Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
U.S. barring private charter flights to Cuba
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Transportation said on Thursday it will suspend private charter flights to Cuba to increase U.S. economic pressure on the Cuban govern...
Aug 13, 2020
NSA, FBI expose Russian intelligence hacking tool: report
By Christopher Bing (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation have exposed a sophisticated Russian hacking tool, they said on Thursday in a rare public report o...
Aug 13, 2020
Coronavirus test blunder leaves possible Merkel successor red-faced
BERLIN (Reuters) - The leader of the state of Bavaria, a possible successor to Angela Merkel as the conservative candidate for chancellor, apologised on Thursday for a coronavirus bungle that meant so...
Aug 13, 2020
One killed in Ivory Coast protests against president’s third term bid
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - At least one protester was killed in Ivory Coast on Thursday, a ruling party official and security sources said, as small groups burned makeshift road blocks in protests against Pr...
Aug 13, 2020
France reports new post-lockdown peak in daily COVID-19 cases
PARIS (Reuters) - The French health ministry reported 2,669 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours on Thursday, setting a new post-lockdown daily high for the second day in a row and taking...
Aug 13, 2020
Spain’s Canary Islands curb smoking amid COVID-19 worries
MADRID (Reuters) - The Canary Islands became Spain's second region to all but ban smoking in the streets on Thursday as part of measures to stop a resurgence of coronavirus infections, and other regio...
Aug 13, 2020
UK’s Johnson sees ‘very, very good case’ for EU to agree trade deal
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday there was a very good case for a zero quota, zero tariff deal with the European Union and that he wanted get it done quickly. "...
Aug 13, 2020
World needs to spend at least $100 billion on new tools to fight virus: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The world needs to spend at least $100 billion on new tools to address the coronavirus pandemic, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday. More th...
Aug 13, 2020
UK will be “ruthless” over quarantine, Johnson says when asked about France
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his government was prepared to be ruthless with even its closest partners over COVID-19 quarantine rules, after he was asked whether France...
Aug 13, 2020
China’s Confucius Institutes must register as foreign missions in U.S.: Pompeo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday Chinese government-funded cultural centers at U.S. universities would be required register as foreign missions, the latest sign of the deterio...
Aug 13, 2020
