Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Burkina Faso votes under looming threat of violence
By Edward McAllister OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso heads to the polls on Sunday in an election dominated by jihadist violence, which has cost over 2,000 lives this year and will prevent voting ...
Nov 21, 2020
Al Qaeda in North Africa names new leader to succeed Droukdel
DAKAR (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North Africa branch (AQIM) has appointed a new leader and confirmed the death of its former leader Abdelmalek Droukdel who was killed by the French army in June, SITE Inte...
Nov 21, 2020
Rights groups denounce Cuba harassment of activist group
HAVANA (Reuters) - A number of international human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, have denounced Cuban state harassment of a group of activists in Havana who say they have gone...
Nov 21, 2020
England will end COVID lockdown with stricter tiered system
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - England will end a national COVID-19 lockdown on Dec. 2 and move into tougher tiered regional restrictions than before, with more areas facing severe constraints to p...
Nov 21, 2020
Nigerian general dismisses bloody Lagos protest videos as fake
By Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS (Reuters) - A judicial panel investigating claims that Nigerian soldiers shot dead peaceful protesters in Lagos viewed videos on Saturday appearing to show people hurt or sa...
Nov 21, 2020
G20 leaders pledge to fund fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines: draft statement
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies on Sunday will pledge to pay for a fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, drugs and tests around the world so that ...
Nov 21, 2020
Three Swiss team members test positive for COVID-19
ZURICH (Reuters) - Three Swiss national team skiers have tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Friday's Alpine Ski World Cup parallel giant slalom competition in Lech, Austria, the team said in a...
Nov 21, 2020
France reports 17,881 new confirmed Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of new coronavirus infections in France rose by 17,881 on Saturday, lower than the 22,882 reported on Friday. The health ministry also reported 276 new deaths from the vir...
Nov 21, 2020
Mexican president urges G20 to avoid debt, bailouts in pandemic
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Saturday urged fellow leaders from the 20 biggest world economies (G20) to steer clear of debt and bailouts in the efforts to h...
Nov 21, 2020
Portugal to ban domestic travel, close schools around national holidays
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal is to ban domestic travel and close schools around two upcoming holidays in a bid to reduce the spread of coronavirus ahead of Christmas, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said ...
Nov 21, 2020
