Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Winning against the pandemic, Bolivia’s cholita wrestlers return to the ring
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia's cholita wrestlers are making a comeback to the ring after the iconic female fighters were forced to hang up their billowing skirts and bowler hats due to the COVID-19 pand...
Dec 10, 2020
Analysis-Washington’s Western Sahara pledge the ultimate prize for Morocco
By Angus McDowall TUNIS (Reuters) - Morocco's decision to normalise ties with Israel has handed Rabat its biggest step yet towards the prize it values most - global recognition of its claim to Western...
Dec 10, 2020
Four finalists vie for Time’s Person of the Year for 2020
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Magazine reveals its Person of the Year for 2020 on Thursday, choosing the winner from nominees that include healthcare workers battling the COVID-19 pand...
Dec 10, 2020
Analysis-World watches as first-mover Britain probes adverse reactions to Pfizer vaccine
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - Britain hailed "V-Day" when it became the first country to roll out the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Yet, as first mover, it has also become the first to repo...
Dec 10, 2020
Nobel winners get prizes at home while the socially distanced band plays
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Dressing down, the 2020 Nobel winners got their awards in a broadcast aired on Thursday as, thousands of kilometres away and sitting two metres apart, musicians played classical ...
Dec 10, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. sanctions on Turkey over Russian defense system are imminent – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is poised to impose sanctions on Turkey over its acquisition last year of Russian S-400 air defense systems, four sources including two U.S. officials told Reu...
Dec 10, 2020
Exclusive-U.S. nears sale of four sophisticated drones to Morocco – sources
By Mike Stone and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is negotiating the sale of at least four sophisticated large aerial drones to Morocco, according to three U.S. sources fami...
Dec 10, 2020
France delays planned re-opening of theatres
PARIS (Reuters) - France will not reopen museums, cinemas and theatres on Dec. 15 as planned because COVID-19 infection rates are not falling as fast as the government had hoped, Prime Minister Jean C...
Dec 10, 2020
At home of climate accord in Paris, campaigners demand action
PARIS (Reuters) - Campaigners on Thursday unfurled a vast mocked-up poster in front of the Eiffel Tower of French President Emmanuel Macron turning his back on a planet in flames, to press for more ac...
Dec 10, 2020
UN experts call for release of Saudi women’s rights activist
GENEVA (Reuters) - Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul appeared before a special terrorism court in Riyadh on Thursday, her family said, on charges U.N. human rights experts called "spur...
Dec 10, 2020
