Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Migrants play dangerous cat-and-mouse game with police in Calais
By Pascal Rossignol CALAIS, France (Reuters) - Standing in front of the remains of dozens of inflatable craft in the backyard of a police station, Captain Eric Binet has a message for migrants conside...
Aug 21, 2020
Belarusian’s unlikely journey from home life to opposition hero
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - A husband in jail, her children hurried abroad and a secret crossing from Belarus into Lithuania in the dead of night: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's journey from hom...
Aug 21, 2020
Gaza-Israel violence prompts stepped-up mediation efforts
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Rami Ayyub GAZA/TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Gaza militants fired rockets towards Israel which responded with air strikes overnight, the Israeli military said, in the most serious esc...
Aug 21, 2020
Slovakia protests to Belgium after footage of police mistreating man in custody
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia said on Friday it had protested to Belgium after footage appeared of a 2018 incident in which a Slovak businessman appeared to be mistreated and scorned by police who detai...
Aug 21, 2020
U.S. will aim to block Russia, China from violating Iran sanctions: Pompeo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is prepared to block Russia and China from any attempts to violate sanctions on Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday, one day after Washing...
Aug 21, 2020
Mexican president asks prosecutor to investigate new cash video, but defends brother
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday said the Mexican prosecutor's office should investigate a video of his brother receiving wads of cash, but added the money was l...
Aug 21, 2020
Spain seeks to shut brothels to curb coronavirus contagion
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Equality Minister Irene Montero has asked regions to order the closure of brothels in a bid to prevent new coronavirus outbreaks, a week after the government shut most night...
Aug 21, 2020
Putin bets on Lukashenko keeping power in Belarus for now: sources
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko will probably cling to power for now despite protests against him and is conte...
Aug 21, 2020
Lebanon enforces new partial lockdown in effort to curb COVID-19
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon imposed a partial lockdown for two weeks starting on Friday in an effort to counter COVID-19 infections which have spiralled since the catastrophic explosion at Beirut port....
Aug 21, 2020
China ready to share water data with Mekong nations, Thailand says
BANGKOK (Reuters) - China is ready to share data on water flows into the Mekong River, a longstanding request of downstream Southeast Asian countries, a Thai foreign ministry official said on Friday. ...
Aug 21, 2020
