Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Chile´s Pinera vows crackdown after nine-year-old injured by gunfire in Araucania
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Saturday highlighted an attack in the countrys Araucania region that resulted in the injury of a 9-year-old girl, saying it was a reason to c...
Aug 22, 2020
Mexico’s coronavirus deaths pass 60,000, cases top 550,000
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Saturday reported 6,482 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 644 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 556,216 cas...
Aug 22, 2020
Maduro says Venezuela buying Iranian missiles ‘a good idea’
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday said it would be a "good idea" to look into buying missiles from Iran, a day after Colombia said Venezuela was considering such a pl...
Aug 22, 2020
Saudi-led coalition in Yemen intercepted explosive-laden drone launched by Houthis – SPA
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen intercepted and destroyed early on Sunday an explosive-laden drone over Yemeni airspace that was launched by Iran-aligned Houthis towards th...
Aug 22, 2020
Coronavirus spread largely among under 40-year-olds in France, minister says
PARIS (Reuters) - The new coronavirus is circulating four times more among people under 40 in France than over among 65-year-olds, France's health minister said, though he warned that contamination wa...
Aug 22, 2020
Brazil registers 50,032 new cases of coronavirus, 892 deaths in 24 hours
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil reported 50,032 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 892 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Saturday. Brazil ha...
Aug 22, 2020
Israeli protesters, decrying corruption, keep pressure on Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Thousands of Israelis protested in Jerusalem on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the summer outcry denouncing alleged corruption and the government's handl...
Aug 22, 2020
Lebanon’s Hezbollah says downs Israeli drone
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Saturday it shot down an Israeli drone that penetrated the country's airspace earlier in the day. The drone, which was downed near the border town of Ait...
Aug 22, 2020
Israeli army says one of its drones fell inside Lebanon
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's military said late on Saturday that one of its drones fell inside Lebanon during "operational activity" along the frontier earlier in the day. "There is no risk of breac...
Aug 22, 2020
Mexico nears somber coronavirus milestone even as signs of hope emerge
By Stefanie Eschenbacher ECATEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) - Standing in a graveyard on the outskirts of Mexico City decked out in a cowboy hat to cover his rugged features from the sun, guitar player Eberar...
Aug 22, 2020
