Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Active Irish COVID-19 tracing app users drop on battery problem – HSE
DUBLIN (Reuters) - A brief technical issue led some people to delete Ireland's COVID-19 tracing app, leaving 1.2 million active users compared to the 1.65 million who downloaded it since early July, t...
Aug 27, 2020
Putin says alleged mercenaries were lured to Belarus by foreign spy operation
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that a group of Russians who were detained in Belarus prior to its Aug. 9 election and accused of being mercenaries had been lured to Belar...
Aug 27, 2020
EU mulls Belarus sanctions as opposition calls for Merkel’s aid
By Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers on Thursday sought sanctions against Belarus to pressure President Alexander Lukashenko to hold new elections as the country's ...
Aug 27, 2020
Wearing of face masks to be broadened further in Paris: French PM
PARIS (Reuters) - The compulsory wearing of facemasks outdoors in Paris, to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus, is set to be broadened further, said French Prime Minister Jean Castex on Thursday. C...
Aug 27, 2020
Peace talks between Afghan officials, Taliban to start in September
KABUL (Reuters) - Peace talks between warring Afghan sides will begin in September said the country's top peace negotiator on Thursday in Kabul, a crucial diplomatic process needed to end about two de...
Aug 27, 2020
Amid contagion fears, Myanmar parents back school closures
By Zaw Naing Oo YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar closed schools nationwide on Thursday as novel coronavirus infections increased, a decision broadly welcomed by parents worried about a rapid spread of the c...
Aug 27, 2020
Britain’s Lib Dems elect former minister Davey as new leader
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Liberal Democrats elected Ed Davey as their fourth leader in five years on Thursday, with the former minister pledging to rebuild a party that has been sapped o...
Aug 27, 2020
Taliban kill four survivors of Afghanistan flash floods
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Orooj Hakimi KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban fighters killed four civilians on Thursday during clashes with Afghan forces in the central province of Parwan, amid rescue work after ...
Aug 27, 2020
UK police arrest man over alleged Liberian war crimes
LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Thursday they had arrested a man on suspicion of war crimes relating to conflicts in Liberia between 1989 and 2003. Police said detectives had detained the un...
Aug 27, 2020
Stark photos highlight plight of Indonesia’s vulnerable doctors
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Photographs of a grieving wife bent over the coffin of her dead husband, an Indonesian medical doctor, have drawn attention to the high death toll of healthcare workers in the Sout...
Aug 27, 2020
