Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Fighting continues in Nagorno-Karabakh: Azeri defence ministry
BAKU (Reuters) - Fighting has continued overnight between Azerbaijan and its ethnic Armenian mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azeri defence ministry said on Tuesday, in the fiercest round of ...
Sep 29, 2020
Slain South Korean man tried to defect to North Korea: Coast Guard
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - The missing South Korean fisheries official killed by North Korean soldiers at sea last week had expressed his willingness to defect to the soldiers, South Korea's Co...
Sep 28, 2020
South Korea on alert over holidays despite slight drop in COVID-19 cases
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea appealed on Tuesday for strict social-distancing despite a slight fall in the number of its new coronavirus cases, with millions of people set to travel f...
Sep 28, 2020
Puzzled scientists seek reasons behind Africa’s low fatality rates from pandemic
By Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa's overburdened public health systems, dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID-19 hit the co...
Sep 28, 2020
Global coronavirus deaths surpass one million: Reuters tally
By Shaina Ahluwalia and Seerat Gupta (Reuters) - More than 1 million people have died of COVID-19 around the world as of Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pace of fatalities picking up a...
Sep 28, 2020
Thailand’s ‘rule breaker’ school uniforms challenge tradition
By Juarawee Kittisilpa and Jorge Silva BANGKOK (Reuters) - In Thai classrooms, showing a rebellious or creative streak through what you wear is difficult. School uniform rules are strict, down to how ...
Sep 28, 2020
Colombia extends selective quarantine until end of October
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will extend a so-called selective quarantine for the duration of October, President Ivan Duque said in a nightly address on Monday, and urged citizens to avoid meeting in l...
Sep 28, 2020
U.S. eases travel advisory for Guatemala and Nicaragua
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said in a statement on Monday it was now advising Americans to reconsider travel to Guatemala and Nicaragua as well as Eswatini in southern Africa, aft...
Sep 28, 2020
Human remains found in clandestine graves in central Mexico
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Dozens of fragments of human remains were discovered in clandestine graves in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, Mexican authorities said on Monday, as vi...
Sep 28, 2020
Brazil prosecutors bring graft charges against Bolsonaro’s son: report
RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian state prosecutors in Rio de Janeiro on Monday brought charges against the president's son, Flavio Bolsonaro, for alleged embezzlement, laundering and runn...
Sep 28, 2020
