Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Closed highway and dangerous desert detour underline challenges to Libyan peace
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyans watching a peace process nearing a critical phase this week in Switzerland need only try driving from one side of their country to the other to understand the obstacles to ...
Feb 01, 2021
Bolsonaro allies poised to win leadership of Brazil’s Congress
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Allies of Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro are set to win leadership roles in Congress on Monday, bolstering his standing but not necessarily his eco...
Feb 01, 2021
Israel and Kosovo establish diplomatic relations in virtual ceremony
By Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel and Kosovo established diplomatic relations on Monday, via online links due to the coronavirus crisis, under a U.S.-brokered deal that includes a pledge by t...
Feb 01, 2021
Israel says coordinated passage of 1st COVID-19 vaccines shipment to Palestinians
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel said on Monday it coordinated the passage of a first shipment of 2,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccinations into the occupied West Bank. The vaccines, which came from ...
Feb 01, 2021
Italians flock back to coffee bars as COVID-19 restrictions eased
By Gabriele Pileri and Cristiano Corvino ROME (Reuters) - The familiar tinkling of ceramic cups and chatter returned to coffee bars across most of Italy on Monday, as rigid COVID-19 restrictions were ...
Feb 01, 2021
South Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine doses arrive by plane
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The airplane carrying South Africa's first COVID-19 vaccine doses landed at the OR Tambo international airport in Johannesburg on Monday, state broadcaster SABC reported, as t...
Feb 01, 2021
Twitter blocks dozens of accounts on India’s demand amid farm protests: sources
By Zeba Siddiqui and Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Twitter blocked dozens of accounts in India on Monday, including that of a leading newsmagazine, on the demand of the government on grounds t...
Feb 01, 2021
Blinken weighs possible sanctions North Korea as Russia, Iran loom: NBC News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration would consider new sanctions against North Korea as well as other possible actions against Russia, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a tele...
Feb 01, 2021
Lebanon army arrests 18 Lebanese, Syrians linked to Islamic State: statement
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's army said on Monday it had arrested 18 people, some Lebanese and others Syrian, with links to Islamic State. The arrests came in "field operations" that took place over th...
Feb 01, 2021
UK PM Johnson says must keep up restrictions to lower COVID rates further
LONDON (Reuters) - British infection rates flattening and possibly beginning to fall, but they remain at a high level which means there can be no premature easing of COVID-19 restrictions, Prime Minis...
Feb 01, 2021
