Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Exclusive: U.S. pushes arms sales surge to ‘Fortress Taiwan,’ needling China – sources
By Mike Stone and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to sell as many as seven major weapons systems, including mines, cruise missiles and drones to Taiwan, four people fa...
Sep 16, 2020
Lebanon’s Hariri says no sect has exclusive right to ministries
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Wednesday no sect had the exclusive right to the ministry of finance or other government portfolios, a reference to an issue at...
Sep 16, 2020
Myanmar races to build field hospital as coronavirus surge stretches health system
By Shoon Naing and Zaw Naing Oo YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar authorities are racing to build a field hospital in the commercial capital of Yangon to cope with a surge of coronavirus infections that doct...
Sep 16, 2020
Turkish police detain 106 over alleged Gulen links: Anadolu
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police detained more than 100 people, mostly soldiers on active duty, in an operation on Wednesday targeting supporters of the Muslim preacher who Ankara says was behind a...
Sep 16, 2020
Cyprus says ready for a dialogue with Turkey but not under threats
ATHENS (Reuters) - Cyprus is ready to engage in dialogue with Turkey to resolve differences but not under threats, the Mediterranean island's President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday. "Yesterday...
Sep 16, 2020
No place for ‘LGBT-free zones’ in EU, chief executive says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's chief executive lashed out against homophobic policies of the nationalist government in Warsaw in saying on Wednesday there was "no place" in the bloc for dis...
Sep 16, 2020
EU ready for new agenda with whoever wins U.S. election: EU’s von der Leyen
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is ready to build a new transatlantic agenda on issues from trade to tech and taxation with whoever wins the U.S. presidential election in November, European Co...
Sep 16, 2020
‘Be courageous’ to stand up to Russia, Turkey, EU executive says
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union states must be quicker in their foreign policy to support pro-democracy protests in Belarus or to stand up to Russia and Turkey, EU Commission Presi...
Sep 16, 2020
French president to go to Lithuania and Latvia amid Russia tensions
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Lithuania and Latvia this month and see French NATO troops in the region, Macron's department said on Wednesday, amid tensions between the...
Sep 16, 2020
Barbados says it will remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state
LONDON (Reuters) - Barbados wants to remove Britain's Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and become a republic, the Caribbean nation's government has said. A former British colony that gained indepe...
Sep 16, 2020
