Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Britain criticises China over Xinjiang and Hong Kong
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Friday criticised China for human rights violations in Xinjiang region, calling for the United Nations to be given unfettered access to the area. In a speech to the UN Hu...
Sep 25, 2020
Red locusts destroy 500 hectares Nambian grazing land, minister says
By Nyasha and Nyaungwa WINDHOEK, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Namibia is struggling to contain the second outbreak this year of the African migratory red locust, which has destroyed 500 hectares of grazing lan...
Sep 25, 2020
Hong Kong student faces charges of inciting secession: police
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A student arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of selling weapons online faces charges of inciting secession under a security law imposed on the city by China three months ago, a s...
Sep 25, 2020
Madrid authorities extends partial lockdown in the region
MADRID (Reuters) - The regional government of the Spanish capital Madrid extended a partial lockdown from Monday to 45 health areas of the region, affecting more than one million people, to try to rei...
Sep 25, 2020
Britain, in rare rebuke of China at U.N. rights forum, voices concern on Hong Kong, Xinjiang
GENEVA (Reuters) - Britain called on China on Friday to uphold rights and freedoms guaranteed in the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong and respect the independence of the former British colo...
Sep 25, 2020
The ventilators never came: How graft hampered Brazil’s COVID-19 response
By Gram Slattery and Ricardo Brito RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - As COVID-19 patients flooded Rio de Janeiro's public health system from early April to late May, Dr. Pedro Archer found himself making gut...
Sep 25, 2020
Russia doesn’t plan lockdowns despite increase in coronavirus cases: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia does not plan to impose severe lockdown restrictions despite a growing number of COVID-19 cases, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. Russia's daily tally of new c...
Sep 25, 2020
EU air safety head says in-flight COVID infection risks marginal
PARIS (Reuters) - The risks of air travellers catching COVID-19 on a passenger aircraft are "very marginal" provided health measures are applied, Europe's top aviation safety regulator said on Friday....
Sep 25, 2020
Czechs plan to buy air defence from Israel’s Rafael
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Defence Ministry will start talks with the Israeli government to buy a short and medium range air defence system made by Israeli state-owned supplier Rafael, the ministry ...
Sep 25, 2020
Singapore COVID-19-testing ‘SwabBot’ pushes boundaries (and nasal cavities)
By Joseph Campbell SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Seeking to improve the sometimes uncomfortable process of getting a COVID-19 test, a Singapore company has developed an automated swab-testing robot which coul...
Sep 25, 2020
