Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
World stunned by violence in U.S. Capitol, attempts to overturn election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World leaders on Wednesday expressed shock at the violent protesters who overran the U.S. Congress and attempts to overturn the Nov. 3 presidential election results which dealt ...
Jan 06, 2021
Australia’s national cabinet to meet early amid UK COVID-19 variant worries
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's national cabinet will meet a month earlier than scheduled on Friday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, as authorities seek to stop the spread of a more contagious vari...
Jan 06, 2021
Syrian Air Defense responded to an Israeli attack over south Damascus: state TV
CAIRO - (Reuters) - The Syrian Air Defense responded to an Israeli attack over the southern of the capital Damascus on Wednesday, state TV reported. There was no immediate information of any damages o...
Jan 06, 2021
Kosovo president sets Feb. 14 as date for snap vote
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo's acting president, Vjosa Osmani, set Feb. 14 as the date for an early parliamentary election on Wednesday, following a decision by the country's top court to annul the Jun...
Jan 06, 2021
Biden transition official honing migration policy with Mexico: aide
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - A top official in U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's transition held talks on border issues with Mexico's foreign minister on Wednesday, as the two sides prepared for a j...
Jan 06, 2021
England and Wales recorded most deaths last year for a century – ONS
LONDON (Reuters) - England and Wales recorded the most deaths in 2020 of any year in more than a century, with the COVID-19 pandemic leading to a rise in the number of excess deaths, a senior statisti...
Jan 06, 2021
Sudan quietly signs Abraham Accords weeks after Israel deal
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan on Wednesday quietly signed on to the Abraham Accords, U.S.-brokered agreements which have ushered in public rapprochements between Israel and several Arab states. While Sud...
Jan 06, 2021
Canadian care home residents challenge delay of second COVID-19 vaccine shot
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - Residents of a Canadian long-term care home who received some of the first COVID-19 vaccine shots administered in the country have threatened to seek a court in...
Jan 06, 2021
Canada will not extend ban on flights from Britain when it expires Wednesday
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will not extend a ban on flights from Britain when it expires later on Wednesday because new measures to fight the coronavirus have made it unnecessary, Transport Minister Ma...
Jan 06, 2021
Red tape slows vaccine rollout in French nursing homes, frustrating medics
By Caroline Pailliez CLAMART, France (Reuters) - Worried about wasting shots and public resistance in a country where scepticism of vaccines is common, France introduced a series of bureaucratic hurdl...
Jan 06, 2021
