Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Fists and pig guts fly in Taiwan parliament debate on U.S. pork
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Legislators from Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party threw pig guts and exchanged punches with other lawmakers in parliament on Friday as they tried to stop the premier ...
Nov 27, 2020
Indian farmers clash with police in protest over market reform
By Anushree Fadnavis and Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Thousands of protesting Indian farmers scuffled with police on Friday during a march to the capital, Delhi, against new laws liberalising...
Nov 27, 2020
In European first, Iranians face trial over suspected bomb plot
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - An Iranian diplomat and three other Iranians go on trial in Antwerp, Belgium on Friday for planning to bomb a 2018 meeting in France of an exiled opposition group, the ...
Nov 27, 2020
Japan cancels Emperor’s New Year event due to coronavirus
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Imperial Household Agency has cancelled an annual New Year's event set for Jan. 2, at which Emperor Naruhito and other imperial family members were to greet well-wishers, bec...
Nov 26, 2020
Pakistan’s first transgender lawyer goes from begging to fighting in court
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Lawyer Nisha Rao maneuvers among the throng of black-coated attorneys clustered near Karachi's city courts searching for her client. But Rao, 28, is n...
Nov 26, 2020
Australia says 13 soldiers told they face dismissal after Afghan report
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia has told 13 special forces soldiers they face dismissal in relation to a report on alleged unlawful killings in Afghanistan, the head of the country's arm...
Nov 26, 2020
North Korea attempted to hack into South Korean coronavirus vaccine makers: Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has attempted to hack into South Korean companies developing coronavirus vaccines, the Yonhap news agency reported on Friday, citing a parliamentary intelligence committe...
Nov 26, 2020
South Korea braces for bed shortages as coronavirus cases near nine-month high
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported more than 500 new coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day on Friday, a level not seen in nearly nine months, as a third wave of infectio...
Nov 26, 2020
Weekend scorcher: Australia braces for first major heat wave of fire season
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is bracing for the first major heat wave of the bush fire season this weekend with temperatures forecast to hit well above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), pro...
Nov 26, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he will not take coronavirus vaccine
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday evening that he will not take a coronavirus vaccine, the latest in a series of statements he has made expressing skepticism tow...
Nov 26, 2020
