Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
China’s Wang Yi tells other countries not to interfere in Chinese internal affairs
PARIS (Reuters) - The Chinese government's top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, said on Sunday what was happening in the Xinjiang region and Hong Kong was an internal Chinese matter and that other ...
Aug 30, 2020
British universities should not reopen next month, says union
LONDON (Reuters) - British universities should scrap plans to reopen next month to prevent travelling students from fuelling the country's coronavirus pandemic, a union said, calling for courses to be...
Aug 30, 2020
French armed forces minister says senior officer investigated over ‘breach of security’
PARIS (Reuters) - French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly confirmed on Sunday that a senior officer had been put under investigation over a suspected breach of security. According to Europe 1 radi...
Aug 30, 2020
Beirut port blast death toll rises to 190
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The death toll from this month's Beirut port blast has risen to 190 with more than 6,500 injured and three people missing, Lebanon's caretaker government said in a report dated Sund...
Aug 30, 2020
Indonesia drive-in concert delivers live music as coronavirus rages
By Heru Asprihanto and Adi Kurniawan JAKARTA (Reuters) - As night fell in the Indonesian capital, pop ensemble Kahitna took to the stage for a drive-in concert nearly two hours long that attracted eag...
Aug 30, 2020
Restaurant collapse in China’s Shanxi kills 29
BEIJING (Reuters) - Twenty-nine people were killed and seven seriously injured when a restaurant collapsed in northern China's Shanxi province, the country's emergencies ministry media said on Sunday....
Aug 30, 2020
Israel hopes for UAE normalisation ceremony in DC next month, minister says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel hopes to hold a Washington ceremony solemnising its normalisation deal with the United Arab Emirates by mid-September, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabi...
Aug 30, 2020
India sets global record with single-day rise in coronavirus cases
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's single day tally of 78,761 coronavirus infections on Sunday was the highest reported by any nation since the pandemic began. It surpassed a July 16 figure of 77,299 cases...
Aug 30, 2020
Global coronavirus cases surpass 25 million: Reuters tally
(Reuters) - Global coronavirus cases surged past 25 million on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, revealing steady growth in the pandemic as its epicentre shifts again. India's daily new case numbe...
Aug 30, 2020
Japan’s Suga to join race to succeed PM Abe: Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga intends to run in the ruling party leadership race to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, citing a...
Aug 29, 2020
