Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Ukraine bans foreigners, extends lockdown measures to fight COVID-19: government meeting
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine on Wednesday imposed a temporary ban on most foreigners from entering the country until Sept. 28 and extended lockdown measures until the end of October to contain a recent sp...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
South Korean medical students revolt over government health reform plans
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - A government healthcare reform plan in South Korea has sparked opposition from doctors, prompting strikes, threats of legal action and public debate even as it grapples...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
Three arrested in Japan on suspicion of coronavirus relief fraud
TOKYO (Reuters) - Three men were arrested in Japan on Wednesday on suspicion of making fraudulent applications for government funds for businesses hit by the coronavirus in a scheme that may have cost...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
Berlin bans protest against coronavirus curbs
BERLIN (Reuters) - The city of Berlin has banned demonstrations planned for this weekend to oppose measures imposed to stem the coronavirus pandemic, after organisers of a rally earlier this month fai...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
Screens and scripture: An Israeli seminary fights coronavirus
SDEROT, Israel (Reuters) - Cocooned among plastic-sheeted cubicles stacked high with sacred books, Jewish seminary students have found a way to keep their studies in Israel going safely amid the coron...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
French foreign minister Le Drian to meet China’s Wang Yi this weekend
PARIS (Reuters) - French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is to meet Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi in Paris this weekend, said French government spokesman Gabriel Attal on Wednesday. Wan...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
Tokyo’s new see-through toilets aim to enhance public spaces
TOKYO (Reuters) - Public toilets are usually a welcome sight to anyone who has had too much to drink, but some might do a double take when they come across the ones that have just opened in a Tokyo pa...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
Pressure mounts to disband Brazil’s crack anti-corruption squad
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Political pressure is growing in Brazil to disband a high-profile team of anti-corruption prosecutors that has put dozens of former executives and politicians beh...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
Greece preparing bill to extend its western territorial waters: PM
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will soon submit draft legislation allowing the country to extend its territorial waters in the Ionian Sea, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday. The conserva...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
EU freezes Mali training missions after coup
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has suspended its training missions in Mali after the military coup this month that removed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from power, EU offi...
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