Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Mount Everest is higher than we thought, say Nepal and China
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Mount Everest is higher than previously thought, Nepal and China said on Tuesday, settling a long-running conflict over the height of the world's tallest peak tha...
Dec 08, 2020
Study links Japan’s domestic travel campaign to increased COVID-19 symptoms
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Researchers in Japan found a higher incidence of COVID-19 symptoms among people who have participated in a domestic travel campaign promoted by the government, suggest...
Dec 08, 2020
With Christmas curtailed, Pope starts season with pre-dawn visit to statue
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis made an unannounced, pre-dawn visit to a Rome landmark on Tuesday to pray after he was forced to cancel the traditional public ceremony because of the ...
Dec 08, 2020
UK PM Johnson says a moment may come when its game over on Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday there might come a moment when London would have to acknowledge that it was time to go for a no-deal Brexit and abandon talks. A...
Dec 08, 2020
‘He said Victor was shot’: Brother grapples with loss after Nigeria protest deaths
By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) - It was after midnight in Lagos on Oct. 21 when Elisha Sunday said he got a call from his brother Victor's phone: a stranger told him Victor had been shot dead by sold...
Dec 08, 2020
Kuwait emir reappoints Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid as PM: state media
DUBAI (Reuters) - Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah reappointed Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah as prime minister on Tuesday after he had submitted his government's resignation in a procedu...
Dec 08, 2020
Iran top court upholds death sentence against dissident journalist Zam
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam for fuelling anti-government unrest in 2017 on social media, a judiciary spokesman said on ...
Dec 08, 2020
China says will take firm countermeasures after U.S. sanctions on officials
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it would take firm countermeasures after the United States imposed sanctions on Chinese officials over a crackdown in Hong Kong. The U.S. move to sanction Chi...
Dec 08, 2020
China threatens measures over new U.S. arms sale to Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will take necessary countermeasures according to the situation after the United States announced a new arms sale package to Taiwan, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying ...
Dec 08, 2020
UK’s Johnson straining every sinew to get Brexit deal, Hancock says
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "straining every sinew" to get a Brexit deal that works for both sides but the EU must want to do it too, his health minister said on Tuesday...
Dec 08, 2020
