Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Brazil environment ministry to stop fighting deforestation in the Amazon
BRASILIA (Reuters) - All operations to combat illegal logging in the Amazon will be halted starting on Monday due to insufficient funds, Brazil's Environment Ministry said in a statement on Friday. Th...
Aug 28, 2020
British foreign secretary condemns detention of journalists in Belarus
LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Friday condemned what he said was the mass detention of over 50 journalists in Belarus on Thursday evening, including from the UK's publicl...
Aug 28, 2020
Canada extends international travel ban to September 30
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada extended a measure barring most foreign travelers from entering the country amid continued efforts to limit the introduction and spread of the coronavirus, Public Safety Mini...
Aug 28, 2020
South Africa’s ex-leader Zuma, accused of graft, hits out at successor
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma, facing trial for graft, lashed out at his successor Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday, accusing him of betraying the ruling Af...
Aug 28, 2020
Hasidic Jewish pilgrims stranded at Ukraine airports after travel ban
By Ilya Zhegulev KYIV (Reuters) - Hasidic Jews arriving in Ukraine for an annual pilgrimage were stranded at airports on Friday after the government partially closed the border, a representative of th...
Aug 28, 2020
Highlights of Macron’s remarks in end of summer news conference
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron held a broad-ranging question & answer session with journalists on Friday. Here are highlights of his remarks at the news conference, held in a resta...
Aug 28, 2020
Tanzanian opposition alleges irregularities in candidates’ enrollment
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanian opposition parties said on Friday that widespread irregularities had taken place in the enrollment of their candidates for elections scheduled for October. The lead...
Aug 28, 2020
France’s Macron says he set red lines with Turkey in eastern Mediterranean
By Michel Rose and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that he had taken a tough stance over the summer with regard to Turkey's actions in the eastern Me...
Aug 28, 2020
Chilean police officer arrested over blinding of woman during 2019 protests
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A Chilean special forces captain has been arrested for assault in relation to an incident in which a woman was blinded by a tear gas canister during th...
Aug 28, 2020
Pakistan jails three accused of financing Mumbai attacks
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A court in Pakistan has sentenced to prison three leaders of Jamat-ud-Dawa, an organisation accused by India and the United States of masterminding the...
Aug 28, 2020
