Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
France to set aside 15 billion euros to boost innovation, relocation: Macron
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that 15 billion euros will be made available in France's post-coronavirus recovery plan to boost innovation and industrial relocation....
Aug 28, 2020
Landmine kills 13 in southern Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - At least 13 people were killed on Friday when their vehicle set off a landmine in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, local officials said, blaming Taliban figh...
Aug 28, 2020
Russia expels Norwegian diplomat over spy case
OSLO (Reuters) - In a tit-for-tat move, Russia is expelling a diplomat from the Norwegian embassy in Moscow, Norway's foreign ministry said on Friday. "Our embassy in Moscow has been informed by the R...
Aug 28, 2020
Australian Indigenous groups call for independent arbiter after Rio blast
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Indigenous Australian groups want an independent arbiter to oversee decisions about whether Aboriginal cultural heritage sites can be destroyed for mining, an inquiry into Rio Ti...
Aug 28, 2020
France’s Macron to head to Beirut to pressure Lebanese political elite
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will head to Beirut next week to pressure local politicians into pressing ahead with the creation of a government that can implement urgent reforms, ...
Aug 28, 2020
Indonesia reports record new coronavirus cases for second day
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Friday reported 3,003 new coronavirus cases, its biggest rise in new infections for a second successive day, data from the country's COVID-19 task force showed. The ne...
Aug 28, 2020
New Zealand’s Ardern takes mask making into her own hands ahead of virus measure
(Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday she was making her own face covering to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, raising the profile of a public health measure whi...
Aug 28, 2020
Lebanese presidency to convene consultations on Monday to designate new PM
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese presidency will convene consultations with parliamentary blocs on Monday to designate a new prime minister, the presidency said, after the government quit earlier this ...
Aug 28, 2020
Ukraine has frozen dialogue with Belarus: foreign minister
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine has frozen contact with Belarus and joined the European Union in condemning the recent elections in its northerly neighbour as not free or fair, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba...
Aug 28, 2020
Poland calls Lukashenko’s words unacceptable as relations become tense
WARSAW (Reuters) - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko's comments that Warsaw may be plotting to seize part of the country if its political crisis worsened are unacceptable, Krzysztof Szczerski, an...
Aug 28, 2020
