Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Two Myanmar soldiers taken to the Hague after confessing to Rohingya killings: reports
(Reuters) - Two Myanmar soldiers have been taken to The Hague after confessing to murdering minority Rohingya Muslims during a 2017 crackdown, two news organisations and a rights group reported on Tue...
Sep 08, 2020
Snack, scratch in safety: new COVID-19 helmet brings comfort to frontline workers
By Minh Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) - Three Vietnamese school students have designed a helmet that allows frontline health workers to have a snack or even scratch their nose without exposing themselves to ...
Sep 08, 2020
Head of UK government’s legal department quits over Brexit deal threat: FT
LONDON (Reuters) - The head of the British government's legal department has quit over suggestions that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is threatening to override the Brexit divorce deal with the Europea...
Sep 08, 2020
No need for political discussion over Nord Stream 2 project: Ifax cites Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Tuesday said there was no need for political discussions on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, describing it as a largely commercial international project, the Interfax ...
Sep 08, 2020
Khashoggi trial fell short on transparency, accountability: U.N. rights office
GENEVA (Reuters) - The Saudi trial into the killing of critic Jamal Khashoggi has lacked transparency and fallen short on assigning accountability for the crime, the U.N. human rights office said on T...
Sep 08, 2020
U.N. rights chief urges Russia to carry out probe into Navalny case
GENEVA (Reuters) - The top United Nations human rights official called on Russia on Tuesday to conduct or cooperate with a full independent investigation into Germany's "unequivocal" findings that opp...
Sep 08, 2020
China says Australian journalist suspected of endangering security
BEIJING (Reuters) - An Australian journalist for Chinese state television who was detained last month is suspected of carrying out illegal activities that endanger the country's security, a spokesman ...
Sep 08, 2020
Skills lost due to COVID school closures will hit output for generations: OECD
By Christian Lowe PARIS (Reuters) - Disruption to schooling stemming from the COVID-19 epidemic will cause a skill loss that could result in a 1.5% drop in global economic output for the rest of this ...
Sep 08, 2020
Russia offers to mediate in any Cyprus-Turkey talks over Med energy exploration
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Cyprus on Tuesday that Moscow was ready to help mediate in any talks with Turkey as tensions simmer over energy exploration in the Medite...
Sep 08, 2020
Ireland to set September 21 date for full pub reopening: Irish Times
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland is likely to authorise the reopening of more than half the country's pubs which do not serve food on Sept. 21 after health officials advised they should not open before that...
Sep 08, 2020
