Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Facebook shuts dozens of Myanmar pages over ‘inauthentic behaviour’
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Facebook said on Friday it dismantled dozens of accounts and pages run in Myanmar by commercial operators because of what it described as inauthentic behaviour, including some it...
Nov 06, 2020
Tusk says Trump, Kaczynski behave like ‘bad-tempered brats’
WARSAW (Reuters) - Former European Council President Donald Tusk has compared both Donald Trump and the leader of Poland's ruling party to "bad-tempered brats" who use lies and conflict to stay in pow...
Nov 06, 2020
U.S. urges WHO chief to invite Taiwan to assembly
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.S. mission in Geneva on Friday issued a statement urging World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to invite Taiwan to take part in a major meeting the body i...
Nov 06, 2020
Denmark has found 214 people infected with mink-related coronavirus: State Serum Institute
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's State Serum Institute, which deals with infectious diseases, has found mink-related versions of coronavirus in 214 people since June, according to a report on its webs...
Nov 06, 2020
Three more people brought before judge over murder of French teacher: BFM TV
PARIS (Reuters) - Three more people were brought before a judge as part of an ongoing investigation into last month's murder of French teacher Samuel Paty, BFM TV reported on Friday, quoting judicial ...
Nov 06, 2020
Facebook removes ‘inauthentic’ networks spanning eight nations
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Facebook on Friday said it has dismantled seven separate networks of fake accounts and pages on its platform that were active in Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt, Turkey, Morocco, Myanma...
Nov 06, 2020
Malaysia’s 1MDB state fund still $7.8 billion in debt: government report
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), the state fund at the centre of a massive corruption scandal, still had an estimated 32.3 billion ringgit ($7.80 billion) in outstanding d...
Nov 06, 2020
China says has never interfered in other countries’ affairs
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has never interfered in other countries' affairs nor does it have any interest in doing so, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday, in response to Australia charging the...
Nov 06, 2020
Climate activist Thunberg hits back at Trump over anger management taunt
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg hit back at Donald Trump on Twitter late on Thursday saying the U.S. president should "chill" about the election, a repost to his tweet la...
Nov 06, 2020
Russian weapons maker Kalashnikov acquired by former government official
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A former Russian deputy transport minister has acquired a controlling stake in weapons maker Kalashnikov, the company said on Friday. Alan Lushnikov, who served as deputy transport ...
Nov 06, 2020
