Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Senior Muslim Brotherhood figure dies in prison in Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) - Essam el-Erian, a senior leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, died in prison in Cairo on Thursday after suffering a heart attack, prison sources, a lawyer and local media said. Eria...
Aug 13, 2020
Italian prime minister probed over COVID-19, prosecutors urge case be dropped
ROME (Reuters) - Prosecutors have investigated Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and six members of his government over how they handled the coronavirus crisis, but have recommended the case be dr...
Aug 13, 2020
String of smaller blasts preceded massive Beirut explosion: Israeli seismologist
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Beirut port explosion was preceded by a series of blasts, the last of which was a combustion of fireworks that apparently set off a warehouse full of ammonium...
Aug 13, 2020
COVID creates conflict over English school leavers’ results
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - England's exam authority awarded lower grades than teachers had predicted to almost 40% of pupils studying for their main school-leaving exams, results showed on T...
Aug 13, 2020
Pompeo says 5G declaration protects Slovenia against authoritarian threats
BELGRADE (Reuters) - The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that by signing a 5G declaration on Thursday Slovenia has secured protection against "authoritarian threats" including China's effort ...
Aug 13, 2020
U.S. should waive tariffs as EU meets WTO rules on Airbus, Spain says
MADRID (Reuters) - The United States should waive tariffs imposed on European Union goods because the bloc abides by all World Trade Organization rules on planemaker Airbus , Spanish Trade Minister Re...
Aug 13, 2020
Myanmar bars major election monitoring group from observing polls
(Reuters) - A major election-monitoring group in Myanmar says it has been barred from observing polls set for November, raising questions about the credibility of a vote seen as a crucial test of demo...
Aug 13, 2020
Gone fishing – English angling sees post-lockdown boom
LONDON (Reuters) - Fishing in England has seen a post COVID-19 lockdown boom as more people take advantage of the mental health and wellbeing benefits of casting a rod and being at one with nature, th...
Aug 13, 2020
Hardened Lebanese merchants battered by Beirut blast
By Michael Georgy BEIRUT (Reuters) - Sleep Comfort survived Lebanon's 15-year civil war. But nothing could have prepared the high-end family furniture business for the Beirut port blast that destroyed...
Aug 13, 2020
North Macedonia’s pro-Western leader gets nod to form new government
SKOPJE (Reuters) - North Macedonia's president on Thursday handed a mandate to pro-Western ex-prime minister Zoran Zaev to form a new government after his party bloc narrowly won a July 15 election. "...
Aug 13, 2020
