Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Qatar airport police officers charged over invasive searches of women
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar's public prosecutor has filed criminal charges against an unspecified number of police officers working at Qatar's Hamad airport after women said they were invasively searched ...
Nov 23, 2020
More English regions to face tougher COVID rules after lockdown ends
LONDON (Reuters) - England's tiered system of regional COVID restrictions will be toughened up when a national lockdown ends on Dec. 2 and some areas will move into a higher alert level than the one t...
Nov 23, 2020
UK PM Johnson sets out new measures to replace COVID lockdown
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out new measures on Monday to replace a national lockdown to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in England on Dec. 2, strengthening a tiered regio...
Nov 23, 2020
Mexico denies deal made to nab capo in return for ex-defense minister
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday denied that Mexico had agreed to capture a cartel leader for the United States in order to secure the return of ex-defen...
Nov 23, 2020
In COVID-hit Europe even St. Nicholas told to keep distance at Christmas
By Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) - With restrictions on family gatherings, instructions not to hug and a polite request to St Nicholas to "keep your distance", Europe is preparing for its first COVID-1...
Nov 23, 2020
Russia detains police colonel over 2010 Moscow metro bombings
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Monday it had detained a police colonel from the southern region of Dagestan and charged him with offences including terrorism after accusing him of aiding a suicide ...
Nov 23, 2020
Surge in greenhouse gases sustained despite COVID lockdowns: U.N.
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Greenhouse gas concentrations climbed to a new record in 2019 and rose again this year despite an expected drop in emissions due to COVID-19 lockdowns, the World Meteo...
Nov 23, 2020
Drive-ins let Dutch kids have socially distanced meeting with St. Nicholas
APELDOORN (Reuters) - Coronavirus is changing the face of end-of-year children's festivities in the Netherlands, with drive-ins being used to give kids a socially distanced meeting with St. Nicholas (...
Nov 23, 2020
Pandemic has worsened UK inequality, says Labour’s Dodds
LONDON (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened inequality in Britain, Labour's would-be finance minister Anneliese Dodds said on Monday, criticising the government's response to the crisis as w...
Nov 23, 2020
French judges postpone Sarkozy trial over health of one of defendants
PARIS (Reuters) - French judges on Monday postponed the trial of former president Nicolas Sarkozy until Nov. 26 to assess the health of one of his co-defendants. Sarkozy, along with his lawyer Thierry...
Nov 23, 2020
