Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Biden to seek five-year extension of nuclear arms treaty with Russia: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will seek to extend the New START arms control treaty with Russia for five years, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing unidentified senior U.S. o...
Jan 21, 2021
Macron tells French people: go easy on the criticism
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday French people had got into the habit of criticising anyone who takes the initiative and tries to move the country forward. Macron di...
Jan 21, 2021
Bahraini minister criticises Qatar despite accord to end rift
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar has not taken any initiative to solve the problems with Bahrain, despite an agreement to end a rift of more than three years, Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani sa...
Jan 21, 2021
German scientists make paralyzed mice walk again
By Stephane Nitschke and Zuzanna Szymanska (Reuters) - German researchers have enabled mice paralyzed after spinal cord injuries to walk again, re-establishing a neural link hitherto considered irrepa...
Jan 21, 2021
European court: Russia must answer for abuses in 2008 Georgia war
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that Russia can be held to account for what judges said were acts of torture and ill treatment carried out in the days after the ...
Jan 21, 2021
Nigerian court acquits minor on appeal following blasphemy conviction
By Hamza Ibrahim KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - A court in northern Nigeria on Thursday acquitted a minor at an appeal hearing after he had been sentenced to 10 years in prison with menial labour under Isl...
Jan 21, 2021
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez receives Sputnik V COVID vaccine – official
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Argentine President Alberto Fernandez has been vaccinated against the coronavirus using the Sputnik V vaccine, an official confirmed on Thursday. Fernandez, 61, was vaccinated a d...
Jan 21, 2021
French ski lifts will not reopen on Feb 1: tourism minister
PARIS (Reuters) - French ski lifts will not reopen on Feb. 1, French Tourism Minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne said on on Thursday. Lemoyne also said it was too early to say whether French citizens could...
Jan 21, 2021
Cuba hopes Biden will quickly resume Obama-era detente
By Nelson Acosta and Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba is hopeful U.S. President Joe Biden will swiftly reverse his predecessor's hardline approach toward the Communist-run island and resume the pol...
Jan 21, 2021
Saudi minister optimistic that ties with U.S will be ‘excellent’ under Biden: Al-Arabiya
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan expressed optimism that relations between Riyadh and Washington will be "excellent" under U.S. President Joe Biden, Al-Arabiy...
Jan 21, 2021
