Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Cameroon police break up opposition protests with tear gas, water cannon
DOUALA (Reuters) - Police and gendarmes in Cameroon used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters calling for an end to President Paul Biya's near 40-year rule in the commercial hub of Douala ...
Sep 22, 2020
Gulf coronavirus infections surpass 800,000, Reuters tally shows
DUBAI (Reuters) - The number of recorded novel coronavirus cases in the six Gulf Arab states has doubled in three months to over 800,000, according to a Reuters tally. All countries have lifted intern...
Sep 22, 2020
Spain to cut coronavirus quarantine to 10 from 14 days, SER radio says
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government and regional authorities are set to cut the quarantine imposed on those who have had contacts with people tested positive to coronavirus to 10 days from a pre...
Sep 22, 2020
Japan PM Suga, China’s Xi to hold phone talks Friday: Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Chinese President Xi Jinping are planning to hold talks by telephone on Friday, Kyodo News reported, their first discussion since Suga took...
Sep 22, 2020
Angered by Arab-Israel ties, Palestine quits chairing Arab League sessions
By Ali Sawafta and Nidal al-Mughrabi RAMALLAH, West Bank/GAZA (Reuters) - Palestine has quit its current chairmanship of Arab League meetings, the Palestinian foreign minister said on Tuesday, condemn...
Sep 22, 2020
Iran registers record daily high in coronavirus cases: TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's health ministry on Tuesday reported 3,712 new coronavirus infections in the previous 24 hours, the highest daily tally recorded since February, pushing the national cumulative...
Sep 22, 2020
Sign-up delays for global vaccine plan are procedural: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - More countries will sign up to a global vaccination plan and some of the delays were due to procedural issues rather than doubts about the scheme, a World Health Organization (WHO) ...
Sep 22, 2020
Malta police arrest former PM’s chief of staff in money laundering probe
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta police arrested Keith Schembri, who was the chief of staff of former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, early on Tuesday as part of an investigation into money laundering of fund...
Sep 22, 2020
EU’s Barnier to talk Brexit in London on Wednesday: BBC
LONDON (Reuters) - EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is due in London on Wednesday for informal Brexit talks, BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said on Twitter, citing EU sources. (writing...
Sep 22, 2020
Vatican steps up opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican doubled down on its opposition to euthanasia on Tuesday, calling it an "act of homicide" that can never be justified or tolerated. A new documen...
Sep 22, 2020
