Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
U.S. unfreezing Venezualan assets to help opposition fight COVID-19: Guaido
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition said on Thursday the United States has granted it access to millions of dollars of frozen Venezuelan government funds to support efforts to combat the spread...
Aug 21, 2020
After dining ban, takeaway waste clogs Hong Kong’s pavements, parks and waterways
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A deluge of trash from takeaway containers and disposable cutlery is clogging the streets and parks of Hong Kong as coronavirus restrictions on dining in restaurants eat away at ...
Aug 21, 2020
As other doors close, some Rohingya cling to hope of resettlement
By Ruma Paul and Krishna N. Das DHAKA/GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - On the third anniversary of a mass exodus of Rohingya to Bangladesh, prospects look bleak for about 1 million members of the Muslim mi...
Aug 21, 2020
Earthquake of magnitude 6.9 strikes Banda Sea off Indonesia: EMSC
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck the Banda Sea off Indonesia on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, as it revised upwards a prior figure of 6.8. The q...
Aug 21, 2020
Water levels at China’s Three Gorges near maximum after flooding rains
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Water levels at China's giant Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river are inching closer to their maximum after torrential rains raised inflows to a record high, official data showe...
Aug 21, 2020
India coronavirus cases surge to 2.9 million
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India hurtled toward the 3 million mark for coronavirus cases on Friday, reporting 68,898 new infections in the last 24 hours, data from the federal health ministry showed. The tota...
Aug 21, 2020
Brazil fires top parks official in latest environmental reshuffle, sources say
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Jake Spring BRASILIA (Reuters) - The head of Brazil's national parks service has been removed, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, in the latest management...
Aug 20, 2020
South Korea urges more testing, quarantines as coronavirus outbreak threatens to spread
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean health authorities warned on Friday that a cluster of coronavirus infections in the capital Seoul was threatening to spread after thousands of people attended a rally by...
Aug 20, 2020
New virus cases in Australia’s hotspot state hit five-week low
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's virus hot spot state of Victoria recorded its lowest number of new infections in five weeks on Friday, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison prepared to build a framework ...
Aug 20, 2020
New Zealand defers lockdown decision as it reports new COVID-19 cases
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand on Friday reported 11 new cases of coronavirus, and put off a decision about easing restrictions in its biggest city of Auckland to next week. Prime...
Aug 20, 2020
