Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Indonesian air crash investigators send plane parts to U.S., UK for checks
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's air accident investigator has sent five components of a crashed Sriwijaya Air jet to the United States and Britain for examination, including the autothrottle that cont...
Feb 01, 2021
Top Chinese diplomat calls for China, U.S. to restore relationship
BEIJING (Reuters) - Top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi called on Tuesday for China and the United States to restore their relationship to a predictable and constructive track of development. Yang, the h...
Feb 01, 2021
Bolsonaro ally Lira elected speaker of Brazil lower house
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Congressman Arthur Lira, an ally of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, was elected speaker of the lower house of Congress for two years on Monday, strengthening the standing of t...
Feb 01, 2021
China cracks fake COVID-19 vaccine ring, confiscates 3,000 doses: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese police arrested more than 80 people and confiscated over 3,000 fake doses of COVID-19 vaccine as part of a campaign to combat vaccine-related crimes, state news agency Xin...
Feb 01, 2021
Brazil Senate elects Bolsonaro ally to head the upper chamber
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Senate voted 57-21 on Monday to elect Rodrigo Pacheco, the candidate endorsed by right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, to head the upper chamber for a two-year term. Thoug...
Feb 01, 2021
Turkish police detain 159 people at protests over Erdogan-appointed university head
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police on Monday detained 159 people over protests in Istanbul against President Tayyip Erdogan's appointment of a new rector at one of the country's top universities, the...
Feb 01, 2021
Mexico investigates possible involvement of officials in killings of suspected migrants
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico is investigating whether any officials were involved in the suspected massacre of 19 people in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas after a truck reportedly seized...
Feb 01, 2021
Sanction Putin’s inner circle to trigger Kremlin infighting, says Navalny ally
By Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) - A close ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Monday urged the West to hit President Vladimir Putin's inner circle with personal sanctions, predicting the ...
Feb 01, 2021
EU’s Borrell could choreograph U.S., Iran return to nuclear deal: Zarif
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sketched out a path on Monday to overcome the U.S.-Iranian impasse over who goes first in returning to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, ...
Feb 01, 2021
Not just Navalny: economic pain also behind Russian protests
By Katya Golubkova and Polina Nikolskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) - The trigger for some of the biggest protests to sweep Russia in years was the arrest of opposition politician and Kremlin critic Alexei Nava...
Feb 01, 2021
