Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Australia virus epicentre state says new cases drop to three-month low
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian state at the centre of the country's coronavirus outbreak on Sunday reported a sharp daily decline in new cases, raising the chances that it will be released from a h...
Sep 19, 2020
Thai protesters challenge monarchy with symbolic plaque
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai protesters installed a plaque in the field opposite the Grand Palace in Bangkok early on Sunday inscribed with the message that Thailand belongs to the people and not to the m...
Sep 19, 2020
UK’s Johnson to levy 10,000 pound fine on COVID-19 rule-breakers
LONDON (Reuters) - People in England who break new rules requiring them to self-isolate if they have been in contact with someone infected with COVID-19 will face a fine of up to 10,000 pounds ($12,91...
Sep 19, 2020
Iran’s Zarif says world should oppose U.S. sanctions or expect same
DUBAI (Reuters) - The world community should oppose the United States' use of sanctions to impose its will as a "bully," or expect to face sanctions itself, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zar...
Sep 19, 2020
Former Canada PM Turner, who was in office for just 11 weeks, dies aged 91
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA - Former Canadian Prime Minister John Turner, who was in office for just 11 weeks and led his Liberal Party to a massive electoral defeat in 1984, died on Saturday aged 91, m...
Sep 19, 2020
Haiti moves closer to constitutional referendum, elections
By Andre Paultre PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian President Jovenel Moise has appointed nine members to a provisional electoral council tasked with preparing a constitutional referendum and organizi...
Sep 19, 2020
Pompeo hails Colombia’s stance on Maduro, pledges more help in drugs fight
BOGOTA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday thanked Colombian President Ivan Duque for his stance against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and pledged continued assistance t...
Sep 19, 2020
Airstrikes on Taliban base kill at least 12 civilians – local Afghan officials
KABUL (Reuters) - A twin airstrike on a Taliban base in the northeastern Afghan province of Kunduz killed at least 12 civilians and injured more than 10 people on Saturday, provincial officials and Ta...
Sep 19, 2020
Two dead as rare storm hits central Greece
ATHENS (Reuters) - Two people died as a rare storm, known as a Medicane (Mediterranean hurricane), pounded central Greece on Saturday, flooding streets and homes, the authorities said. Storm "Ianos" u...
Sep 19, 2020
London police order anti-lockdown protest to disperse
LONDON (Reuters) - London's police on Saturday tried to break up a protest by more than a thousand people opposed to lockdown measures aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus. Demonstrators had gat...
Sep 19, 2020
