Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Pandemic sharpens ‘battle for the soul’ of United Nations between U.S. and China
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Long-simmering tensions between the United States and China have hit boiling point at the United Nations over the coronavirus pandemic, spotlighting Beij...
Sep 16, 2020
China says military drills near Taiwan were a ‘necessary action’
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese military drills off Taiwan's southwest coast last week were a "necessary action" to protect China's sovereignty, Beijing said on Wednesday, after Taiwan complained the larg...
Sep 15, 2020
Israeli aircraft strike in Gaza, witnesses say, sirens in southern Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft attacked in Gaza on Wednesday, witnesses said, and sirens warning of rocket fire from the Palestinian territory sounded in southern Israel. The witnesses said a ...
Sep 15, 2020
In coronavirus vaccine race, China inoculates thousands before trials are completed
By David Stanway and Miyoung Kim SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China is inoculating tens of thousands of its citizens with experimental coronavirus vaccines and attracting international interest in t...
Sep 15, 2020
Australia’s COVID-19 hotspot on target for easing lockdown as cases drop
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state on Wednesday said the daily rise in infections in its coronavirus hot spot of Melbourne has eased further, setting it on course to relax an exte...
Sep 15, 2020
Japan’s Suga to formally take up job, announce cabinet
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese ruling party president Yoshihide Suga was poised to become the nation's next prime minister on Wednesday, pulling together a "continuity" cabinet, about half ...
Sep 15, 2020
Brazil registers 1,113 coronavirus deaths, highest toll in almost two weeks
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil on Tuesday registered 1,113 new coronavirus deaths, the health ministry said, the highest number since Sept 2. Deaths now total 133,119. Cases rose by 36,653 to 4,382...
Sep 15, 2020
Bahrain King Hamad affirms to President Trump peace is a strategic option for kingdom- BNA
CAIRO (Reuters) - Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa affirmed to U.S. president Donald Trump in a phone call on Tuesday that peace is a strategic option for the kingdom of Bahrain and its vision is...
Sep 15, 2020
U.S. to announce on Wednesday charges in computer intrusion campaigns related to China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is poised to announce "charges and arrests related to a computer intrusion campaign tied to the Chinese government," the department said in a stateme...
Sep 15, 2020
Peru Congress votes against ouster of economy minister Alva
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian lawmakers voted against a proposed ouster of the president's star economy minister on Tuesday, defusing some of the political turmoil that has rocked the Andean country as it...
Sep 15, 2020
