Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Top medical expert says Ontario needs smaller classes as COVID-19 cases accelerate
By Moira Warburton and Allison Martell TORONTO (Reuters) - Classes in Canada's high risk schools should ideally have 20 or fewer students so children can maintain safe distance from each other, a top ...
Sep 16, 2020
Pakistan opens criminal probes into 50 pilots, 5 civil aviation officials -sources
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has opened criminal investigations into 50 pilots and at least five civil aviation officials who allegedly helped them falsify credentials to secure lice...
Sep 16, 2020
Erdogan told Germany’s Merkel: Turkish drill ship did not end operations in east Med
ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan told German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a video call on Wednesday that the docking of Turkey's Oruc Reis seismic survey vessel for maintenance does not ...
Sep 16, 2020
WHO director warns Latin America is opening too early, COVID-19 still a risk
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Latin America has started to resume normal social and public life at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic still requires major control interventions, the World Health Organization re...
Sep 16, 2020
U.S. threatens to sanction arms makers that sell to Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration vowed on Wednesday to impose the "full force" of U.S. sanctions on any international arms manufacturers who deal with Iran once Washington sees a United...
Sep 16, 2020
South Sudan president replaces finance minister, state TV reports
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir has removed the country's finance minister Salvatore Garang from office, replacing him with Athian Ding Athian, state television reported on Wednesday...
Sep 16, 2020
Eight European countries urge Brazil to take action on Amazon deforestation
By Jake Spring and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - A group of eight European countries urged Brazil to take "real action" to combat rising deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, which is thr...
Sep 16, 2020
Irish COVID-19 modeling group warns of exponential increase in cases
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The head of Ireland's COVID-19 modeling group on Wednesday said he was more concerned about the rise in cases of the disease in the country than at any time since its first peak in ...
Sep 16, 2020
South Africa to open up for international travel from Oct. 1: president
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday the country would open its international borders selectively for travel and tourism from Oct. 1, as part of a further...
Sep 16, 2020
Greek PM says concerned by extension of Turkish drill ship operations off Cyprus
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday he was concerned by Turkey's move to extend the operation of its Yavuz energy drill ship in disputed Mediterranean wate...
Sep 16, 2020
