Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
In new book, British teen climate activist urges peers to ‘Challenge Everything’
By Fraser Simpson LONDON (Reuters) - Blue Sandford turned 17 in a police cell. Last year, she began an indefinite school strike. Now, the British environmental activist has written a book for fellow t...
Sep 08, 2020
Indian army says Chinese troops fired in the air in border stand-off
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Tuesday rejected Chinese allegations of violating border agreements and accused Chinese troops of firing in the air during a face-off on their tense de facto border. "It...
Sep 08, 2020
Hong Kong eases some coronavirus curbs, allows gatherings of four
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will expand the size of public gatherings to four people and re-open more sports venues from Friday as the Asian financial hub relaxes strict curbs against a third wave...
Sep 08, 2020
Belarusian protest leader and allies cross border into Ukraine, official says
(Reuters) - Three Belarusian opposition politicians, including protest leader Maria Kolesnikova, who disappeared on Monday, have passed border control at the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, an official o...
Sep 08, 2020
Japan’s Suga says coronavirus a top priority, to stay on Abe policy course
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's chief cabinet secretary, Yoshihide Suga, a frontrunner to be the next prime minister, said on Tuesday he would expand testing capacity to fight the coronavirus pandemic and p...
Sep 08, 2020
India records highest coronavirus deaths in more than a month
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India recorded its highest daily deaths from the coronavirus in more than a month on Tuesday, even as new infections slowed, data from the health ministry showed. The health ministr...
Sep 08, 2020
Eyeing China, Taiwan urges alliance against ‘aggressive actions’
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on Tuesday for an alliance of democracies to defend against "aggressive actions" and protect freedom, alluding to Chinese actions in the South C...
Sep 08, 2020
Hong Kong residents arrested at sea ‘will have to be dealt with’ by mainland China: Lam
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Twelve people from Hong Kong arrested as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum will "have to be dealt with" by mainland China, but the city government would try t...
Sep 08, 2020
Houthis say Saudi’s Abha airport targeted with drones, disabled for hours
CAIRO (Reuters) - A military spokesman for Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said that the group targeted Saudi Arabia's Abha International Airport with a number of drones. Yahya Sarea wrote on Twitter "th...
Sep 07, 2020
China’s Xi says China acted openly and transparently on COVID-19
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday China acted in an open and transparent manner on the COVID-19 outbreak and that it had taken concrete efforts that helped save tens of ...
Sep 07, 2020
