Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Slovak conservatives hope to tighten abortion law, rights groups protest
By Radoslav Stoklasa BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Christian lawmakers in Slovakia hope to win parliamentary approval for a tightening of abortion rules in a vote expected on Friday, part of a trend towards ...
Sep 24, 2020
UK seeks to seize $39 million from lawyer who helped corrupt Nigerian politician
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - British prosecutors launched an attempt on Thursday to confiscate 30.8 million pounds ($39.3 million) from a London lawyer who assisted a Nigerian politician in l...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. renews waiver for Iraq to import Iranian energy, for 60 days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has renewed a waiver for Iraq to import Iranian electricity imports, a State Department official said on Thursday, this time for 60 days, a period which he sai...
Sep 24, 2020
German Catholic Church to offer abuse victims compensation
BERLIN (Reuters) - The victims of sexual abuse in Germany's Catholic Church can apply for compensation payments of up to 50,000 euros from next year, the chairman of the German Bishops' Conference (DB...
Sep 24, 2020
Wealthy Britons step up citizenship shopping to thwart Brexit
By Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) - The number of British entrepreneurs looking to "buy" citizenship from countries offering visa-free access to the European Union has risen sharply, investment migrat...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. to announce more Iran sanctions on Thursday, top envoy says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will slap new sanctions on a number of Iranian officials and entities including a judge who sentenced Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari to death, U.S. Special Repr...
Sep 24, 2020
Exclusive: U.S., UK, Canada sanctions on Belarusians could come Friday – sources
WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States, Britain and Canada plan to impose sanctions on Belarusian individuals following what they view as a rigged election on Aug. 9 and violence against pe...
Sep 24, 2020
Belarusian taxi driver who helped protester flee lights up internet
MOSCOW (Reuters) - An unnamed Belarusian taxi driver who helped a man escape from riot police during protests against veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko has transfixed social media users who have avi...
Sep 24, 2020
Canada says Lukashenko is not ‘legitimate’ leader of Belarus: foreign minister
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Alexander Lukashenko is not the legitimate leader of Belarus and he is disregarding basic human rights and democratic principles, Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champag...
Sep 24, 2020
EU/UK trade deal will fail if divorce treaty threatened, Ireland says
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Any final trade deal between the European Union and Britain will only be ratified if EU member states are fully certain the Brexit withdrawal agreement will be implemented in full, ...
Sep 24, 2020
