Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Lone revellers brighten Notting Hill’s empty streets on carnival day
LONDON (Reuters) - Notting Hill Carnival, a highlight of the British summer, may have been cancelled this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but a couple of colourful individuals on Monday were de...
Aug 31, 2020
Opening up without control of COVID-19 is recipe for disaster, says WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization called on countries to persevere with restrictions to tackle COVID-19, director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, saying opening up wi...
Aug 31, 2020
Spain reports more than 23,000 new virus cases since Friday
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain has registered more than 23,000 new coronavirus cases since Friday, health emergency chief Fernando Simon told a news conference on Monday, suggesting the infection rate had d...
Aug 31, 2020
Snowden to testify in defence of creator of Football Leaks
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Fugitive U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden will be one of 45 witnesses testifying in Portugal in defence of Rui Pinto, whose trove of 70 million documents e...
Aug 31, 2020
South Africa’s ANC decides officials charged with graft must step aside
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's governing party executive decided at a weekend meeting that party officials formally charged with corruption and other serious crimes must step aside from their...
Aug 31, 2020
Heads of Hungary’s top arts university quit amid fears of state control
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The management of Hungary's prestigious University of Theatre and Film Arts resigned on Monday in protest over the imposition of a government-appointed board which they say will u...
Aug 31, 2020
UAE tells World Court Qatar cannot invoke anti-bias treaty in blockade row
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates argued on Monday that the World Court lacks jurisdiction to hear a case filed against it by neighboring Qatar accusing Abu Dhabi of violating a U.N. anti...
Aug 31, 2020
UK records 1,406 daily confirmed cases of COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 1,406 daily confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to government data published on Monday, down from 1,715 a day earlier. Two people died within 28 days ...
Aug 31, 2020
Flights between Turkey, Iraq suspended until Oct. 1: Iraq aviation
CAIRO (Reuters) - Flights between Turkey and Iraq have been suspended until Oct. 1, Iraq's civil aviation ministry said on Monday, without giving a reason for the suspension. Iraq reopened Baghdad and...
Aug 31, 2020
Face mask sales soar as Swedes eye potential guideline change
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden is seeing a spike in demand for face masks, several drug stores said, ahead of a possible U-turn by the authorities, who have so far doubted their effectiveness in fightin...
Aug 31, 2020
