Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Taiwan pledges deeper U.S. ties as Chinese jets harry island
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen pledged deeper ties with the United States at a dinner for a visiting senior State Department official, on the same day China sent 18 fighter jets to h...
Sep 18, 2020
After U.S. claims, France says no evidence of Hezbollah explosives stores
PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign ministry on Friday said there was no evidence to suggest the armed wing of Lebanon's Hezbollah was storing chemicals to make explosives in France after a senior U.S....
Sep 18, 2020
Brazil registers 858 new coronavirus deaths on Friday
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil on Friday registered 858 new coronavirus deaths, bringing the total to 135,793, the health ministry said. Cases rose by 39,797 to 4,495,183. (Reporting by Marcelo Rochabru...
Sep 18, 2020
Volcanic Caribbean island of Dominica shaken by explosion of steam and gas
By Sarah Peter CASTRIES, St Lucia (Reuters) - An explosion of steam and gas in the mountains of the remote, jungle-clad Caribbean island of Dominica has shaken residents, who are fearful it is a harbi...
Sep 18, 2020
Form government without delay, France tells Lebanese politicians
PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign ministry said on Friday that Lebanon's political forces need to assume their responsibilities and immediately form a government under the auspices of Prime Minister ...
Sep 18, 2020
Pompeo visits refugees in Brazil, pressuring Venezuela’s Maduro
BRASILIA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Venezuelan migrants at a refugee reception center in northern Brazil on Friday at the third stop of a regional tour to ramp up pressur...
Sep 18, 2020
Bolivia election race heats up as field tightens
By Daniel Ramos LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia's presidential election race, a re-run of a fraught ballot last year that plunged the Andean country into turmoil, has tightened after interim President Jean...
Sep 18, 2020
Femicides in Mexico rise more than 2%, protests rage
By Lizbeth Diaz Mexico City (Reuters) - Femicides in Mexico are on the rise this year, according to official statistics released on Friday, murders that have intensified protests this month demanding ...
Sep 18, 2020
Britain, France, Germany say U.N. sanctions relief for Iran to continue beyond Sept 20
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Britain, France and Germany told the U.N. Security Council on Friday that U.N. sanctions relief for Iran - agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal - would continue beyond Sept. 20,...
Sep 18, 2020
‘We have to comply,’ Mexican president says as friction grows over U.S. water pact
(Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that Mexico would meet its obligations under a water treaty with the United States as a looming deadline threatens to become a ...
Sep 18, 2020
