Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Malaysia extends coronavirus movement curbs until end-2020
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will continue with certain movement control restrictions to contain the spread of the coronavirus until Dec. 31, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Friday. Malay...
Aug 28, 2020
Russia releases secret footage of 1961 ‘Tsar Bomba’ hydrogen blast
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has released previously classified footage of the world's largest nuclear explosion, caused when the Soviet Union detonated the so-called Tsar Bomba almost 60 years ago. The ...
Aug 28, 2020
Floods kill 23 in Pakistan financial hub amid house collapses, power cuts
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's flooded financial capital of Karachi was plunged into chaos on Friday with power cuts, streets under water and cellphone outages caused by ...
Aug 28, 2020
Deadly firefight in Lebanon prompts warnings of more trouble
By Michael Georgy KHALDEH, Lebanon (Reuters) - A deadly battle between Lebanese Sunnis and Shi'ites overnight prompted warnings of more violence as the country is pushed to breaking point by a financi...
Aug 28, 2020
Lithuania will work towards Belarus sanctions, despite boycott threat: presidential spokesman
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania will continue working towards sanctions on Belarus officials, despite a threat by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to boycott its port, the spokesman for Preside...
Aug 28, 2020
Norway PM says will not ease COVID-19 restrictions yet
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway will not yet ease restrictions designed to counter the novel coronavirus even though the spread has been slower recently, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Friday. "Even if t...
Aug 28, 2020
Police seek to foil Shi’ite gatherings in Indian Kashmir
By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Police sealed off parts of Indian Kashmir's main city Srinagar on Friday to stop Shi'ite Muslims from staging processions during their mourning month of Mu...
Aug 28, 2020
Detained Colombia businessman was negotiating with Iran for Venezuela, lawyers say
By Angus Berwick (Reuters) - A Colombian businessman detained in Cape Verde in June was on a mission to Iran as a special envoy of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to negotiate fuel and humanitaria...
Aug 28, 2020
Special Report: One Brazilian farmer tried – and failed – to ranch more responsibly in the Amazon
By Stephen Eisenhammer TAILANDIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Mauro Lucio Costa wanted to do the right thing for the world's largest rainforest. For decades, the third-generation rancher in northern Brazil wat...
Aug 28, 2020
Mexican president forges crucible for corruption fight, eyeing key vote
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Gearing up for a key election next year, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has wielded corruption as both a stick with which to beat political advers...
Aug 28, 2020
