Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
We’re striking: French teachers walk out of college after coronavirus cases
PARIS (Reuters) - Teachers at a junior high school in central Paris went on strike on Thursday, forcing the school's closure, after support staff were quarantined following two COVID-19 infections. Te...
Sep 10, 2020
England adds Portugal to coronavirus quarantine list
LONDON (Reuters) - Portugal has been added to the list of countries from which travellers must quarantine when entering England to try to curb the spread of the coronavirus, British transport minister...
Sep 10, 2020
Lebanese army says shot down Israeli drone that crashed in Lebanon
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Thursday that one of its drones fell inside Lebanon during "operational activity" along the frontier, while the Lebanese army said it had shot it...
Sep 10, 2020
Quebec to fine people for not wearing face masks in indoor public areas
By Mahad Arale TORONTO (Reuters) - Quebec Premier Franois Legault on Thursday announced fines for people who fail to wear a mask in indoor public spaces as more Canadian provinces step up efforts to c...
Sep 10, 2020
U.S. auction house withdraws Spanish conquistador manuscript after Mexico’s theft complaint
By Raul Fernandez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A U.S. auction house has stopped the sale of a 16th-century manuscript linked to the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes after researchers said it was probably...
Sep 10, 2020
First woman working at the barbers of Babylon shrugs off abuse
HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) - Um Zeinab says she suffered insults and verbal abuse when she started walking to work at the men's barber shop and tattoo parlor in the bustling capital of Iraq's Babylon provi...
Sep 10, 2020
Lebanese official holds Paris talks as cabinet deadline looms
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A senior Lebanese security official has held talks about the formation of Lebanon's government with French intelligence chief Bernard Emie in Paris, a Lebanese official said on Thur...
Sep 10, 2020
Egypt to hold parliamentary elections on Oct. 24-25: official
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will hold parliamentary elections on Oct. 24-25, elections commissioner Lasheen Ibrahim told a televised press conference on Thursday. Egypt last held elections for the House o...
Sep 10, 2020
U.S. blacklists Russia-linked individuals over election interference
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on four Russia-linked individuals, the U.S. Treasury Department said, accusing them of attempting to influence the U.S. electoral...
Sep 10, 2020
Saudi-led coalition says intercepted missiles, drones headed towards kingdom: SPA
DUBAI (Reuters) - A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said it had intercepted and destroyed a number of ballistic missiles and explosive drones launched towards the kingdom on Thursday. In a state...
Sep 10, 2020
