Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
France number of new COVID-19 cases down, casualties up
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities on Monday reported 4,070 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, sharply down from Saturday's third-highest ever tally of 14,412 and Sunday's 11,123...
Sep 28, 2020
Macron defends French dialogue with Russia
VILNIUS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron insisted on Monday that Europe should cooperate with Russia to build peace in Europe, despite calls among European Union peers to review his stance...
Sep 28, 2020
France and Lithuania agreed on Belarus sanctions: Lithuanian president
VILNIUS (Reuters) - The presidents of France and Lithuania agreed that the European Union should decide on sanctions against Belarus at the summit of the bloc's leaders later this week, the Baltic cou...
Sep 28, 2020
Dutch PM Rutte: no more audiences at sport gatherings for three weeks
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government on Monday announced a raft of new measures intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus including limiting travel, closing bars and restaurants early and d...
Sep 28, 2020
Zimbabwe accuses opposition of gun-smuggling plot
By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's state security minister on Monday alleged a plot by "rogue elements" in the opposition working with Western governments to smuggle in guns and fomen...
Sep 28, 2020
Canada’s Quebec expected to announce new restrictions as coronavirus cases rise
MONTREAL (Reuters) - Quebec, the Canadian province hardest hit by the novel coronavirus, reported another sharp increase in daily infections on Monday, amid media reports that Premier Francois Legault...
Sep 28, 2020
Panama to pay $1.9 million for WHO COVID-19 vaccine program
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama's health ministry has agreed to spend $1.9 million next month in an initial payment for COVID-19 vaccines through the World Health Organization's COVAX vaccine program, ...
Sep 28, 2020
Several hundred arrests amid protest calls in Egypt: rights group
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities have detained at least 382 people since Sept. 20 amid reports of small, scattered demonstrations against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a rights group said on M...
Sep 28, 2020
Philippines extends partial coronavirus curbs in Manila until Oct 31
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday partial coronavirus restrictions in and around the capital region will be extended for another month until Oct. 31 to keep the sp...
Sep 28, 2020
Slovakia bans most public cultural, sports events over COVID-19, says PM
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia's government has banned most public cultural and sports events due to the accelerating spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Igor Matovic said on Monday. Matovic told a...
Sep 28, 2020
