vietnam backing to join Trans-Pacific trading group, Raab says
By Guy Faulconbridge and Khanh Vu HANOI/LONDON (Reuters) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on Wednesday he hopes to conclude talks on a free trade agreement with the United Kingdom soo...
Sep 30, 2020
Poverty batters almost half of Argentines due to crisis plus pandemic: researchers
By Nicols Misculin and Juan Bustamante BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Nearly half of Argentina's population was dragged into poverty in the second quarter of this year by the brutal effects of the the coron...
Sep 30, 2020
Italian Senate halts after two members test COVID-positive
ROME (Reuters) - The Italian Senate suspended all parliamentary activity on Wednesday after two members from the co-ruling 5-Star Movement fell ill with COVID-19. Marco Croatti and Francesco Mollame w...
Sep 30, 2020
Flooding devastates farms in parts of Sudan: U.N.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Record floods in Sudan have affected nearly one third of cultivated land and about 3 million people from agricultural households, worsening already acute levels of food insecurity...
Sep 30, 2020
Migrants hoping to reach EU stranded in Bosnian woods as cold sets in
By Fedja Grulovic VELIKA KLADUSA, Bosnia (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants hoping to reach the European Union are sheltering in forests and ruined former factory buildings near Bosnia's border with Cro...
Sep 30, 2020
Sierra Leone anti-graft body summons ex-president Koroma for questioning
By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's anti-corruption body has summoned former president Ernest Bai Koroma for questioning under oath over allegations of graft while in office, it said o...
Sep 30, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro to nominate Kassio Nunes for Supreme Court vacancy: source
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro will nominate judge Kassio Nunes to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the retirement of Justice Celso de Mello, a source familiar wit...
Sep 30, 2020
Biden’s criticism of Amazon deforestation draws swift reaction in Brazil
By Jake Spring BRASILIA (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden called on the world to offer Brazil $20 billion to stop Amazon deforestation, and threatened "economic consequences...
Sep 30, 2020
In policy U-turn, Dutch government recommends wearing of face masks
By Anthony Deutsch and Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government on Wednesday reversed course on its long-held position against wearing face masks in public places, as new coronavirus c...
Sep 30, 2020
