Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Lebanon’s Hezbollah accuses U.S. of obstructing government formation
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Iran-backed Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah accused the U.S. administration on Thursday of obstructing efforts to form a new government, which France has been pressing Lebanese...
Sep 17, 2020
Mexican president says there is a proposal to buy predecessor’s luxury jet
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday that he has received a proposal for the purchase of his predecessor's luxury jet, which the government has been a...
Sep 17, 2020
Austria caps private indoor gatherings at 10 people as COVID-19 advances
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria is limiting private indoor gatherings to 10 people in the face of rising coronavirus case numbers, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Thursday, a day after Germany issued a t...
Sep 17, 2020
Desperate migrants jump overboard from charity boat off Italy
ROME (Reuters) - Some 70 migrants jumped overboard from the Spanish rescue ship Open Arms on Thursday, in an attempt to swim to the nearby southern Italian city of Palermo. Those who jumped into the s...
Sep 17, 2020
‘COVID first’: Thai PM warns protesters against raising virus risks
By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military-backed prime minister warned protesters on Thursday against heightening COVID-19 risks as they planned large anti-government demonstrati...
Sep 17, 2020
Lukashenko should not be recognized as Belarus president after November, EU lawmakers say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko should no longer be recognized as president from November when his term expires, the European Parliament said on Thursday, calling for Europ...
Sep 17, 2020
Rule of law situation in Poland has deteriorated: European Parliament
WARSAW (Reuters) - The situation surrounding the rule of law in Poland has seriously deteriorated, the European Parliament said on Thursday, adding to pressure on Warsaw amid an EU investigation that ...
Sep 17, 2020
One in 7 reported COVID-19 infections is among health workers, WHO says
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - One in seven cases of COVID-19 reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) is a health worker and in some countries that figure rises to one in three, the a...
Sep 17, 2020
Two-thirds of Japan public support new PM Suga: Kyodo poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government was backed by 66.4% of the public, Kyodo news agency said on Thursday, citing the results of its telephone poll conducted on t...
Sep 17, 2020
WHO says more than 170 countries have joined COVAX vaccine facility
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - More than 170 countries have joined the World Health Organisation's COVAX global vaccine plan to help buy and distribute immunisation shots for COVID-19 fairly around the world, ...
Sep 17, 2020
