Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Italy’s Conte seeking stray senators to save struggling coalition
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte worked the phones on Friday, trying to secure enough votes in parliament to allow him to stay in power after a junior ally qui...
Jan 15, 2021
Mexico president backs decision not to charge ex-defense minister Cienfuegos
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday his government supported a decision by his attorney general not to charge ex-Defense Minister General Salvado...
Jan 15, 2021
U.S. plans new Iran sanctions related to metals, conventional arms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to announce additional Iran sanctions on Friday related to conventional arms and to the metals industry, sources familiar with the matter said. The sourc...
Jan 15, 2021
Fiji wins presidency of U.N. rights body after vote unblocks leadership impasse
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Fiji, the favourite of Western nations, won the presidency of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday, beating Bahrain and Uzbekistan in a secret ballot that resolved ...
Jan 15, 2021
Dutch government resigns over childcare subsidies scandal
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The government of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte collectively resigned on Friday over its mismanagement of childcare subsidies, national broadcaster NOS reported. Rutte was to i...
Jan 15, 2021
Russia announces exit from Open Skies treaty citing U.S. withdrawal
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia announced on Friday it was pulling out of the Open Skies treaty, saying that the pact, which allows unarmed surveillance flights over member countries, had been seriously com...
Jan 15, 2021
Hong Kong civil servants given four weeks to pledge loyalty to the government
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's 180,000 civil servants were told on Friday they had four weeks to sign a document pledging their loyalty to the Chinese-ruled city's mini-constitution and dedication ...
Jan 15, 2021
Erdogan hopes for positive steps on F-35 jet programme in Biden term
ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he hoped positive steps will be taken on Turkey's role in the F-35 jet programme once U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes office, describing...
Jan 15, 2021
Family of Lockerbie bomber lose posthumous appeal against his conviction
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The family of Libyan Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the only person found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing which killed 270, have failed to overturn his convic...
Jan 15, 2021
British maestro Rattle seeking German citizenship after Brexit
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - Star conductor Simon Rattle, who this week announced he was cutting short his tenure at Britain's leading orchestra to return to Germany, said on Friday he had app...
Jan 15, 2021
