Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Germany says Putin critic Navalny was poisoned with Novichok
BERLIN (Reuters) - A critic of President Vladimir Putin who fell into a coma in Russia and is being treated in Berlin was poisoned with a Soviet-style Novichok nerve agent, a German government spokesm...
Sep 02, 2020
Pompeo says U.S. Hopes for peaceful resolution on the India-China border flare up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States hopes for a peaceful resolution to the clashes between India and China on the disputed Himalayan mountain border, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednes...
Sep 02, 2020
Russia jails two Jehovah’s Witnesses for four years on extremism charges, group says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court has sentenced two Jehovah's Witnesses to four years in prison after finding them guilty of extremism, the religious group said on Wednesday. Russia's Supreme Court b...
Sep 02, 2020
Burnt sculpture of U.S. First Lady Melania Trump exhibited in Slovenia
By Marja Novak KOPER, Slovenia (Reuters) - A burnt wooden statue of Slovenian-born U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, described by the artist as representing tensions in the United States, goes on show at...
Sep 02, 2020
Mexico’s environment minister resigns after herbicide spat
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's environment minister has resigned for health reasons and will be replaced by the welfare minister, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday, after a cab...
Sep 02, 2020
Amnesty International accuses Iran of widespread rights abuses against protesters
DUBAI (Reuters) - Amnesty International accused Iran's clerical establishment on Wednesday of presiding over widespread abuses of human rights in a security crackdown on nationwide protests last year ...
Sep 02, 2020
COVID-19 cases in Europe back to March level, EU health body says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - COVID-19 infections in Europe are back to levels seen in March when the outbreak began its peak phase there, the head of the European Union's public health agency said on Wednesda...
Sep 02, 2020
Extinction Rebellion demands climate action with second day of UK protest
LONDON (Reuters) - Banging drums, waving flags and lying down to "die", hundreds of Extinction Rebellion activists gathered outside Britain's parliament for a second day on Wednesday to demand that th...
Sep 02, 2020
Virtual schooling in pandemic sharpens divide for Bolivia’s poor
LA PAZ (Reuters) - For Sergio Meruvia, a 15-year-old student in Bolivia, staying up to date with school means selling hand sanitizer on the street to help pay for the expensive internet services his f...
Sep 02, 2020
Uzbekistan stages outdoor exams for 1.4 million university applicants
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of youngsters headed to sports arenas across Uzbekistan on Wednesday to sit university entrance exams in the open air due to the coronavirus pandemic. The massiv...
Sep 02, 2020
