Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Verdict expected in case of journalist murder that rocked Slovakia
PRAGUE (Reuters) - A Slovak court is expected to rule on Thursday on whether an influential businessman ordered the murder of an investigative journalist, in a case that prompted mass street protests ...
Sep 02, 2020
Ship carrying livestock and crew missing off Japan coast: NHK
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The Japanese coastguard is looking for a cargo ship carrying livestock and dozens of crew members that went missing after issuing a distress signal due to typhoon Maysak, Japane...
Sep 02, 2020
After months of heartache, signs of COVID-19 easing in Brazil
By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's COVID-19 death toll appears to be easing for the first time since May, data shows, a sign the Latin American country could be descending from a lon...
Sep 02, 2020
Brazil COVID-19 cases rise to almost four million, death toll 123,780: ministry
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil reported 46,934 new cases of the coronavirus and 1,184 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Brazil has r...
Sep 02, 2020
Peru looks to reopen international passenger air travel
By Maria Cervantes LIMA (Reuters) - Peru will restart passenger air transport internationally on Oct. 1 after it was suspended in March due to the coronavirus outbreak, Transport and Communications Mi...
Sep 02, 2020
Swedes confidence in PM’s handling of coronavirus crisis declining, poll shows
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Confidence in the way Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and his government have handled the coronavirus pandemic has dropped sharply over the last three months, a poll in dai...
Sep 02, 2020
Russia steps up support for private military contractor in Libya -U.N. report
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russia has stepped up its logistic support for private military contractor Wagner Group in Libya with some 338 military cargo flights from Syria in the nine mo...
Sep 02, 2020
Syria shoots down ‘Israeli rockets’ aimed at Tiyas airport: state news agency
CAIRO - (Reuters) - Syria's air defense on Wednesday shot down most of a series of Israeli rockets launched in the direction of Tiyas airport in Homs governorate, the state news agency reported, citin...
Sep 02, 2020
Chilean truckers end to week-long strike on promise of beefed up security
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean truckers said on Wednesday they would lift a seven-day strike that has damaged supply chains and raised fears for food and commodities exports,...
Sep 02, 2020
Argentina’s wetlands under assault by worst fires in more than a decade
By Cassandra Garrison and Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The worst fires in more than a decade are cutting through Argentina's vast wetlands, exacerbated by low water levels in the Parana R...
Sep 02, 2020
