Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
South African speakeasies boost calls for end to COVID booze ban
By Tanisha Heiberg and Emma Rumney JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - In an Italian bistro in an upmarket Johannesburg neighbourhood, smiling patrons chat at candle-lit tables in a scene reminiscent of less-tro...
Aug 14, 2020
Novavax to deliver 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine candidate to UK for trial
(Reuters) - U.S. drug developer Novavax Inc said on Friday the UK would buy 60 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine candidate, NVX-CoV2373, for a phase 3 clinical trial in the country. The company...
Aug 14, 2020
Australia awaits findings on cruise ship coronavirus outbreak
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The findings of a public inquiry into how passengers infected with the novel coronavirus were allowed to disembark a cruise ship in Sydney in March, triggering a major outbreak, ...
Aug 13, 2020
North Korea lifts lockdown in border town after suspected COVID-19 case ‘inconclusive’
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lifted a three week lockdown in the city of Kaesong and nearby areas, after a man who defected to the South returned to the border town ...
Aug 13, 2020
Some Bogota neighborhoods to lockdown once again
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Bogota, the Colombian capital, will hold a strict two-week quarantine in seven neighborhoods beginning Sunday, as it tries once again to curb coronavirus infections amid still-high ...
Aug 13, 2020
Ship owners sailing four Iranian fuel cargoes to U.S. for seizure: sources
LONDON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Four ships containing Iranian fuel cargoes covered by a U.S. warrant for seizure are sailing to the United States after talks between the U.S. government and the vessel ...
Aug 13, 2020
Peru surpasses 500,000 coronavirus cases, marks highest death toll in LatAm
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peru surpassed half a million coronavirus cases and has the highest death toll in Latin America, according to health ministry data on Thursday, as the government strug...
Aug 13, 2020
Bolivia confirms presidential election for October 18 despite calls for earlier date
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia's caretaker government on Thursday enacted a law that mandates a delayed presidential election will be held on Oct. 18 as scheduled, despite opposition calls for it to be mo...
Aug 13, 2020
Mexico, nearing 500,000 coronavirus cases, to help with vaccine
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico, on the cusp of half a million official coronavirus cases and 55,000 deaths as the pandemic rages across Latin America, will help produce a vaccine that could be distrib...
Aug 13, 2020
New Zealand to announce decision on coronavirus lockdown extension
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is due to announce on Friday whether a lockdown in the country's biggest city will be eased or extended, as officials ...
Aug 13, 2020
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