Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Myanmar opposition party says it will not recognise election
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military-backed opposition party said on Wednesday it would not recognise an election held earlier this week and urged authorities to hold another vote. The Union Solidari...
Nov 11, 2020
Bahrain prime minister has died, royal palace says
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain's Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa has died, the royal palace announced on Wednesday on Twitter. (Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by Alex Richardson...
Nov 11, 2020
Hungary government proposes gay adoption ban as COVID-19 worsens
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's right-wing government has drafted legislation that would practically ban adoption by same-sex couples in what rights groups said was an attack on the L...
Nov 11, 2020
China urges U.S. to stop elevating relations with Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday urged the United States to stop elevating ties with Taiwan, after Washington and Taipei announced they would hold economic talks this month. M...
Nov 11, 2020
Philippines extends termination proceedings of U.S. troop deal
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has suspended for the second time its decision to scrap a two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States, its foreign ministry said on Wednesd...
Nov 11, 2020
Japan’s ‘Jo Baiden’ feels affinity to U.S. president-elect
TOKYO (Reuters) - Meet Japan's Joe Biden - the mayor of a remote town who's become an internet sensation for having a name that can be pronounced the same as that of the U.S. president-elect. Yutaka U...
Nov 11, 2020
Ethiopian journalists arrested as Tigray conflict worsens, refugees flee to Sudan
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopia's human rights commission condemned the arrest of journalists as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pressed ahead with a military offensive in a northern region against local leade...
Nov 11, 2020
PLO’s Saeb Erekat to be buried amid military ceremony, wreath-laying
By Ali Sawafta and Rami Ayyub RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - On the 16th anniversary of the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, preparations were underway on Wednesday for the funeral of his f...
Nov 11, 2020
Sydney Opera House lit with poppies for Remembrance Day
By Jill Gralow SYDNEY (Reuters) - Poppies illuminated the sails of the Sydney Opera House at dawn on Wednesday as Australia marked the 102nd anniversary of Remembrance Day. As the sun rose, a lone bug...
Nov 11, 2020
Five workers trapped in coal mine in China’s Shanxi province
BEIJING (Reuters) - Five people are trapped in a flooded coal mine in Shanxi province, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. Rescue efforts are under way at the scene in Shuozhou city...
Nov 11, 2020
