Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Famed St. Tropez restaurant Sénéquier shuts temporarily after COVID-19 cases
PARIS (Reuters) - Snquier, a famous restaurant based in the French Riviera town of St Tropez, said on Thursday it was shutting for two weeks after the discovery of two COVID-19 cases on its premises. ...
Aug 13, 2020
Explainer: What we know about possible COVID-19 transmission from freight and packages
WELLINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported several cases of frozen food packaging contaminated with the novel coronavirus this week, while New Zealand said it is investigating the possibility that ...
Aug 13, 2020
Hungary wants EU to pursue dialogue, careful steps on Belarus
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary wants the European Union to pursue dialogue with Belarus and avoid ostracising it, its foreign minister said on Thursday, after days of violent protests in Minsk where Pre...
Aug 13, 2020
Nigerian lawyers fight back against police brutality, graft
By Nneka Chile LAGOS (Reuters) - When Divine Umukoro refused to pay police a bribe after breaking Lagos state's night-time curfew, she says they slapped her, slashed her car tyres and threatened viole...
Aug 13, 2020
Three Spanish tourists die in Swiss canyoning accident, fourth missing
ZURICH (Reuters) - Three Spanish tourists have died and a fourth is missing after canyoning in a river gorge in northern Switzerland. The four men, who have not been identified, went missing in the Pa...
Aug 13, 2020
Amid tensions with Turkey, Greece in joint manoeuvres with France
ATHENS (Reuters) - The French military conducted training exercises with Greek forces off the southern island of Crete on Thursday, defence sources said, as tension persisted with Turkey over disputed...
Aug 13, 2020
China, worried about food security, cracks down on ‘big stomach kings’
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's biggest short-video platforms said on Thursday they will punish users seen to be wasting food in their broadcasts, cracking down on so-called "big stomach kings" as the go...
Aug 13, 2020
Japan says concerns over Hong Kong growing, after activist Agnes Chow arrested
By Linda Sieg and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's foreign minister said on Thursday the arrests of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow and media tycoon Jimmy Lai raised questions ov...
Aug 13, 2020
Hong Kong reports 69 new coronavirus cases as local transmissions stay high
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong reported 69 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, of which 65 were locally transmitted, as authorities cautioned the global financial hub still faced a critical period to ...
Aug 13, 2020
Philippines reports 4,002 more coronavirus infections, 23 deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Thursday reported 4,002 more novel coronavirus infections and 23 additional deaths in the country. In a bulletin, the ministry said total number ...
Aug 13, 2020
