Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Czechs pay for summer of fun with new restrictions as coronavirus cases soar
By Robert Muller and David W. Cerny PRAGUE (Reuters) - In June, hundreds of Czechs sat down along a 500-metre table on Prague's Charles Bridge to celebrate overcoming the coronavirus pandemic with lit...
Sep 23, 2020
Pompeo says U.S. working on language for China’s treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering the language it will use to describe what is happening in China's western Xinjiang region, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday...
Sep 23, 2020
Saudi dissidents form pro-democracy political group
DUBAI (Reuters) - A group of Saudi dissidents, most of them in exile, on Wednesday announced the formation of a party to push for political reform in Saudi Arabia in defiance of de facto ruler Crown P...
Sep 23, 2020
Mali risks ‘economic paralysis’ from post-coup embargo: trade group
By Tiemoko Diallo DAKAR (Reuters) - Mali faces "economic paralysis" if sanctions imposed by West Africa's regional bloc after a military coup are not lifted in coming days, the head of the customs age...
Sep 23, 2020
Saudi King Salman targets Iran during debut at United Nations
By Michelle Nichols and Ghaida Ghantous NEW YORK/DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz took aim at Iran during his debut on Wednesday at the annual United Nations meeting of world...
Sep 23, 2020
Pompeo says U.S. reviewing work of China’s UFWD over its influence attempts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is reviewing the work of two organizations linked to China's United Front Work Department (UFWD), an organ of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, ...
Sep 23, 2020
EU sanction threat on Turkey fades after it accepts talks with Greece
By John Chalmers and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is unlikely to follow through on a threat to impose sanctions on Turkey after Ankara agreed to talks with Greece over maritime...
Sep 23, 2020
UK police intercept huge drug haul hidden in fruit
LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Wednesday they had discovered a tonne of cocaine hidden in a consignment of fruit which was being smuggled into the country from South America. Detectives sai...
Sep 23, 2020
The name’s Bond, seriously: 007’s namesake found in Polish Cold War archives
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poles were left shaken and stirred by news that a suspected British agent called James Bond was on Her Majesty's secret service in the country in the 1960s, after the Institute of N...
Sep 23, 2020
France urges international partners to raise pressure on Lebanese politicians
PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister on Wednesday called on international partners to up the pressure on Lebanese political forces to form a government and again warned that only once reforms w...
Sep 23, 2020
