Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
U.S. backs WHO reforms lead by member states
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday that member states must lead efforts to reform the World Health Organization (WHO), including any decision to provide additional funding to the U.N...
Jan 19, 2021
Iran, Turkey block rivals from joining U.N. disarmament talks
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Talks aimed at overcoming a years-long deadlock over disarmament at the United Nations began in acrimony on Monday with two countries blocking rivals from taking part ...
Jan 19, 2021
Trapped China gold miners get porridge, blankets, one miner in coma – state media
BEIJING (Reuters) - Workers trapped in a Chinese gold mine for more than nine days received more medical and food supplies on Tuesday, including bandages, blankets and porridge, but one of the group i...
Jan 19, 2021
EU calls on Biden to take global leadership on COVID-19
By Robin Emmott and John Chalmers BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The world needs American leadership in the battle against COVID-19, the EU's top diplomat said, urging President-elect Joe Biden to step up after...
Jan 19, 2021
Brussels recommends vaccinating at least 70% of EU adults by summer
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission recommended on Tuesday to vaccinate against COVID-19 at least 70% of the European Union's adult population by this summer, in an attempt to curb the corona...
Jan 19, 2021
Belarusian opposition celebrates Lukashenko losing major hockey tournament
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian athletes and opposition supporters on Tuesday welcomed a decision to strip Belarus of this year's ice hockey world championship, a prestigious...
Jan 19, 2021
India urges frontline workers not to refuse vaccines as targets missed
By Krishna N. Das and Jatindra Dash NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - India appealed to frontline workers on Tuesday not to refuse vaccines for COVID-19, after almost all states failed to meet ...
Jan 19, 2021
Factional risks hover as Libya’s U.N. peace process advances
TUNIS (Reuters) - Libyans working under a U.N. peace process on Tuesday agreed a mechanism to choose a new temporary government to oversee the run-up to elections late this year, in the hope that it c...
Jan 19, 2021
Body of American mountaineer found near K2 in northern Pakistan
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's military located the body of American mountaineer Alex Goldfarb-Rumyantzev on Monday in the Karakoram mountains in northern Pakistan, the second death o...
Jan 19, 2021
Dozens of migrants scale fence into Spain’s Melilla enclave
MADRID (Reuters) - Dozens of migrants stormed into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla early on Tuesday, scaling the high, razor-wired fence that separates it from Morocco, local authorities said...
Jan 19, 2021
