Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
With Christmas parties off, some Spanish firms send gift baskets instead
By Emma Pinedo and Elena Rodriguez MADRID (Reuters) - There will be far fewer corporate parties over Christmas as big gatherings are banned due to the pandemic, but in Spain, better-than-expected sale...
Dec 10, 2020
Explainer-Mystery illness that hospitalized hundreds in India
By Sudarshan Varadhan BENGALURU, India (Reuters) - One person has died and nearly 600 have been hospitalised since Saturday in a southern Indian state due to a mysterious infection that caused many to...
Dec 10, 2020
Belarus, citing COVID-19 fears, to close land borders as brain drain bites
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus will close its land borders to its own citizens later this month to try to combat COVID-19, the government said late on Wednesday, a move one opposition news channel likened...
Dec 10, 2020
Black Lives Matter co-founder urges Nigeria to free jailed police protesters
By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) - A group of activists and celebrities, including a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, have signed an open letter to Nigeria's president demanding that he h...
Dec 10, 2020
Female journalist killed by gunmen in Afghanistan
JALALABAD/KABUL (Reuters) - Gunmen shot and killed a female television journalist, who was also a women's rights activist, in Afghanistan on Thursday, an incident that underscores an increasing trend ...
Dec 10, 2020
Brexit hangs in the balance ahead of new Sunday deadline
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain and the European Union still have significant differences over a Brexit trade deal so real progress needs to be made to keep talking beyond the new deadline of Sunday, Foreig...
Dec 10, 2020
COVID-19 scare aboard Royal Caribbean cruise a false alarm, authorities say
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A passenger who tested positive for COVID-19 aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise from Singapore, forcing the ship to return to dock and hundreds of guests to isolate, has been found ...
Dec 10, 2020
China revokes visa exemption treatment for U.S. diplomat passport holders visiting Hong Kong, Macau
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is revoking visa exemption treatment for United States diplomat passport holders visiting Hong Kong and Macau, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a new...
Dec 10, 2020
Blaze in Spanish squatted abandoned building kills at least two
MADRID (Reuters) - A blaze in a squatted abandoned industrial building in Badalona, a Barcelona suburb, left at least two people dead, the local firefighters said on Thursday, adding that they were st...
Dec 10, 2020
Europe, U.S. should say ‘no’ to China’s ‘wolf-warrior’ diplomacy – EU envoy
BEIJING (Reuters) - The European Union and the United States should work together to stand up to coercive Chinese diplomacy and coordinate with other countries in the region on the disputed South Chin...
Dec 10, 2020
