Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
South Korean ‘sparrows’ try to cap surge of throwaway plastic
By Minwoo Park SEOUL (Reuters) - At a workshop in the South Korean capital, two environmental activists melt down old plastic bottle caps that thousands of volunteers known as "sparrows" have collecte...
Nov 05, 2020
Northern Ireland will not be ready for Jan.1 post-Brexit trade checks: watchdog
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Northern Ireland will not be ready to conduct checks on certain goods moving between Britain and the province from January as required by the Brexit divorce deal and ...
Nov 05, 2020
‘America is more than a one-man show,’ says German foreign minister on U.S. vote
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Friday urged both sides in the U.S. election to show restraint until the results were available, adding it was irresponsible to aggravate tensi...
Nov 05, 2020
Experts spar over ethical question: Should we be paid to get COVID-19 shots?
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A suggestion by an ethics professor at a leading UK university that governments should pay citizens to get vaccinated against COVID-19 has sparked debate over whethe...
Nov 05, 2020
British police arrest 104 Londoners for breach of lockdown restrictions
(Reuters) - British police said they had arrested 104 Londoners on Thursday for breach of coronavirus regulations. "More than 100 of these people have now been arrested and will have to face the conse...
Nov 05, 2020
Thai ‘Drag Race’ star marches for democracy and equality
By Chalinee Thirasupa BANGKOK (Reuters) - With flawless makeup and costume that blends cabaret with catwalk and rainbow pride with royal court pageantry, Aunchalee Pokinwuttipob symbolises how Thailan...
Nov 05, 2020
‘Spreading like wildfire’: Facebook fights hate speech before Myanmar poll
By Fanny Potkin and Poppy McPherson SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) - One of two Muslims allowed to run for the ruling party in Buddhist-majority Myanmar's general election on Sunday, Sithu Maung, worries ...
Nov 05, 2020
Colombian lawmakers told to quarantine after confirmed COVID infection
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's lower house abruptly ended its session on Thursday and asked lawmakers to quarantine after a member tested positive for coronavirus. Lawmakers in Colombia, which has regi...
Nov 05, 2020
Eta’s rains and flooding wreak ‘shocking’ devastation in Central America, 18 dead
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Storm Eta unleashed torrential rains and catastrophic flooding in Central America, killing at least 18 people and turning streets into waist-high water chan...
Nov 05, 2020
Eleven kidnapped teachers freed in Cameroon
DOUALA (Reuters) - Eleven kidnapped teachers have been freed in western Cameroon, where separatist insurgents are battling government forces, the church that runs the schools said on Thursday Unidenti...
Nov 05, 2020
