Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Powerful cyclone leaves trail of destruction in parts of Fiji
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A powerful cyclone that tore through Fiji late last week has caused havoc in some areas and left people without shelter and fresh water, Fiji Red Cross said on Sunday. The death ...
Dec 19, 2020
Netherlands ban flights from UK after detecting new coronavirus strain
(Reuters) - Netherlands will ban flights carrying passengers from the United Kingdom from Sunday as Britain detected a new coronavirus strain. A travel ban will remain in place until Jan. 1, the gover...
Dec 19, 2020
Biden to work with Mexico’s Lopez Obrador on ‘new approach’ to migration issues
(Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador agreed in a call on Saturday to work on a "new approach" to regional migration issues in Central America, ...
Dec 19, 2020
Sydney records 30 new coronavirus cases as cluster in suburbs grows
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state of New South Wales recorded 30 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday as an outbreak in Sydney's northern beaches suburbs continues to grow. About...
Dec 19, 2020
Mexico’s president says spoke by phone with U.S. President-elect Biden
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Saturday said he had spoken by telephone with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, saying both leaders reaffirmed their commitment ...
Dec 19, 2020
Africa crosses 2.5 million COVID-19 cases – Reuters tally
By Anurag Maan (Reuters) - The total number of coronavirus cases in Africa crossed 2.5 million on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, as a second wave of infections hits the continent. Countries s...
Dec 19, 2020
Invoking Bible and moonwalk, Netanyahu starts Israeli vaccination drive
TEL HASHOMER, Israel (Reuters) - Israel kicked off a coronavirus vaccination drive on Saturday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invoking the Bible and the 1969 lunar landing as he got the countr...
Dec 19, 2020
Global COVID-19 cases surpass 75 million
By Kavya B and Roshan Abraham (Reuters) - Global coronavirus infections surpassed the 75 million mark on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, as several nations around the world begin vaccinating a...
Dec 19, 2020
Central African Republic says former president plotting a coup
By Antoine Rolland BANGUI (Reuters) - The government of Central African Republic on Saturday accused former president Francois Bozize of plotting a coup as political tension and violence rise ahead of...
Dec 19, 2020
Hungarian PM cuts local business tax, Budapest’s opposition mayor cries foul
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's government will extend a moratorium on household and business loan repayments until July and halve a local business tax collected by municipalities, a ...
Dec 19, 2020
