Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Mexicans slam Trump’s idea to tax border crossing cars to fund wall
By Jose Luis Gonzalez CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican officials and border town residents criticized U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday for threatening to levy a tax on cars crossing i...
Aug 19, 2020
North Korea to set five-year economic plan at congress next year
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced that the ruling party will hold a congress next year to decide a new five-year plan, with a party meeting noting serious delays in improving...
Aug 19, 2020
Australia’s Victoria reports 13 COVID-19 deaths, 240 new cases,
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second-most populous state of Victoria on Thursday reported 13 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours and 240 new coronavirus cases. The state reported 12 deaths and 216 c...
Aug 19, 2020
Colombia passes half a million coronavirus cases as deaths approach 16,000
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases in Colombia surpassed 500,000 on Wednesday as deaths from the virus approach 16,000 and the country nears the end of five months of lockdown. The Andean country ha...
Aug 19, 2020
Brazil Bolsonaro’s popularity will help him with reforms, says chief whip
By Anthony Boadle and Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) - The new chief whip in Congress for Brazil's president said on Wednesday he is confident President Jair Bolsonaro's increased populari...
Aug 19, 2020
Trump says he expects Saudi Arabia to join UAE-Israel deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he expected Saudi Arabia to join the agreement announced last week by Israel and the United Arab Emirates that would lead to a full...
Aug 19, 2020
Trump says directing Pompeo to notify U.N. of intent to ‘snapback’ Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he is directing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to notify the United Nations Security Council that the United States intends to restore v...
Aug 19, 2020
UK trade minister accused by opponents of hiding think-tank meetings
By Andy Bruce and William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's trade minister has reclassified recent meetings with a pro-hard Brexit think tank as personal discussions, removing them from the public re...
Aug 19, 2020
Behind fortress walls, Macron and Merkel to chart Europe’s course
PARIS (Reuters) - Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Emmanuel Macron meet on Thursday in a medieval island fortress in the Mediterranean to chart the next steps for a partnership that is the driving...
Aug 19, 2020
Ireland braces for Storm Ellen to bring strong winds
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland braced for damage and flooding on Wednesday after the Irish Meteorological Service warned of "very severe and destructive winds" as Storm Ellen approached the country from t...
Aug 19, 2020
