Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Critical care staff suffer trauma and severe anxiety due to COVID-19: UK study
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly half of staff working in intensive care units (ICU) in England in the COVID-19 pandemic have severe anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder, wit...
Jan 12, 2021
Israeli aggression on areas in deir al- Zor and Albu kamal in Syria
CAIRO (Reuters) - There was Israeli aggression on areas in Deir al-Zor and Albu kamal in Syria, state news agency SANA said on Wednesday. The agency gave no further details. (Reporting by Ahmed Tolba;...
Jan 12, 2021
Meagre lockdown food parcels for English school children provoke outcry
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Shared images of meagre food packages supplied to children by schools during England's COVID-19 lockdown prompted an outcry on Tuesday and led the government to war...
Jan 12, 2021
Pandemic cut traffic congestion in most countries last year: report
By Stephanie Kelly and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Coronavirus-induced lockdowns caused annual traffic congestion to fall in most countries for the first time in at least 10 year...
Jan 12, 2021
North Korea’s Kim urges stronger military capabilities as party congress ends
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for maximum military power and greater nuclear war deterrence, state news agency KCNA reported on Wednesday, as a rare ruling par...
Jan 12, 2021
Egypt follows Gulf allies in reopening airspace to Qatar
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt reopened its airspace to Qatari flights on Tuesday and will allow the resumption of air traffic between the two countries as part of a thaw in relations with the Gulf state, of...
Jan 12, 2021
U.S. State Department cancels U.N. envoy’s trip to Taiwan as part of Biden transition
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The cancellation of all travel by the U.S. State Department this week includes a planned visit to Taiwan by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft, said a State Departm...
Jan 12, 2021
U.N. climate chief looks to Biden to boost global action
By Matthew Green and Kate Abnett (Reuters) - A swift resurgence of U.S. leadership under President-elect Joe Biden and wealthy nations fulfilling a promise of cash for poorer countries could galvanise...
Jan 12, 2021
Exclusive: Luxembourg, EU snub Pompeo in final Europe trip, diplomats say
By Robin Emmott and Humeyra Pamuk BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip at the last minute on Tuesday after Luxembourg's foreign minister and to...
Jan 12, 2021
Dutch COVID-19 lockdown extended by three weeks until Feb. 9
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Lockdown measures in the Netherlands, including the closure of schools and shops, will be extended by at least three weeks to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the government d...
Jan 12, 2021
