Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
HK court grants bail to opposition lawmakers charged over 2019 protests
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court granted bail to two opposition lawmakers on Thursday over anti-government protests in July last year, one of whom was charged for rioting during an incident in ...
Aug 27, 2020
Thailand eyes more foreign patients as hospitals urge easier access
By Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand is to ease its novel coronavirus procedures to allow more patients from abroad to get treatment from next month, a top health official said on Thurs...
Aug 27, 2020
Putin says Belarus leader asked Russia to create reserve police force for him: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russsian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko had asked him to set up a reserve police force, but promised not to use it unless the ...
Aug 27, 2020
Extinction Rebellion to target London’s ‘institutions of power’ in new protests
LONDON (Reuters) - Climate change protestors will target Britain's parliament and other institutions of power next week when it restarts large-scale protests for the first time since the COVID-19 outb...
Aug 27, 2020
‘Tricky moment’ for Europe as schools reopen, but not a driver of COVID: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Europe is entering a "tricky moment" with the new school year, and while classrooms have not played a major role in spreading coronavirus, there is growing evidence of youth infecti...
Aug 27, 2020
Weekly COVID-19 cases in England decline for first time since July
LONDON (Reuters) - Some 6,115 new people tested positive for COVID-19 in England in the week to August 19, down 8% on the week before and showing the first decrease since the start of July, figures fr...
Aug 27, 2020
Seven more dolphins found dead on Mauritius beach near oil spill
By Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Seven more dead dolphins were found on a Mauritius beach on Thursday, a government official said, a day after 17 carcasses were washed up near an oil spill...
Aug 27, 2020
EU signs contract with AstraZeneca on supply of potential COVID-19 vaccine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Thursday it had signed a contract on behalf of EU states with British drugmaker AstraZeneca for the supply of at least 300 million doses of its COV...
Aug 27, 2020
Taliban kill four civilians during clashes with Afghan forces in central flood-hit province
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban fighters on Thursday killed four civilians during clashes with Afghan forces in central flood-hit Parwan province at a time when over 150 people lost their lives in the flash...
Aug 27, 2020
Indonesia gets U.N. funds to fight climate change, deforestation
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has received an injection of cash from the United Nation's Green Climate Fund to help reduce carbon emissions and tackle forest fires at a time when the country has had t...
Aug 27, 2020
