Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Poland to ban ritual animal slaughter for export, lawmaker says
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland plans to ban religious slaughtering of animals for export and the state will offer compensation to businesses that suffer, a ruling party member of parliament said on Thursda...
Sep 17, 2020
Israel, Bahrain tourism ministers speak, discuss joint ventures with UAE
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The tourism ministers of Israel and Bahrain held a first publicly acknowledged phone call on Thursday and discussed possible ventures including three-way travel packages involvin...
Sep 17, 2020
Mexican president says U.S. report on drugs is ‘opinion’
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday described a U.S. government report on countries that produce illicit drugs, including Mexico, as "opinion." "It is an ...
Sep 17, 2020
Ivory Coast ex-PM, barred from standing for president, says Ouattara must be blocked
DAKAR (Reuters) - Former Ivory Coast Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, a leading candidate barred from standing against President Alassane Ouattara in an election next month, called on Thursday for the o...
Sep 17, 2020
Japan lawmakers call for military drills with U.S. around disputed islets
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese lawmakers on Thursday compiled a draft proposal urging the government to hold joint military drills with the United States around a group of East China Sea islands administe...
Sep 17, 2020
EU details energy savings and renewables push to reach tougher climate target
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union needs to hike its renewable energy and energy saving targets, according to its analysis published on Thursday of how the bloc could make deeper e...
Sep 17, 2020
Hundreds of French COVID-19 testers strike over work conditions, says union
PARIS (Reuters) - Several hundred workers at COVID-19 testing laboratories across France walked out on Thursday in protest against poor working conditions, one of the country's biggest trade unions sa...
Sep 17, 2020
In England, parents despair at COVID dilemma as testing system buckles
By Andrew MacAskill and Ben Makori BIRMINGHAM/SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, England (Reuters) - Parents across England are facing a COVID-19 dilemma: their children are not allowed to return to school unless they ...
Sep 17, 2020
NATO keeps France-Turkey probe under wraps as tempers flare
By Robin Emmott, John Irish and Tuvan Gumrukcu BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A NATO investigation into a naval standoff between French and Turkish ships in June has been rated too sensitive to discuss in publi...
Sep 17, 2020
BHP sought to disturb cultural sites even after concerns raised: inquiry
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) - BHP Group pursued permission to damage Aboriginal cultural sites in April, an Australian parliamentary inquiry heard on Thursday, despite being told of the dist...
Sep 17, 2020
