Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
School shuts in Spain’s Basque Country after teachers test COVID-19 positive
MADRID (Reuters) - Authorities in Spain's Basque Country region said on Thursday they had shut down a primary school after several teachers tested positive for COVID-19, the first to be closed entirel...
Sep 10, 2020
As war rages, Yemeni girls find strength in kickboxing
SANAA (Reuters) - At the center of Yemen's capital Sanaa, a city battered by years of war and months of pandemic, a row of young girls in red, white and black white uniforms pummel punching bags and p...
Sep 10, 2020
Head of Ukraine armed forces tests positive for COVID-19
KYIV (Reuters) - The commander of Ukraine's armed forces, Colonel-General Ruslan Homchak, has tested positive for COVID-19 and will spend 14 days in isolation, the country's military said on Thursday....
Sep 10, 2020
British company launches 20-second COVID-19 test
LONDON (Reuters) - British start-up company iAbra said it had developed a 20-second saliva COVID-19 test which had 99.8% sensitivity and 96.7% specificity. Trials of the "Virolens" test have taken pla...
Sep 10, 2020
Pompeo tells Southeast Asia to stand up to China, shun its firms
By Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) - The United States' top diplomat on Thursday urged Southeast Asian countries to stand up to maritime bullying by China and to reassess business deals with its state f...
Sep 10, 2020
Thai hospitals and companies hit by ransomware attacks
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hospitals and companies in Thailand were hit by hackers who held their computer systems and data ransom, demanding payment to restore information, police said on Thursday. "Governm...
Sep 10, 2020
World must scale up clinical trials to address COVID-19, WHO says
ZURICH (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization urged countries on Thursday to contribute resources that can expedite products which may help stem the coronavirus pandemic. The WHO's ACT-...
Sep 10, 2020
Bare-chested women lock themselves to UK parliament in climate protest
LONDON (Reuters) - Thirty bare-chested women locked themselves to the railings outside Britain's Houses of Parliament on Thursday in an Extinction Rebellion protest to demand action against climate ch...
Sep 10, 2020
South Korean vigilante website targeting sex crimes shuts down amid outcry
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean vigilante website that published personal details of people it accused of sex crimes suddenly went dark this week after a public backlash sparked by the ...
Sep 10, 2020
Police and protesters clash as Mali starts post-coup transition talks
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas to disperse campaigners for civilian rule before substantive talks over Mali's political future began on Thursday, a sign of a deepening rift over who should l...
Sep 10, 2020
