Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Japan says to bear cost of coronavirus vaccines for populace
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government on Friday said it would bear the cost of providing coronavirus vaccines to the populace, as it aims for a comprehensive inoculation against the pandemic. The gover...
Sep 04, 2020
To be French is to defend the right to mock, Macron tells new citizens
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - The right to mock and caricature, even religion, is an essential part of being French, President Emmanuel Macron said at a naturalisation ceremony on Friday, days ...
Sep 04, 2020
Sudan and major rebel group agree to resume peace talks
By Denis Jumo and Khaled Abdelaziz JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's power-sharing government and a major rebel group active in southern borderlands have agreed to hold new peace talks hosted by South...
Sep 04, 2020
China planning building spree in Tibet as India tensions rise, sources say
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is planning a more than 1 trillion yuan ($146 billion) push to accelerate infrastructure investment in Tibet, including new and previously announced projects, three sources f...
Sep 04, 2020
Malaysia won’t extradite Uighurs to China, minister says
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will not entertain requests to extradite ethnic Uighur refugees to China and will allow them safe passage to a third country should they feel their safety is at risk,...
Sep 04, 2020
Maersk captain calls for help for migrants stuck at sea
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The captain of a tanker that rescued 27 migrants at sea, including a pregnant woman, is calling for immediate help as conditions worsen on board after a month anchored off the c...
Sep 04, 2020
Results of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine produced antibody response: The Lancet
By Polina Ivanova and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's "Sputnik-V" COVID-19 vaccine produced an antibody response in all participants in early-stage trials, according to results published on ...
Sep 04, 2020
Greek PM tells Turkey to end ‘provocations’ for dialogue to begin
ATHENS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday Greece would start talks with Turkey to resolve conflicting claims over maritime boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean once Turki...
Sep 04, 2020
Militia enters city unopposed in east Congo, surrounds prison
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Around 100 heavily-armed rebel fighters entered the city of Bunia in eastern Congo with a police escort on Friday, in an apparent show of force in protes...
Sep 04, 2020
Swiss complete trans-European rail route with Ceneri Tunnel under the Alps
By John Revill CAMORINO, Switzerland (Reuters) - Switzerland officially opened the Ceneri Base Tunnel on Friday, the final piece in a direct, flat rail link connecting northern Europe to the Mediterra...
Sep 04, 2020
