Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Hungarian protestors demand academic freedom for top arts university
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Several thousand people protested on Sunday for the independence of Hungary's University of Theatre and Film Arts following the imposition of a government-appointed board, which t...
Sep 06, 2020
Up to a quarter of Brazilians may not take COVID-19 vaccine – newspaper
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Five percent of Brazilians would refuse under any circumstances to take a vaccine against coronavirus and a further 20% indicated they might not take it, according to a survey pub...
Sep 06, 2020
Serbian leader fires back at Moscow after ‘Basic Instinct’ jibe
MOSCOW/BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's president accused Moscow on Sunday of stooping to "primitivism and vulgarity" in an attack on him, after Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman compared him to the ...
Sep 06, 2020
Turkey’s Erdogan, EU’s Michel discuss East Med – CNN Turk
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and European Council President Charles Michel discussed developments in the Eastern Mediterranean on Sunday, CNN Turk reported. NATO allies Turkey...
Sep 06, 2020
France reports 7,071 new daily COVID-19 infections
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported 7,071 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Sunday, down from Saturday's 8,550 and also below Friday's peak of 8,975. Friday's figure had set a new al...
Sep 06, 2020
Veteran Guinea opposition leader to challenge President Conde in October election
CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's veteran opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo was picked on Sunday by his UFDG party to challenge President Alpha Conde, who is seeking a third term in the Oct. 18 presid...
Sep 06, 2020
Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes near Mindanao, Philippines – USGS
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck 82 km (50 miles) east-northeast of General Santos in Mindanao, the Philippines, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Sunday. The quake had a dept...
Sep 06, 2020
Climate activists gathered at Trient glacier mourn Switzerland’s receding ice
By Denis Balibouse TRIENT, Switzerland (Reuters) - Climate activists gathered at Switzerland's Trient glacier on Sunday to urge authorities to take action to reduce CO2 emissions and draw attention to...
Sep 06, 2020
UK records 2,988 new coronavirus cases, highest since May
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Sunday it had recorded 2,988 new daily coronavirus cases, up from 1,813 on Saturday to the highest level since May 23. The number of fatalities, however, remained at...
Sep 06, 2020
Russia first treated Navalny for suspected poisoning then U-turned – doctor
By Anton Zverev OMSK, Russia (Reuters) - Russia first treated Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny for suspected poisoning, but doctors changed their minds after six hours when laboratory tests came back tha...
Sep 06, 2020
