Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Ireland temporarily eases customs rules as low demand halts ferry sailings
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's tax authority temporarily eased post-Brexit customs arrangements after some trucks were unable to deliver goods from Britain, difficulties that prompted the largest Irish ...
Jan 08, 2021
Indonesian clerics declare Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine halal
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinovac Biotech is deemed halal, or permissible under Islam, Indonesia's Ulema Council said on Friday, days before the country is scheduled to start ...
Jan 08, 2021
S.Korea indicts N.Korean who wants to return on charges of breaking security law
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors have indicted a North Korean defector who wants to return home on charges of violating a national security law, her lawyer told Reuters. Kim ...
Jan 08, 2021
Pakistan court sentences senior Lashkar e Taiba official Lakhvi to 5 years for terrorism financing
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistan court on Friday sentenced Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, a senior official of militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, to five years in jail for terrorism financing. Lakhvi and ...
Jan 08, 2021
UAE to reopen all entry points with Qatar following Gulf dispute thaw
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates will reopen all its land, sea and air entry points with Qatar starting Saturday, state news agency WAM reported on Friday. Saudi Arabia announced a breakthro...
Jan 08, 2021
South Korea unveils inflatable isolation ward for COVID-19 patients
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean researchers say they have designed an inflatable "negative pressure" ward for isolating and treating patients with infectious diseases like COVID-19, after...
Jan 08, 2021
Iran Guards unveils underground missile base in the Gulf – state media
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards on Friday unveiled an underground missile base at an undisclosed Gulf location, Iranian state media reported on Friday, at a time of heightened tens...
Jan 08, 2021
Australia opposition leader taken to hospital after car crash-newspaper
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian opposition leader Anthony Albanese was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure on Friday after a car accident in Sydney, the Australian newspaper reported. A repr...
Jan 08, 2021
One dead as explosion rocks CATL plant in China
(Reuters) - One person was killed and six were seriously injured in an explosion at a factory in China belonging to a unit of battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL), authorities s...
Jan 08, 2021
Iran leader Khamenei bans imports of U.S., British COVID-19 vaccines
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday banned the government from importing new coronavirus vaccines from the United States and Britain. "Imports of U.S. and British ...
Jan 08, 2021
