Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Dozens of children injured in New Zealand after school bus collides with train
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Dozens of children were injured in New Zealand on Wednesday after a school bus collided with a train at a level crossing in the North Island town of Bunnythorpe. The police said...
Sep 15, 2020
Bahrain’s minister of transportation discusses cooperation with Israeli counterpart: BNA
CAIRO (Reuters) - Bahrain's minister of transportation and telecommunications and Israel's minister of transportation on Tuesday discussed in a phone call cooperation in various sectors of transportat...
Sep 15, 2020
Pompeo to visit Brazil border as U.S. ramps up pressure on Maduro
BRASILIA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit the Brazilian city of Boa Vista near the border with Venezuela on Friday to meet with Venezuelan migrants, U.S. and Brazilian offici...
Sep 15, 2020
In Mexico, presidential jet ‘raffle’ sees final push for ticket sales
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's national lottery prepared to announce on Tuesday the 100 winners of a much-hyped raffle tied to a luxury presidential jet that the government has slammed as a symbol o...
Sep 15, 2020
Fire breaks out near Greece’s Samos migrant camp, facilities not at risk
ATHENS (Reuters) - A fire broke out near a migrant camp on the northeastern Aegean island of Samos, burning grass and forest, fire brigade and police officials said on Tuesday. The migrant camp facili...
Sep 15, 2020
Palestinians fire rockets at Israel, wounding two, during White House ceremony
By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian militants fired rockets from Gaza into Israel, wounding two people, on Tuesday at the same time as Israel and two Gulf Arab states signed normalisat...
Sep 15, 2020
More than 60 LGBT, intersex people killed in Colombia in first eight months of 2020
BOGOTA (Reuters) - At least 63 members of Colombia's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community were killed in the first eight months of this year, the Andean country's human rights om...
Sep 15, 2020
U.N. chief to appoint special envoy to broker peace in Libya
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday asked Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to appoint a special envoy to broker peace in Libya, although Russia and Ch...
Sep 15, 2020
Battle of the battlements – Jerusalem walls used as political canvas
By Stephen Farrell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The ramparts of Jerusalem, built for battle, were commandeered for a messaging war between Israelis and Palestinians in the build-up to Israel's normalisation ...
Sep 15, 2020
Staying home: Drop in foreign students bad omen for Canada’s labor market
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Travel restrictions and a shift to online learning has dramatically cut the number of international students expected to attend Canadian universities and colleges th...
Sep 15, 2020
