Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Hong Kong researchers report first documented coronavirus re-infection
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong man who recovered from COVID-19 was infected again four-and-a-half months later in the first documented instance of human re-infection, researchers at the University ...
Aug 24, 2020
Mali junta, regional negotiators hammer out transition details: sources
By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's military junta and regional mediators on Monday discussed the make-up and goals of an interim administration following an Aug. 18 coup, rather than the poss...
Aug 24, 2020
Putin, Lukashenko discussed Belarus crisis on phone: Belarus state media
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladmir Putin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko spoke by telephone on Monday and discussed the situation in Belarus, the Belta news agency reported. The B...
Aug 24, 2020
Poland to reopen schools despite new coronavirus record
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland on Monday insisted it would reopen schools next week for the first time since mid-March despite reaching a record high number of daily registered coronavirus infections late ...
Aug 24, 2020
Greece tells students to wear masks when schools reopen Sept. 7
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek teachers and students will be required to wear masks in class and indoor spaces when schools reopen in September due to a surge in COVID-19 infections, the country's education...
Aug 24, 2020
Finland’s PM calls for shortening working hours
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin called for cutting the current eight-hour working day in her keynote speech to her Social Democratic Party on Monday, arguing shorter hours co...
Aug 24, 2020
Austria arrests Syrian over attacks on Jewish leader, synagogue
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria has arrested a 31-year-old Syrian refugee suspected of carrying out attacks last week on a Jewish community leader and a synagogue in Austria's second city Graz, Interior Mi...
Aug 24, 2020
Brazil congresswoman charged with murdering husband
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian Congresswoman Flordelis de Souza was charged with ordering the execution of her husband, pastor Anderson do Carmo, who was shot more than 30 times at their home in...
Aug 24, 2020
Canada presses Iran for answers on downed Ukrainian jetliner
MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada is pressing Iran for additional answers over the downing in January of a Ukrainian jetliner, after an announcement by Tehran on Sunday provided "limited and selected inform...
Aug 24, 2020
French ‘libertine’ nudist resort sees spike in COVID infections
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - A naturist resort on France's Mediterranean coast has seen a sharp spike in coronavirus infections and nudists have been ordered to at least wear masks and practic...
Aug 24, 2020
