Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Swedish-Iranian scientist may face imminent execution, say rights groups
DUBAI (Reuters) - Swedish-Iranian scientist Ahmadreza Djalali, sentenced to death in Iran on espionage charges, may face imminent execution, rights groups said on Tuesday. "On 1 December, a judge said...
Dec 01, 2020
Canada PM Trudeau indicates U.S. border restrictions to last a long time
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will not agree to lifting a ban on non-essential travel with the United States until the coronavirus outbreak is significantly under control around the world, Prime Minister ...
Dec 01, 2020
China successfully lands spacecraft on moon to retrieve lunar rocks
BEIJING (Reuters) - China successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon's surface on Tuesday in a historic mission to retrieve lunar surface samples, Chinese state media reported. China launched its Ch...
Dec 01, 2020
Russia deploys advanced S-300 missiles to disputed islands near Japan
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it had deployed a number of its new S-300V4 missile defence systems for combat duty on a disputed chain of islands near Japan, a move that is likely to anger ...
Dec 01, 2020
‘We need support’ – Portuguese restaurant owners stage lockdown hunger strike
LISBON (Reuters) - Nine restaurant, bar and nightclub owners began a fifth day of hunger strike on Tuesday outside Portugal's parliament in protest against coronavirus restrictions. "We need support ....
Dec 01, 2020
Analysis: Iran’s Achilles’ heel? Security gaps and possible enemy infiltration
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) - The killing of Iran's top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vu...
Dec 01, 2020
Exclusive: European allies pushed back when Trump sanctioned Iran’s banks
By John O'Donnell and Jonathan Saul FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Germany, France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad, new sanctions against Iran's banks, arg...
Dec 01, 2020
‘I’m no party boy’: One Nobel winner won’t miss the pomp at low-key awards
By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Spare a thought for this year's Nobel Prize winners. Gone are the ball gowns, white tie and tails, concerts, banquets and adulation that come with arguably the w...
Dec 01, 2020
Ethiopia war may turn into guerrilla insurgency
ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopia's nearly month-long war against rebellious northern forces may be transforming into a guerrilla conflict, experts said on Tuesday, even though federal troops d...
Dec 01, 2020
Venezuela’s Guaido rightful leader despite assembly vote, Chile says
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Juan Guaido will still be Venezuela's legitimate head of state even if he loses his seat as head of the country's parliament on Sunday, Chile's foreign minister sa...
Dec 01, 2020
