Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Kuwait names Sheikh Meshal as new crown prince: KUNA
DUBAI (Reuters) - Kuwait's new ruler Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Wednesday named Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah as crown prince of the U.S.-allied OPEC member state, state news ag...
Oct 07, 2020
Putin says he has noted Joe Biden’s harsh anti-Russian rhetoric
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he had noted what he called harsh anti-Russian rhetoric from U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, but said he had bee...
Oct 07, 2020
Athens comes to standstill for Golden Dawn verdict
ATHENS (Reuters) - Thousands of people converged on Greece's main appeals court on Wednesday ahead of a ruling on whether the country's far-right Golden Dawn party was a criminal group. Holding banner...
Oct 07, 2020
Palestinian village installs cameras, accusing Israeli settlers of attacks
By Rami Ayyub and Mohammad Abu Ganeyeh KISAN, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinians are installing a video surveillance system in a remote village in the occupied West Bank to keep an eye on nearby Israe...
Oct 07, 2020
Lebanon’s president says consultations on new government start next week
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday parliamentary consultations to choose a new prime minister who will form the country's next government will begin on Oct. 15. Leban...
Oct 07, 2020
EU tussle over climate change ambition hots up after Parliament vote
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament has voted in favour of a legally binding target for the European Union to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030, against 1990 leve...
Oct 07, 2020
Russia touts test launch of hypersonic missile on Putin’s birthday
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has test launched its Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile and successfully hit a target in the Barents Sea, a senior commander told Vladimir Putin on the Russian leader's 68th ...
Oct 07, 2020
‘Funeral cards’ helped an old Italian through lockdown, before his own was made
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Each time he went to a funeral, Gino Verani came away with a "santino," the traditional laminated card with a picture of the deceased on the front and a prayer on t...
Oct 07, 2020
News of North Korean diplomat defecting stokes concerns about teen daughter
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean lawmakers and officials raised concerns on Wednesday about the safety of the teenage daughter of a former senior North Korean diplomat in Italy after new...
Oct 07, 2020
Indonesian busts out of South Korean quarantine facility
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - An Indonesian seaman bust out of a South Korean quarantine facility by breaking through a wall a day before he was due to complete a mandatory two weeks in isolation, a...
Oct 07, 2020
