Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Chile truckdrivers call for country-wide strike after nine-year old girl shot
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Truckdrivers in Chile late on Sunday called for a countrywide strike to begin Thursday if President Sebastian Pinera and Congress do not act immediately to stem a rising tide of a...
Aug 24, 2020
Canada’s Conservatives pick O’Toole to challenge PM Trudeau
By Steve Scherer and Kelsey Johnson OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's main opposition Conservative Party on Monday elected Erin O'Toole, a former cabinet minister and armed forces veteran, to be its new lea...
Aug 24, 2020
Swedish COVID-19 response chief predicts local outbreaks, no big second wave
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden is likely to see local outbreaks but no big second wave of COVID-19 cases in the autumn, such as inundated hospitals a few months ago, the country's top epidemiologist and...
Aug 24, 2020
Swiss parliament lifts immunity of Attorney General Michael Lauber
ZURICH (Reuters) - A Swiss parliamentary committee on Monday decided to waive Attorney General Michael Lauber's immunity, paving the way for special prosecutor Stefan Keller to open criminal proceedin...
Aug 24, 2020
Finland to tighten restrictions on public gatherings
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland will tighten restrictions on public gatherings from September, limiting them to 50 people unless further measures are in place, due to a recent rise in COVID-19 cases, aut...
Aug 24, 2020
Spain visitor numbers climb but still only a fraction of 2019 levels
MADRID (Reuters) - The number of foreigners staying in Spanish hotels rose in July to over 1.1 million after the country came out of one of Europe's strictest coronavirus lockdowns in late June, but w...
Aug 24, 2020
‘What’s to be ashamed of’: Malaysia’s Najib back on the stump despite guilty verdict
By A. Ananthalakshmi and Rozanna Latiff SLIM, Malaysia (Reuters) - Convicted of corruption less than a month ago and sentenced to 12 years in jail, former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was back...
Aug 24, 2020
Pompeo says U.S. will preserve Israel’s military edge
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States would continue to ensure Israel enjoyed a military edge in the Middle East under any future U.S. arms deals w...
Aug 24, 2020
Digital attacks raise fears over press freedoms in Indonesia
By Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto SYDNEY/JAKARTA (Reuters) - A spate of hacking attacks on Indonesian media that published articles critical of the government's response to the coronavirus has raised ...
Aug 24, 2020
German foreign minister to discuss east Med row Tuesday: ministry
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is planning to discuss the natural gas dispute in the eastern Mediterranean Sea in Athens and Ankara on Tuesday, a ministry spokesman said on Mond...
Aug 24, 2020
