Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
WHO seeking $76 million for Lebanon after Beirut blast, concerned about coronavirus
CAIRO (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday it had appealed for $76 million in aid for Lebanon after last week's massive explosion in Beirut destroyed or damaged hospitals,...
Aug 12, 2020
Uzbekistan to start lifting lockdown from Saturday
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan will lift its second lockdown starting from Saturday, the government said on Wednesday, promising to restore most services in the central Asian country within days in o...
Aug 12, 2020
Syria’s Assad stops speech due to low blood pressure before resuming – state TV
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad suffered low blood pressure for a few minutes while delivering a speech to parliament before resuming normally, state television said on Wednesday. I...
Aug 12, 2020
‘The final blow’ – Beirut blast batters struggling hospitals
By Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - The St. George Hospital where Soha Khalaf works as a nurse lies less than a mile from Beirut port. She had no time to recover from the enormous explosion that blast...
Aug 12, 2020
‘One of our own.’ Indians cheer Biden’s pick of Kamala Harris as White House running mate
By Sudarshan Varadhan CHENNAI (Reuters) - On annual trips to India as a child, Kamala Harris would go for strolls on the humid beaches of Chennai with her maternal grandfather and his friends, listeni...
Aug 12, 2020
President says coronavirus losing force in Mexico, despite high cases
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic is losing force in Mexico, even as 6,686 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 926 ...
Aug 12, 2020
Iran says U.S. arms embargo push at U.N. will fail – TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. efforts to get the U.N. Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Tehran would fail, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on Wednesday, a day after U....
Aug 12, 2020
Mexico’s Lopez Obrador says two former presidents should testify about graft
By Anthony Esposito MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said two former presidents should have to testify about corruption after a former head of state ...
Aug 12, 2020
Belarus says police fired live rounds at protesters as EU weighs sanctions
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus said on Wednesday that police had fired live rounds at protesters in the city of Brest and arrested more than 1,000 people nationwide, intensifying a crac...
Aug 12, 2020
Sweden puts Austria, Liechtenstein on safe travel list
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden withdrew its recommendation to citizens not to take unnecessary trips to Austria and Liechtenstein on Wednesday, but kept in place warnings over travel to the United Kingd...
Aug 12, 2020
