Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Turkish court sentences pro-Kurdish MP to jail on terrorism charges
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court sentenced a parliamentarian from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) to 10 years in jail on Friday for membership of a terrorist organisation, court do...
Sep 11, 2020
Russia and China dismiss Microsoft allegations of bids to hack Biden and Trump camps
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and China dismissed on Friday allegations by Microsoft Corp that hackers linked to Moscow and Beijing were trying to spy on people tied to both U.S. President Dona...
Sep 11, 2020
Explosive material found in Beirut port after blast was stored for years, says president
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Several tonnes of highly explosive material found at Beirut's port, just weeks after the same chemical was blamed for causing a massive detonation there, had been in storage for 15 ...
Sep 11, 2020
England’s COVID-19 infections doubling each week – Imperial College study
LONDON (Reuters) - The spread of the coronavirus is speeding up across all parts of England with the number of cases doubling about every week, according to a new study by Imperial College, which will...
Sep 11, 2020
Putin, Lukashenko to discuss relations, energy cooperation at September 14 meeting: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko will meet in Russia's Black Sea city of Sochi on Sept. 14 to discuss energy cooperation and their two cou...
Sep 11, 2020
Spain sentences ex-Savaldoran officer to 133 years in jail over priests’ massacre
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's High Court on Friday sentenced a former El Salvadoran army colonel to 133 years in prison for the murder of five Spanish Jesuit priests in 1989 during the Central American c...
Sep 11, 2020
Junta to appoint Mali leader in two-year transition, proposal says
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Constitutional experts raised the prospect of two years of military-led rule in Mali following last month's coup at talks on Friday, defying calls by the West African economic bloc ...
Sep 11, 2020
Hungarian radio station critical of Orban faces battle to renew its licence
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's media authority said on Friday it would not automatically renew the licence of an opposition radio station, stoking fresh concerns about media freedom under Prime Minist...
Sep 11, 2020
UK extradition hearing for Assange to resume Monday after negative COVID test
LONDON (Reuters) - The London extradition hearing for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will resume on Monday after one of the lawyers in the case received a negative test result for COVID-19. Judge Va...
Sep 11, 2020
Indian state nears 1 million coronavirus cases, rivalling Russia, stifling recovery
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's biggest and richest state, Maharashtra, is set to record its millionth infection of the new coronavirus on Friday, putting it on p...
Sep 11, 2020
