Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Vietnam to limit inbound flights ahead of Lunar New Year
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam will limit flights bringing citizens home from now until the end of the Lunar New Year in mid-February, when big gatherings indoors are expected, to reduce coronavirus risks,...
Jan 10, 2021
Quake of magnitude 6 strikes Salta Province, Argentina: GFZ
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck Salta Province, Argentina, early on Sunday, GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 222 km (138 miles), GFZ s...
Jan 09, 2021
U.S., Canada, Britain, Australia condemn Hong Kong arrests of activists
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from the United States, Canada, Britain and Australia condemned last week's arrest of over 50 democracy activists in Hong Kong in a joint statement on Sunday, c...
Jan 09, 2021
Nationalist politician likely to win Kyrgyz presidential vote
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Nationalist politician Sadyr Japarov appears poised to win Kyrgyzstan's presidential election on Sunday, a snap vote triggered by the collapse of the previous government in the Cen...
Jan 09, 2021
Indonesia landslides kill 11, injure 18 in West Java
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Landslides caused by heavy rain in western Indonesia killed 11 and injured 18, the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) said on Sunday. The landslides at Ciha...
Jan 09, 2021
Indonesia rescue teams scour sea for crashed plane amid poor weather
By Nilufar Rizki JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian ships with rescue divers and equipment to detect signals from a flight recorder resumed the search on Sunday for a Sriwijaya Air jet believed to have cr...
Jan 09, 2021
Scottish nationalists demand billions in ‘Brexit compensation’ for Scotland
LONDON (Reuters) - The pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) demanded on Sunday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson pay billions of pounds in compensation to Scotland for the mounting costs and...
Jan 09, 2021
Cuba tightens COVID-19 measures as visitors fuel record contagion
By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's top epidemiologist said on Saturday irresponsible partying over year-end, often with relatives from abroad, fueled a surge in coronavirus infections and he w...
Jan 09, 2021
In Central America, tensions rise as soldiers aim to stop migrants
By Alejandra Lorena TAPACHULA, Mexico (Reuters) - Guatemalan and Honduran soldiers will be deployed to prevent new U.S.-bound migrant caravans from advancing, military officials said, amid growing des...
Jan 09, 2021
Pompeo says lifting ‘self-imposed restrictions’ on U.S.-Taiwan relationship
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said he was lifting "self-imposed restrictions" on the relationship between the United States and Taiwan. "Today I am announcing ...
Jan 09, 2021
