Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Beirut port blast death toll rises to 190
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The death toll from this month's Beirut port blast has risen to 190 with more than 6,500 injured and three people missing, Lebanon's caretaker government said in a report dated Sund...
Aug 30, 2020
Indonesia drive-in concert delivers live music as coronavirus rages
By Heru Asprihanto and Adi Kurniawan JAKARTA (Reuters) - As night fell in the Indonesian capital, pop ensemble Kahitna took to the stage for a drive-in concert nearly two hours long that attracted eag...
Aug 30, 2020
Restaurant collapse in China’s Shanxi kills 29
BEIJING (Reuters) - Twenty-nine people were killed and seven seriously injured when a restaurant collapsed in northern China's Shanxi province, the country's emergencies ministry media said on Sunday....
Aug 30, 2020
Israel hopes for UAE normalisation ceremony in DC next month, minister says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel hopes to hold a Washington ceremony solemnising its normalisation deal with the United Arab Emirates by mid-September, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabi...
Aug 30, 2020
India sets global record with single-day rise in coronavirus cases
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's single day tally of 78,761 coronavirus infections on Sunday was the highest reported by any nation since the pandemic began. It surpassed a July 16 figure of 77,299 cases...
Aug 30, 2020
Global coronavirus cases surpass 25 million: Reuters tally
(Reuters) - Global coronavirus cases surged past 25 million on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, revealing steady growth in the pandemic as its epicentre shifts again. India's daily new case numbe...
Aug 30, 2020
Japan’s Suga to join race to succeed PM Abe: Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga intends to run in the ruling party leadership race to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, citing a...
Aug 29, 2020
Exclusive: Hong Kong survey shows support grows for pro-democracy goals, 44% back protest movement
(Reuters) - A growing majority of people in Hong Kong support the pro-democracy movement's goals after China introduced a national security law for the city, but backing for the protest movement was a...
Aug 29, 2020
Victoria, Australia sees new COVID-19 cases back in triple digits
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Victoria, Australia posted 114 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday, a day after they fell to 94 which had put them below triple digits for the first time in nearly two months. Vic...
Aug 29, 2020
Divided Montenegro on course for knife-edge election
PODGORICA (Reuters) - Montenegrins go to the polls on Sunday in a parliamentary election that looks too close to call, with neither the long-ruling pro-Western party nor a rival pro-Russian alliance t...
Aug 29, 2020
