Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Russia says all Azeri captives returned under Karabakh deal
MOSCOW/YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenia has returned all Azeri prisoners who were captured during last year's conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, but the process with Armenian prisoners has been hel...
Jan 18, 2021
Duterte says Filipinos can use Pfizer vaccine, but touts Sinovac deal
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he would not stop Filipinos from getting shots of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech, despite reports in Norway of ...
Jan 18, 2021
Woman with links to deposed cardinal to go on trial, Vatican says
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The embezzlement trial of a woman with links to deposed Cardinal Angelo Becciu will start soon, Vatican judicial officials said on Monday, but it was not ye...
Jan 18, 2021
EU kicks off debate on vaccine travel certificates
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries kicked off a debate on Monday on whether people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine should have greater freedom to travel in the sum...
Jan 18, 2021
U.S. plans to sanction Russian vessel involved in Nord Stream 2: Handelsblatt
BERLIN (Reuters) - The United States has told European allies it plans to impose sanctions on a Russian pipe-laying ship, "Fortuna", involved in construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Rus...
Jan 18, 2021
Disneyland Paris delays reopening to April 2 due to COVID-19
PARIS (Reuters) - Disneyland Paris said on Monday it was postponing its reopening by almost two months, to April 1, due to the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Due to the prevailing conditions in...
Jan 18, 2021
Israel sharing COVID-19 data with Pfizer to help fine-tune vaccine rollout
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is giving weekly data updates on its COVID-19 outbreak to vaccine maker Pfizer under a collaboration agreement that may help other countries fine-tune their inoculation ca...
Jan 18, 2021
Ugandan opposition says troops raid its offices amid election challenge
KAMPALA (Reuters) - The leader of Uganda's main opposition party, Bobi Wine, said troops raided its headquarters on Monday as staff tried to prepare a legal challenge to President Yoweri Museveni's de...
Jan 18, 2021
Lebanon’s COVID-19 spike overwhelms battered hospitals and exhausted doctors
By Maha El Dahan and Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - COVID-19 patients wait on pavements outside hospitals in Beirut, where emergency rooms are packed and intensive care beds full. Inside, exhausted ...
Jan 18, 2021
Mexican president says U.S. gets Mexico stance on ex-defence chief
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president said on Monday the U.S. government understood his administration's stance on the case of ex-defence minister Salvador Cienfuegos, who Mexico decided not to p...
Jan 18, 2021
