Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Taiwan holds anti-landing drill on frontline island with China
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's armed forces have held anti-landing drills on one of its offshore islands close to China amid rising tensions with Beijing, the island's defence ministry said on Friday, sh...
Sep 25, 2020
Japan to allow foreign long-term residents in from October, PM Suga says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will allow long-term foreign residents and foreign students back into the country from October, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday. The move will mean further easing ...
Sep 25, 2020
Aboriginal group says Rio Tinto ignored pleas to save sacred cave from blast
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Rio Tinto Ltd. ignored repeated requests from traditional owners for sacred Australian rockshelters to be protected in the months before the site was blasted du...
Sep 25, 2020
Huawei research lab in southern China catches fire: state media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A research lab belonging to Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies in the southern city of Dongguan caught fire on Friday and firefighters are currently at the scene, Chinese stat...
Sep 25, 2020
Iran, Russia discussing joint production of COVID-19 vaccine: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Iran and Russia's sovereign wealth fund RDIF are discussing the joint production of a vaccine against COVID-19, Russian news agencies cited the Iranian ambassador to Moscow as sayin...
Sep 25, 2020
China says WHO gave blessing for coronavirus vaccine emergency use programme
BEIJING (Reuters) - The World Health Organization gave China its support and understanding to start administering experimental coronavirus vaccines to people while clinical trials were still underway,...
Sep 25, 2020
New Zealand divided over historic marijuana vote
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A referendum next month on legalising recreational cannabis has divided opinion in New Zealand with ruling party politicians staying clear of the contentious is...
Sep 25, 2020
Over 80% of Britons not heeding COVID-19 self-isolation rules -study
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - Over 80% of people in Britain are not adhering to self-isolation guidelines when they have COVID-19 symptoms or had contact with someone who has tested positive, a...
Sep 25, 2020
‘We’re in despair’: Marseille bars protest against COVID shutdown
By Noemie Olive MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Hundreds of restaurant owners and bar staff protested outside Marseille's commercial court on Friday against a government order to shut from Saturday to c...
Sep 25, 2020
Rescue of stranded whales in Australia enters final days
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rescuers were trying to save the few remaining long-finned pilot whales still floundering in shallow waters off the Australian coast on Friday in one of the world's biggest mass wha...
Sep 25, 2020
