Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Pro-government mob sets upon protesters in Havana
HAVANA (Reuters) - More than a hundred pro-government civilians on Sunday mobbed a handful of protesters who showed up at Havana's Central Park to support a group of dissidents on a hunger strike, whi...
Nov 22, 2020
China planning new policies to take on ageing population: state media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is planning to include new measures to encourage more births and address its rapidly ageing population as part of its new 2021-2025 "five-year plan", state media reported on...
Nov 22, 2020
Chile’s President Pinera seeks Constitutional Court help to head off pensions bill
By Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said on Sunday his government would appeal to the country's Constitutional Court to halt an opposition measure aimed at allowin...
Nov 22, 2020
An heiress, a judge and a job: France’s Sarkozy goes on trial for corruption
By Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on Monday accused of trying to bribe a judge and of influence-peddling, one of several criminal investigations ...
Nov 22, 2020
Germany may start COVID-19 vaccine programme in December: health minister
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany could start administering shots of COVID-19 vaccines as soon as next month, Health Minister Jens Spahn was quoted as saying. "There is reason to be optimistic that there ...
Nov 22, 2020
Liberian electoral body says referendum on presidential terms will take place
MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia will hold a referendum next month on constitutional changes to reduce the length of the president's term and allow for dual citizenship, as it has resolved a procedural is...
Nov 22, 2020
Biggest Australian states reopen borders as coronavirus cases ease
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's two most populous states reopened their borders on Monday after more than four months, as Victoria stamped out a second coronavirus wave, raising prospects of a quicker ...
Nov 22, 2020
Brazil signs letter of intent to purchase five COVID vaccines
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's health ministry said on Sunday it will sign non-binding letters of intent to purchase coronavirus vaccines from four companies and Russia's sovereign wealth fund, adding ...
Nov 22, 2020
Mexico president’s rating at one-year high with election in sight: poll
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's approval rating has risen to its highest level in a year with barely six months to go before legislative elections, an opinion p...
Nov 22, 2020
Ice Bucket Challenge co-creator Patrick Quinn dies at age 37
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Patrick Quinn, whose personal battle with ALS helped power the Ice Bucket Challenge fundraising campaign, died on Sunday at age 37, seven years after his diagnosis, supporters ann...
Nov 22, 2020
