Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Pope to travel outside Rome for first time since coronavirus pandemic
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis will next month visit the Italian town of Assisi, his first trip out of Rome since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country in February, and will sign a new encyc...
Sep 05, 2020
Iran’s friends should have defied U.S. sanctions during pandemic: President Rouhani
(Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani bemoaned Iran's friends on Saturday for not standing up to the United States and breaking crippling sanctions during the coronavirus pandemic. He also said...
Sep 05, 2020
British newspapers distribution hit by Extinction Rebellion blockade
LONDON (Reuters) - The distribution of several British newspapers was disrupted on Saturday after Extinction Rebellion climate change activists blockaded printing presses used by Rupert Murdoch's News...
Sep 05, 2020
Gas pipeline blast kills 13 worshippers in Bangladesh mosque
DHAKA (Reuters) - A gas pipeline explosion near a mosque in Bangladesh killed 13 people and injured 30 as worshippers were about to end their prayers, officials said on Saturday. The explosion, which ...
Sep 05, 2020
India defense ministry says agreed with China to ease tension on border
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India said on Saturday it had agreed with China to work toward reducing tensions along their contested border, following a meeting of the defense ministers of both countries. Bot...
Sep 05, 2020
China’s CNBG, Sinovac find more countries to test coronavirus vaccines
BEIJING (Reuters) - China National Biotec Group (CNBG) and Sinovac Biotech Ltd said on Saturday four more countries have agreed to run late-stage human tests of their coronavirus vaccine candidates, a...
Sep 05, 2020
Sri Lanka navy holds blazing supertanker off east coast
By Arjuna Ranawana COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's navy said on Saturday it was holding an abandoned supertanker off its east coast as it continued to work to put out a blaze on the ship. The fire bro...
Sep 05, 2020
Japan coastguard halts search for crew from capsized cattle ship due to bad weather
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's coastguard has halted searching for missing crew members from a cattle ship that capsized in the East China Sea earlier this week due to bad weather from a typhoon, an offici...
Sep 05, 2020
India crosses four million coronavirus cases with record surge
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's total coronavirus cases surged beyond 4 million with a record rise on Saturday, making it the third country in the world to surpass that mark, following the United States an...
Sep 05, 2020
North Korea blames officials’ inaction for typhoon casualties
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's ruling party is calling for the punishment of officials whose failure to follow orders resulted in "dozens of casualties" during typhoons that lashed th...
Sep 04, 2020
