Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Swiss to vote on banning the funding of weapons makers
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss voters decide on Sunday whether to ban the funding of arms makers, the latest anti-military referendum in the neutral country that hasn't fought an external war...
Nov 23, 2020
New Zealand PM offers COVID-19 help to U.S. President-elect Biden
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday she offered President-elect Joe Biden assistance with tackling the rampant outbreak of COVID-19 in the Unit...
Nov 23, 2020
Pope says his brush with death helps him relate to Covid victims
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis says in a new book that he can relate to people in intensive care units who fear dying from coronavirus because of his own experience when part...
Nov 23, 2020
China says it will respond to U.S. admiral visit to Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will respond to the reported visit of a U.S. Navy admiral to Taiwan and firmly opposes any military relations between Taipei and Washington, China's Foreign Ministry said on ...
Nov 23, 2020
Factbox: Brexit and the City of London – what changes and when
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain, which left the European Union in January, loses full access to the bloc under transition arrangements that end at 2300 GMT on Dec. 31. The EU is Britain's biggest financial...
Nov 23, 2020
Thai woman alleges sex abuse in school then faces storm of criticism
By Petra Mahira and Matthew Tostevin BANGKOK (Reuters) - A row over a Thai woman who held up a placard alleging sexual abuse in schools has put a spotlight on harassment in the education system even a...
Nov 23, 2020
Netanyahu met Saudi crown prince, Pompeo in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, Israeli radio stations report
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited Saudi Arabia on Sunday and met the Saudi crown prince and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo there, Israel's Kan publi...
Nov 23, 2020
U.N. urges civilian protection after Ethiopia’s 72-hr deadline for Tigrayan forces
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United Nations urged Ethiopia on Monday to ensure the protection of civilians, a day after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gave Tigrayan forces 72 hours to surrender before a militar...
Nov 23, 2020
Yemen’s Houthis say attacked Saudi Aramco facility in Jeddah with rocket: tweet
CAIRO (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi group said on Monday it fired a rocket at a distribution station of the Saudi Aramco oil company in the Red Sea city of Jeddah. There was no immediate Saudi confirmati...
Nov 22, 2020
Exclusive: In latest China jab, U.S. drafts list of 89 firms with military ties
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - The Trump administration is close to declaring that 89 Chinese aerospace and other companies have military ties, restricting them from buying a range of U.S. goods and te...
Nov 22, 2020
