Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Canada’s hardest-hit province for COVID-19 launches plan to combat second wave
MONTREAL (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Quebec on Tuesday announced plans to tackle earlier mistakes in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, while preparing its health sector against a possible secon...
Aug 18, 2020
Egypt passes law shielding sex crime victims’ identities
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's parliament on Tuesday gave its final approval to a law protecting the identity of victims of sexual harassment and assault, aimed at encouraging women who fear social stigma ...
Aug 18, 2020
Batman prowls streets of Santiago delivering food to homeless
By Reuters TV SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A stranger disguised as Batman is prowling the streets of Santiago delivering food to the homeless, providing sustenance and light-hearted solace to those in need fo...
Aug 18, 2020
Despite U.S. sanctions bid, Iran aims to keep nuclear deal alive until U.S. election
By Parisa Hafezi and Michelle Nichols DUBAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The fate of a fragile 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers hinges on the result of the U.S. presidential election in Novembe...
Aug 18, 2020
Abbas says Palestinians not worried about ‘nonsense’ Israel-UAE deal
By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that Palestinians were not concerned about the normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab ...
Aug 18, 2020
U.S. NHC: 30% chance of cyclone over the eastern Caribbean Sea
(Reuters) - A tropical wave over the eastern Caribbean Sea has a 30% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday. "A tropical depression...
Aug 18, 2020
Zimbabwe shortens coronavirus curfew, extends business hours
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zimbabwe has shortened an overnight curfew imposed to combat the coronavirus pandemic and extended business hours despite rising cases, the government said after a weekly cabi...
Aug 18, 2020
Hezbollah has ‘taken hostage’ the Lebanese people’s future: Israeli statement on Hariri verdict
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's foreign ministry reacted to the verdict in the case of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri's assassination by saying Hezbollah had "taken hostage" the future ...
Aug 18, 2020
Irish prime minister says schools will reopen
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will reopen schools for the first time since March and the aim of new restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus is to make sure key parts of the economy remain open, Pr...
Aug 18, 2020
South African smokers empty shops of cigarettes after ban lifted
By Tumelo Modiba and Promit Mukherjee JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - In the latest wave of panic-buying triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, South African smokers on Tuesday snapped up all the cigarettes the...
Aug 18, 2020
