Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
AstraZeneca says should know if vaccine works by year-end if trials resume
LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca's chief executive Pascal Soriot said on Thursday that it should know before the end of the year whether its experimental vaccine would protect people from COVID-19, if t...
Sep 10, 2020
Belarus opposition leader says authorities threatened to kill her
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus opposition politican Maria Kolesnikova said security officers put a bag over her head and threatened to kill her when they tried to forcibly deport her to Ukraine earlier th...
Sep 10, 2020
Iran’s military holds annual drill near Strait of Hormuz: state TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's military launched an annual drill in the Gulf near the strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway, Iranian state TV reported on Thursday, at a time of high tension between Tehran and...
Sep 10, 2020
Belarus opposition leader says authorities threatened to kill her during deportation attempt: lawyer
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian opposition politician Maria Kolesnikova said authorities put a bag over her head and threatened to kill her when they tried to forcibly deport her earlier this week, the ...
Sep 10, 2020
China says Australian embassy obstructed law enforcement in case of evacuated journalists
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Thursday that the Australian embassy in China obstructed its law enforcement when it intervened on behalf of two journalists who returned home +to Australia on Monday...
Sep 10, 2020
India, Japan seal military logistics cooperation pact
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and Japan have signed an agreement that will provide their militaries access to each other's bases for supplies and services, the Indian defence ministry said in a statemen...
Sep 10, 2020
China accuses U.S. of racial discrimination over visa cancellations
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday accused the United States of political persecution and racial discrimination and said it reserves the right for further reaction, after Washington said it had rev...
Sep 10, 2020
Chickens roost in Kenya’s empty classrooms amid COVID-19 shutdown
By Edwin Waita MWEA, Kenya (Reuters) - Rows of spinach sprout in the sports field where the students of Roka Preparatory school once played football, and clucking chickens fluff their feathers in sawd...
Sep 10, 2020
Sri Lankan navy tows fire-stricken tanker to sea as wind strengthens
By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan navy has towed a fire-stricken supertanker further out to sea to keep it off the coast of the Indian Ocean island after the wind picked up strength ...
Sep 10, 2020
Putin to set up inquiry into Navalny poisoning: Italy’s PM
ROME (Reuters) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin has told Italy's prime minister that he will set up a committee to investigate the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Giuseppe Co...
Sep 10, 2020
