Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Judge under fire from Swiss right-wing party wins re-election
By Silke Koltrowitz ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss parliament re-elected supreme court judge Yves Donzallaz on Wednesday after attempts by his right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) to oust him triggered...
Sep 23, 2020
Divided Europe seeks to overhaul defunct migration policies
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive proposed on Wednesday overhauling the bloc's broken migration and asylum rules, seeking to end years of feuds and bitterness o...
Sep 23, 2020
Explainer: Malaysia’s political maneuvering, next episode
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A year of Malaysian political maneuvering has taken another turn with opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim saying he now has enough support in parliament to be able to form a gover...
Sep 23, 2020
EU-bound trucks from UK could face two-day delays after Brexit, Britain says
LONDON (Reuters) - British trucks could face delays of up to two days to enter Europe and queues of around 7,000 lorries after Britain leaves the bloc at the end of this year, disrupting imports and e...
Sep 23, 2020
Australia asks Google to block users ‘walking’ sacred site
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia has asked Google to remove photographs of the top of the sacred Indigenous site, Uluru, a tool that allowed users to appear to walk on its summit. Austral...
Sep 23, 2020
Thai royalists march against calls for amending constitution
By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds of Thai royalists marched to parliament on Wednesday to oppose calls from anti-government protesters for changes to the constitution as the assembl...
Sep 23, 2020
Malaysia reports 147 new coronavirus cases, three new deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 147 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, taking the total to 10,505 infections. The health ministry also reported three new deaths, raising the total number o...
Sep 23, 2020
Philippine police, military disown fake Facebook accounts
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine police and military on Wednesday denied any links to Facebook accounts that were taken down by the social media giant after it said they had engaged in "coordinated i...
Sep 23, 2020
China to allow foreigners with valid residence permits to enter from Sept 28
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday foreigners with valid residence permits can enter the country without needing to re-apply for visas from Sept. 28. Foreigners whose resid...
Sep 23, 2020
With echoes of Brexit, Swiss set to vote on immigration
By Michael Shields ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss voters will decide on Sunday whether to tear up a pact with the European Union on the free movement of people, after a referendum campaign that exposed rift...
Sep 23, 2020
