Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Baltic states to hit Lukashenko, other Belarus officials with sanctions
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will announce travel sanctions on about 30 Belarus officials, including President Alexander Lukashenko, later on Monday, Lithuanian President Gitanas ...
Aug 31, 2020
Ex-Japan defence chief mum on whether he’ll join PM race
By Antoni Slodkowski and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's former defence minister, Shigeru Ishiba, on Monday declined to say if would run in the ruling party leadership race to succeed Pri...
Aug 31, 2020
U.S. military suspends some training in South Korea after deadly crash
By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military command in South Korea said on Monday it would suspend training at a range after four South Korean civilians were killed in a crash w...
Aug 31, 2020
Hong Kong to resume face-to-face school classes by late September
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will resume face-to-face school classes from Sept. 23 as the Asian financial hub's authorities aim to wind back strict coronavirus restrictions, which kept around 900,0...
Aug 31, 2020
Pro-western leader Zaev returns to power in North Macedonia
SKOPJE (Reuters) - Zoran Zaev, the pro-Western leader who changed the name of North Macedonia last year to secure its membership in NATO and the European Union, returned to power late on Sunday, seven...
Aug 31, 2020
First official Israeli flight to UAE takes off with Trump aides onboard
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - The first official Israeli flight to the United Arab Emirates took off on Monday from Tel Aviv, carrying U.S. and Israeli delegates to talks on cementing an Israel-UAE normalisati...
Aug 31, 2020
Several hurt in Abu Dhabi restaurant blast, police say gas fault likely
DUBAI (Reuters) - Several people were injured on Monday in an explosion that was likely caused by gas lines in a restaurant in the United Arab Emirates' capital Abu Dhabi, the police said in a stateme...
Aug 31, 2020
Landslide, floods from monsoon rains kill at least 41 in India, Nepal
By Gopal Sharma and Sumit Khanna KATHMANDU/AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - A landslide and floods caused by heavy rains have killed at least 41 people in Nepal and India in the past week, officials said ...
Aug 31, 2020
France’s Le Drian blames Britain’s attitude over Brexit talks
PARIS (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday that Brexit talks were not advancing because of what he called Britain's intransigent and unrealistic attitude. Negotiations...
Aug 31, 2020
Facial recognition and bathtime bookings: How China’s universities are reopening
By Cate Cadell and Gabriel Crossley BEIJING (Reuters) - As COVID-19 cases in China sink to new lows, the world's largest population of university students is heading back to campus in a migration defi...
Aug 31, 2020
