Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Violent 24 hours in Rio de Janeiro, as shootouts plague city
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A family held hostage by drug traffickers. A violent police shootout on a busy street. A mother killed while shielding her three-year-old daughter from...
Aug 27, 2020
Japan PM Abe set to hold news conference amid health concerns
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to hold a news conference on Friday afternoon in which he is expected to address growing concerns about his health after two recent hospital...
Aug 27, 2020
U.S. seeks to seize 280 cryptocurrency accounts tied to North Korean hacks
(Reuters) - The U.S. government sought on Thursday to seize 280 cryptocurrency accounts it said were used by North Korean hackers who stole millions of dollars of cryptocurrency from two virtual excha...
Aug 27, 2020
Britain backs COVID-19 immunity studies with 8.4 million pounds
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it will back three nationwide COVID-19 studies with 8.4 million pounds ($11 million) to fund research into understanding human immune responses to the pandemi...
Aug 27, 2020
North Korea’s Kim says Typhoon Bavi caused little damage: KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Typhoon Bavi had caused only minimal damage to the country after making landfall early on Thursday, state news media KCNA reported on Friday. Kim...
Aug 27, 2020
Coronavirus cases in Latin America pass 7 million: Reuters tally
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases passed the 7 million mark on Thursday in Latin America, the region with the most infections in the world, despite some countries beginning to show a slight decli...
Aug 27, 2020
Severe or fatal COVID-19 very rare in children, study finds
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Children and young people are far less likely than adults to get severe cases of COVID-19 infection, and death from the pandemic disease among children is exceptiona...
Aug 27, 2020
UK PM Johnson to launch drive to get Britain back to the office: Telegraph
(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will launch a public campaign next week to get Britain back to the workplace, as ministers warn working from home will make people more "vulnerable" to...
Aug 27, 2020
Brazil reports 44,235 new coronavirus cases, death toll at 118,649
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil reported 44,235 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 984 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday. Brazil ha...
Aug 27, 2020
Three rockets fall in Iraq’s Green Zone, no significant damage: military
CAIRO (Reuters) - Three rockets landed just after midnight local time on Friday in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign missions, the Iraqi military said in a ...
Aug 27, 2020
