Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
‘Endangered species’: Barcelona bar staff protest coronavirus shutdown
By Luis Felipe Castilleja and Jordi Rubio BARCELONA (Reuters) - Banging pots and pans, some 1,000 hospitality workers rallied in Barcelona's Old City on Friday to protest against a 15-day shutdown of ...
Oct 16, 2020
Factbox: Why are Nigerians protesting against police brutality?
By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerians protesting police brutality have hit the streets across Africa's most populous nation for more than a week, and the hashtag #EndSARS trended on Twitter even...
Oct 16, 2020
Guinea military base attacked two days before presidential election
By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) - Armed men attacked a military base in western Guinea overnight, killing the camp's commander, the defence minister said on Friday, two days before the West African c...
Oct 16, 2020
A year on, Lebanon’s protests have faded and life has got worse
By Samia Nakhoul and Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - One year after Lebanese erupted in rage against politicians they blamed for economic collapse, squares once packed with angry demonstrators are em...
Oct 16, 2020
Moscow’s pre-trial detention facilities stop taking in new suspects due to COVID-19: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Nearly all of Moscow's pre-trial detention facilities have stopped taking in new suspects as a precaution against the pandemic, the TASS news agency cited a prison monitor as saying...
Oct 16, 2020
Warring sides fight new clashes in ‘powder keg’ Nagorno-Karabakh
By Nvard Hovhannisyan and Nailia Bagirova YEREVAN/BAKU (Reuters) - Armenian and Azeri forces fought new clashes on Friday, defying hopes of ending nearly three weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh ...
Oct 16, 2020
A millennials love affair: China’s second-hand luxury goods market booms
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's love for luxury is spilling over into the once shunned second-hand goods sector, with online stores surfing a wave of pent-up demand from shoppers, led by millennials, who ...
Oct 16, 2020
UAE visit to Israel may be held at airport due to coronavirus
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The first official delegation to Israel from the United Arab Emirates may remain at the airport and fly home the same day, rather than conduct a wider visit, due ...
Oct 16, 2020
Belarus put Tsikhanouskaya on wanted list for making ‘calls to overthrow constitutional order’: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus has put opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on its wanted list for allegedly making calls to overthrow the constitutional order, the interior ministry of close ally R...
Oct 16, 2020
Greece, Cyprus seek more EU pressure to stop ‘provocative’ Turkey
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Greece and Cyprus pushed for a tougher European Union response to Turkey's natural gas exploration in contested Mediterranean waters at an EU summit on Friday, aft...
Oct 16, 2020
