Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
West, legal experts press China on case of 12 detained Hong Kong citizens
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Western diplomats and legal experts urged China on Wednesday to clarify the status of 12 Hong Kong residents arrested by China at sea last month and whether the...
Sep 23, 2020
Trump announces new Cuba-related sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump announced new sanctions related to Cuba on Wednesday that will prohibit Americans from staying at properties owned by the Cuban government as well as...
Sep 23, 2020
Robots target coronavirus with ultraviolet light at London train station
LONDON (Reuters) - Robots that can kill the coronavirus with ultraviolet light have been brought in at one of London's biggest train stations, St Pancras International, as it tries to restore customer...
Sep 23, 2020
Polish coal miners expand underground protest against restructuring
WARSAW (Reuters) - Around 200 miners at mines owned by Poland's biggest coal producer PGG who are protesting at government plans to restructure the industry refused to return the surface on Wednesday,...
Sep 23, 2020
Russia, China, Iran are all a threat to U.S. elections: Acting Homeland Security Secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said on Wednesday that Russia, China and Iran are all a threat to U.S. elections through influence campaigns. But Wolf told a c...
Sep 23, 2020
Sweden calls in Russian diplomats to protest breach of its waters
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden has protested to Russia after two warships entered its territorial waters without permission, a defence department spokesman said on Wednesday, as Sweden agreed with two n...
Sep 23, 2020
German doctor held on suspicion of drugging, raping patients: media report
BIELEFELD, Germany (Reuters) - A hospital doctor in Germany has been arrested on suspicion of sedating women who had come to him for an MRT scan, and then filming himself raping them, a regional newsp...
Sep 23, 2020
Bulgaria expels two Russian diplomats accused of spying
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has given two Russian diplomats 72 hours to leave the country after prosecutors accused them of having been involved in spying in the Balkan country since...
Sep 23, 2020
U.S. blacklists individuals, entities linked to leader of IRA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday said it imposed sanctions on individuals and entities linked to the leader and financier of the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a "Russ...
Sep 23, 2020
In U.N. debut, Saudi king calls for comprehensive solution on Iran
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Wednesday called for a comprehensive solution on Iran and disarming its affiliate Hezbollah in Lebanon, and expressed support for U.S. ...
Sep 23, 2020
