Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Italy sees 845 new COVID-19 cases, highest since end of lockdown in May
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 845 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday, marking the highest daily increase since May, when the government eased its r...
Aug 20, 2020
Britain removes Portugal from quarantine list, adds Austria and Croatia
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain removed Portugal from its COVID-19 quarantine list on Thursday, but said rising infections elsewhere meant travellers arriving from Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago ...
Aug 20, 2020
Dubai’s highest court rejects superyacht seizure appeal in mammoth divorce battle
By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai's highest court has rejected an appeal by the ex-wife of a Russian billionaire to seize a 350 million ($460 million)superyacht in one of the world's costlies...
Aug 20, 2020
Poll shows Swiss back $6.6 billion plan to buy new fighter jets
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss voters are set to approve a 6 billion Swiss franc ($6.6 billion) purchase of new fighter jets in a referendum next month, a poll for broadcaster SRF showed on Thursday. The su...
Aug 20, 2020
Trump says U.S. would retaliate if bounties on U.S. troops proved true
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States would hit back against other countries found to offer bounties for attacks on U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan. ...
Aug 20, 2020
Czech government scales back plan to reinstate face mask requirement after backlash
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government has scaled down its plans on reinstating a requirement to wear face masks in public from the start of September to slow an expected surge in COVID-19 infections...
Aug 20, 2020
On Libya’s front lines, Sirte is focus for regional rivalries
By Ayman al-Warfalli SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - In Sirte's municipal offices, walls are adorned with pictures of Khalifa Haftar, commander of the eastern-based Libyan National Army. Out in the desert, t...
Aug 20, 2020
Iraq is open for U.S. business, prime minister says; Trump eyes oil prospects
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said U.S. companies were involved in many prospects in Iraq's oil business, as Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi declared his count...
Aug 20, 2020
Stranded and injured, Lebanese family reels from blast
By Natalie Thomas and Hannah Mackay BEIRUT (Reuters) - Beirut's catastrophic port explosion has demolished Rita Faraj Oghlo's house, left her family stranded and may cost her husband Adel his leg. Lik...
Aug 20, 2020
Colombia requests extradition of ex-paramilitary boss from United States
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia has asked the United States to extradite former paramilitary boss Salvatore Mancuso to the Andean country and will seek international help to bring him to justice if he is ...
Aug 20, 2020
