Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Surfer killed in shark attack on Australia’s tourist Gold Coast
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A 46-year-old Australian surfer died after being attacked by a shark on a popular Gold Coast beach, the first fatal shark attack on the beach in 62 years and despite protective "sha...
Sep 09, 2020
Afghan vice president unharmed in attack in Kabul: spokesman
KABUL (Reuters) - A roadside bomb in Kabul targeted first Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday morning, his spokesman said, but he escaped the attack unharmed. "Today, once again the enem...
Sep 09, 2020
Asia summits underway amid U.S.-China friction
By James Pearson and Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) - Southeast Asian foreign ministers kicked off a series of regional summits on Wednesday expected to seek collaboration to fight global threats, and to tr...
Sep 09, 2020
More than 1 billion people face displacement by 2050: report
By Luke Baker LONDON (Reuters) - Rapid population growth, lack of access to food and water and increased exposure to natural disasters mean more than 1 billion people face being displaced by 2050, acc...
Sep 09, 2020
Sri Lanka towing stricken ship to deep sea, douses another fire
By Warun Karunatilake NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has extinguished another fire on a stricken supertanker loaded with 2 million barrels of oil and was towing the ship to deeper water, the island n...
Sep 08, 2020
New Zealand’s ruling party plans higher tax for top earners if re-elected
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Jacinda Ardern's ruling Labour Party said it would raise taxes for top income earners if it is returned to power in the polls next month, as the government look...
Sep 08, 2020
Japan’s Suga in pole position for PM as debate kicks off
TOKYO (Reuters) - Yoshihide Suga is on course for a landslide victory in the race to become Japan's next prime minister, an Asahi newspaper tally showed, as debate kicks off later Wednesday among the ...
Sep 08, 2020
Yemen’s Houthis say hit military objects in Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport
CAIRO (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis targeted and hit military and sensitive objects in Saudi Arabia's Abha international airport with drones early on Wednesday, the military spokesman for t...
Sep 08, 2020
Trump will announce reduction in U.S. troops in Iraq on Wednesday
By Jeff Mason ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will announce a further drawdown of U.S. troops from Iraq on Wednesday, a senior administration official told reporters on Tuesday...
Sep 08, 2020
Japan’s fractured opposition unites as Suga set to succeed PM Abe
By Linda Sieg and Ami Miyazaki TOKYO (Reuters) - Eight years after Japan's Democratic Party was ousted and began unravelling, opposition groups are once again unifying for a general election that coul...
Sep 08, 2020
