Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Nepali protesters joined by three former prime ministers
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Three former Nepali prime ministers joined thousands of demonstrators on Friday to protest against Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli's abrupt move to dissolve parlia...
Jan 22, 2021
Italy’s ruling parties talk up elections as Conte struggles for majority
By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Italy's main ruling parties on Friday flagged snap elections as the only way out of its political impasse, if Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte fails to drum up a parliamen...
Jan 22, 2021
UK police break up COVID rule-breaching wedding with 400 guests
LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Friday they had broken up a wedding with almost 400 guests in violation of COVID lockdown rules, which only allow six people to attend. Weddings are currently...
Jan 22, 2021
China authorises coast guard to fire on foreign vessels if needed
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - China passed a law on Friday that for the first time explicitly allows its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels, a move that could make the contested waters aroun...
Jan 22, 2021
Exclusive: Canada deporting thousands even as pandemic rages
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada deported thousands of people even as COVID-19 raged last year, data seen by Reuters shows, and lawyers say deportations are ramping up, putting people...
Jan 22, 2021
China says 10 workers trapped in gold mine are searching for others
By Emily Chow QIXIA, China (Reuters) - The ten known survivors trapped since a deadly Jan. 10 gold mine explosion in northern China have been using laser pointers and loudspeakers to try to find their...
Jan 22, 2021
Man sets himself on fire in Minsk outside Belarus government HQ: police
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A 35-year-old man in Belarus set himself on fire outside the government headquarters in Minsk on Friday and was hospitalised after passers-by and police put out the flames with a fi...
Jan 22, 2021
Saudi-led forces say thwart two attacks by Yemen’s Houthis
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting against Yemen's Houthi movement said had it thwarted two attacks by the Houthis on Friday morning, including destroying an explosive-laden boat in th...
Jan 22, 2021
Reports of 12 murdered at Kurdish-run displacement camp in Syria: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations says it has received reports of 12 Syrian and Iraqi nationals being murdered in the first half of January at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, which...
Jan 22, 2021
Distraught families of Sriwijaya Air victims visit Java Sea crash site
By Yuddy Cahya Budiman and Adi Kurniawan JAKARTA (Reuters) - Relatives of those killed in the Sriwijaya Air plane crash on Jan. 9 wept and threw red and white petals into the ocean on Friday after an ...
Jan 22, 2021
