Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Taiwan plant hunters race to collect rare species before they’re gone
By Ann Wang TAITUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - In the forests and on remote offshore islands of Taiwan, a group of conservationists are racing to collect as many rare plant species as they can before they ar...
Sep 21, 2020
Israeli court approves extradition to Australia of sex-crime suspect
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli court ruled on Monday that a former principal of an Australian school accused of sexually assaulting students could be extradited to Australia for trial, but implement...
Sep 21, 2020
Indonesia president urged to delay regional polls over contagion threat
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian religious groups and experts, including a former vice president, are urging authorities to delay regional elections set for December, as coronavirus ...
Sep 21, 2020
Indonesian gravediggers under strain as COVID-19 burials surge in Jakarta
By Heru Asprihanto and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Gravedigger Junaedi Bin Hakim toils until nearly midnight almost every day in a Jakarta cemetery, preparing plots for fellow Indonesians ami...
Sep 21, 2020
UK says report on PM Johnson trip to Italy is ‘completely untrue’
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain denied on Monday a newspaper report that Prime Minister Boris Johnson went to Italy last weekend, saying he had not travelled to the country in recent months. Italian newspa...
Sep 21, 2020
Protesters occupy Swiss square demanding action on climate change
By Denis Balibouse BERN (Reuters) - Up to 400 protesters occupied a square near the Swiss National Bank and parliament in Bern on Monday, as leaders of a group that has also targeted banks including C...
Sep 21, 2020
India’s Taj Mahal gets first visitors even as coronavirus infections climb
By Alasdair Pal AGRA, India (Reuters) - India reopened its famed monument to love, the Taj Mahal, with the first visitors trickling in on Monday, as authorities reported 86,961 new coronavirus infecti...
Sep 21, 2020
Czech health minister resigns amid surge in COVID-19 cases
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Health Minister Adam Vojtech said on Monday he had submitted his resignation following criticism over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as the central European country...
Sep 21, 2020
Hungary PM Orban endorses Trump in November U.S. election
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday endorsed Donald Trump's reelection bid for the U.S. presidency, saying his rival Democrats have forced a "moral imperialism" on the...
Sep 21, 2020
UK at critical COVID-19 moment as trend goes in wrong direction
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson is pondering additional COVID-19 restrictions as Britain is at a critical moment in the novel coronavirus outbreak with the trend going in the wrong dir...
Sep 21, 2020
