Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Party city Berlin slaps corona curfew on bars, restaurants
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's capital decided on Tuesday to impose a late-night curfew on restaurants and bars to contain surging numbers of new coronavirus cases in Berlin. City mayor Michael Mueller,...
Oct 06, 2020
U.N. extends probe into possible crimes against humanity in Venezuela
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday extended by two years the mandate of investigators who have documented executions, disappearances and torture...
Oct 06, 2020
Resurgent coronavirus hobbles Madrid’s hospitality sector
By Raul Cadenas and Silvio Castellanos MADRID (Reuters) - Madrid's hospitality sector says it is struggling due to restrictions on opening hours and capacity aimed at reining in a sharp resurgence in ...
Oct 06, 2020
‘There’s no one left’: Violent floods sweep bodies from cemetery in France
By Michel Bernouin SAINT-DALMAS-DE-TENDE, France (Reuters) - Corpses from a cemetery in southern France were swept down a mountainous valley by a violent storm, with some believed to have washed up on...
Oct 06, 2020
Russian rights groups call for home raids to stop after journalist self-immolates
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian rights groups on Tuesday called on the authorities to stop using home searches as a tactic to intimidate opponents after a journalist set herself on fire following a police ...
Oct 06, 2020
Belgium tightens social contact rules as coronavirus cases surge
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium will tighten coronavirus restrictions at the end of the week, limiting groups to a maximum of four people in a bid to stem a sharp rise of COVID-19 infections. New prime m...
Oct 06, 2020
State funeral held for former Canadian Prime Minister John Turner
By Mahad Arale TORONTO (Reuters) - A state funeral was held on Tuesday for former Canadian Prime Minister John Turner who passed away last month at the age of 91. Turner, who served the Canadian Prime...
Oct 06, 2020
Turkey’s Erdogan slams France’s Macron for comments on ‘Islamist separatism’
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan upbraided French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday over his comments last week pledging to fight "Islamist separatism", saying the remarks were...
Oct 06, 2020
Northern Ireland can slow COVID-19 even without lockdown in Ireland: health chief
By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland can slow a rapidly increasing spread of COVID-19 even if it takes a different approach from that across the border in Ireland, the region's chie...
Oct 06, 2020
Belgium arrests three Rwandans in connection with 1994 genocide
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's federal prosecutor's office said on Tuesday it had arrested three people of Rwandan origin who were charged with serious violations of international la...
Oct 06, 2020
