Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Venezuela health workers get first payment from funds frozen in U.S., Guaido says
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan health workers have started receiving $100 monthly payments financed by funds that the United States seized from the government of President Nicolas Maduro, opposition l...
Sep 05, 2020
Typhoon Haishen closes in as Japan braces for record wind, rain
TOKYO (Reuters) - Typhoon Haishen drew closer to Japan's southern mainland on Sunday, prompting authorities to recommend evacuation and warn of potentially record rainfall, unprecedented wind, high ti...
Sep 05, 2020
New Zealand election campaign starts, Ardern seeks mandate
(Reuters) - New Zealand's general election campaign began on Sunday, as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern seeks to ride popularity for the nation's COVID-19 response and compassionate handling of a massac...
Sep 05, 2020
Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes Coquimbo, Chile: EMSC says
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck 50 km (31.07 miles) south-southwest of Coquimbo in Chile, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Saturday. The quake was at a ...
Sep 05, 2020
Australia’s COVID-19 epicentre awaits lockdown exit plan; rates dropping slowly
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's coronavirus hot spot state of Victoria is set to outline a plan on Sunday to gradually ease its strict lockdown, with infection rates declining more sl...
Sep 05, 2020
North Korea leader tours typhoon-hit area, directs recovery effort
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday toured areas hit by a typhoon, replaced a local provincial party committee chairman and ordered Pyongyang officials to lead a recovery eff...
Sep 05, 2020
Kuwait’s PM says Emir’s health is stable and in improvement
CAIRO (Reuters) - Kuwait's prime minister told state TV on Saturday the health of the country's 91-year old emir is stable and in improvement. Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah is in the United Stat...
Sep 05, 2020
Two French soldiers killed in Mali – presidency
PARIS (Reuters) - Two French military personnel were killed while on an operation in Mali on Saturday when an improvised explosive device destroyed their armoured vehicle, the French Presidency said. ...
Sep 05, 2020
Iran state TV shows wrestling star’s purported confession to murder
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian state television aired a video on Saturday in which a champion wrestler facing two death sentences appeared to confess to killing a water company security guard during anti-g...
Sep 05, 2020
‘Keep calm and support Barnier’: French minister denies Brexit negotiator sidelined
PARIS (Reuters) - France denied the European Union's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier was about to be sidelined by EU leaders in a bid to break the deadlock in trade talks, as reported by British news...
Sep 05, 2020
