Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Britain sends more troops to Dover to clear lorry queues
DOVER, England (Reuters) - Britain deployed additional military personnel to the port of Dover on Friday to help clear the queues of lorries following the resumption of cross-channel travel for driver...
Dec 25, 2020
Russia jails historian for 12.5 years for grisly murder of student lover
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court sentenced a distinguished historian known for re-enacting Napoleonic battle scenes to 12.5 years in jail on Friday after convicting him of the murder of his young st...
Dec 25, 2020
At least 15 dead in delays at South Africa-Zimbabwe border -TV news
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - At least 15 people have died in recent weeks on the South African side of the Beitbridge border with Zimbabwe in lengthy queues that have been slowed by coronavirus screening,...
Dec 25, 2020
Hundreds protest against Nepali PM’s sudden dissolution of parliament
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli faced a fresh political challenge on Friday as hundreds of opponents protested against his sudden move to dissolve parliame...
Dec 25, 2020
Mali opposition leader and presidential hopeful Cisse dies
BAMAKO (Reuters) - The long-time leader of Mali's opposition, Soumaila Cisse, has died at the age of 71, his spokesman said on Friday, two months after his release from lengthy captivity by Islamist i...
Dec 25, 2020
In Christmas message curbed by Covid, pope calls on nations to share vaccines
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis called in his Christmas message on Friday for nations to share Covid-19 vaccines, saying walls of nationalism could not be built to stop a pand...
Dec 25, 2020
Erdogan says Turkey wants better ties with Israel, talks continue
ANKARA (Reuters) -President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey would like to have better ties with Israel and that talks at intelligence level continued between the two sides, but criticised Is...
Dec 25, 2020
Lebanon’s top Christian cleric urges politicians to form government
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's top Christian cleric urged politicians on Friday to rid themselves of external pressure and form a government to end political deadlock and help resolve a severe financial...
Dec 25, 2020
Japan official, calling Taiwan ‘red line,’ urges Biden to ‘be strong’
By Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - A top Japanese defence official on Friday urged U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to "be strong" in supporting Taiwan in the face of an aggressive China, calling the isla...
Dec 25, 2020
Ethiopia election board announces national vote for June 5, 2021
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia will hold a parliamentary election on June 5 next year, its National Electoral Board said on Friday. The election had been due to take place in August but was postpone...
Dec 25, 2020
