Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Austria to welcome skiers, but dancing on bars is off the menu
VIENNA (Reuters) - Skiers in Austria this winter must sit at tables in bars rather than dance on them, the government said on Thursday, outlining plans to rein in the country's apres-ski parties that ...
Sep 24, 2020
As COVID surges in Europe, officials warn of ‘twindemic’ with flu
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A surge in COVID-19 cases in Europe risks becoming a deadly double epidemic of flu and coronavirus infections, EU health officials warned on Thursday as they urged E...
Sep 24, 2020
Fire-hit supertanker owner to pay $1.8 million for Sri Lanka’s help
By Waruna Karunatilake and Nidhi Verma COLOMBO/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The owners the New Diamond supertanker which caught fire with a cargo of two million barrels of oil aboard has agreed to pay 340 mi...
Sep 24, 2020
Poland’s Kaczynski could join government as coalition teeters
By Marcin Goclowski WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's Law and Justice (PiS) party chief Jaroslaw Kaczynski may take over supervision of the powerful justice ministry, officials said on Thursday, as PiS and ...
Sep 24, 2020
England Test and trace reports tripling of COVID-19 cases since late August
LONDON (Reuters) - Three times as many people tested positive for COVID-19 in England in latest weekly figures compared to the end of August, NHS Test and Trace said on Thursday, with more people bein...
Sep 24, 2020
Greek says no date yet on when exploratory talks with Turkey will start
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's government spokesman said on Tursday no date had yet been set for exploratory talks with Turkey to begin. "Right now we do not have a date," Stelios Petsas told reporters. ...
Sep 24, 2020
Navalny needs at least a month to be fit, predicts activist
BERLIN (Reuters) - It will take Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny at least another month to recover full fitness, said the activist who helped bring him to Germany for treatment, adding his team had made ...
Sep 24, 2020
YouTube expands fact-check feature to videos about mail-in ballots
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's YouTube would start showing text and links from third-party fact-checkers under videos that discuss mail-in ballots, as part of efforts to curb misinformation on the site ah...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S., Chinese diplomats signal tricky road ahead for climate diplomacy
By Valerie Volcovici and David Stanway WASHINGTON/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - After several years of dismissing global action to fight climate change, U.S. leadership was formally challenged this week by Chi...
Sep 24, 2020
Malaysian PM banks on victory in Borneo poll after Anwar challenge
By Joseph Sipalan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Locked in a power struggle with opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin needs a solid victory in a state election on the i...
Sep 24, 2020
