Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
South Koreans, Chinese clash on social media over Chinese-style Kimchi winning international certificate
By Daewoung Kim and Soohyun Mah SEOUL (Reuters) - China's efforts to win an international certification for Pao Cai, a pickled vegetable dish from Sichuan, is turning into a social media showdown betw...
Nov 30, 2020
Vietnam steps up online crackdown, jailed activists at record high: Amnesty
HANOI (Reuters) - The number of political prisoners in Vietnam has reached its highest on record, according to a tally by Amnesty International, which in a report on Tuesday accused Facebook and Googl...
Nov 30, 2020
U.S. imposes Venezuela-related sanctions targeting Chinese firm
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on Chinese firm China National Electronics Import & Export Corporation (CEIEC), accusing it of supporting Vene...
Nov 30, 2020
U.S. arms sales to UAE draw fire from 29 rights groups
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty-nine arms control and human rights organizations have signed a letter opposing the sale of $23 billion worth of missiles, fighter jets and drones to the Uni...
Nov 30, 2020
Argentines celebrate ‘eternal love’ for Maradona with tattoos
By Ueslei Marcelino and Leonardo Benassatto BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Under his shirt, pizza shop owner Guillermo Rodriguez is a walking shrine to Diego Maradona. His entire back is covered in tattoos ...
Nov 30, 2020
French government drops draft law curbing filming of police officers
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government has dropped a controversial bill that would have curbed the right to film police officers in action, the speaker of French President Emmanuel Macron's ruling pa...
Nov 30, 2020
No COVID-19 vaccine, no normal life, UK minister suggests
LONDON (Reuters) - People who refuse a vaccine for COVID-19 could find normal life curtailed as restaurants, bars, cinemas and sports venues could block entry to those who don't have proof they are in...
Nov 30, 2020
In rebuke to Orban, Merkel says rule of law was no backdoor addition
BERLIN (Reuters) - Suggestions that a requirement of adherence to the rule of law were introduced into proposals for the next European Union budget secretly, over the objections of some leaders, are n...
Nov 30, 2020
Philippines extends partial coronavirus curbs in capital to end of 2020
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said that partial coronavirus restrictions will remain in the capital region until the end of the year, with the government urging Fil...
Nov 30, 2020
Merkel: Challenge with China is finding right balance between values and interests
BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe must stand up for its values in its dealings with China, but given the country's sheer population and economic importance, there will always be a trade-off between the EU's v...
Nov 30, 2020
