Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan on Wednesday tested positive for coronavirus and was admitted to hospital, a statement from the ministry said. "The minister has bee...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A fire killed five people, including two children, in an apartment block in the Russian Far East city of Khabarovsk, RIA news agency cited the local branch of Russia's emergency ser...

By Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) - Cameroonian soldiers opened fire on villagers during a weekend raid in the country's southwest, killing up to nine people, including civilians, and injuring othe...

By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Matteo Renzi, who as prime minister once enthused Italians and foreign observers with his promises of reform, is now among the country's most unpopular figures, his nam...

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro has tried to sabotage efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 in his country and pursued policies that undermine the ...

LISBON (Reuters) - A new lockdown to bring a worrying rise in coronavirus cases under control will come into force in Portugal from Friday, Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced, urging people to sta...

By William James LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson accused caterers on Wednesday of insulting families with meagre food packages paid for by the government, to make up for meals ...

By Allison Martell and Moira Warburton TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario has vaccinated only a small proportion of long-term care and retirement home residents, the group most vulnerable to COVID-19, while ...

By Bruno Kelly and Gabriel Araujo MANAUS (Reuters) - Shirlene Morais Costa died at her home in the northern Brazilian city of Manaus on Monday, likely the latest victim of a devastating new wave of CO...

By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish fishermen have threatened to dump rotten shellfish outside the British parliament after their deliveries to the European Union were blocked by post-Brexit re...