Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Coronavirus crisis threatens to unravel Japanese artist’s kimono ambitions
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese artist Hiroko Takahashi fought through sexism and suspicion from traditional kimono artisans to establish a globally known brand that sold hundreds of her ori...
Aug 20, 2020
Timeline: Three years on, a look at the Rohingya crisis
(Reuters) - This month marks the third anniversary of the fleeing of more than 730,000 Rohingya from Myanmar's Rakhine State to Bangladesh after a military-led crackdown in response to an attack by Mu...
Aug 20, 2020
Amid heightened tensions, Taiwan tells China not to underestimate its resolve
TAIPEI (Reuters) - China should not underestimate Taiwan's resolve to defend itself, and China's military threats will only cause Taiwan's people to be even more resolute, the island's defence ministr...
Aug 20, 2020
Mexico tops 59,100 coronavirus deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Thursday reported 6,775 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 625 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 543,806 cas...
Aug 20, 2020
Saudi sacks officials at tourism projects on corruption charges
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia sacked a number of officials at tourism projects including the historical northwestern site al-Ula and the Red Sea mega projects on charges of corruption, state news age...
Aug 20, 2020
Chinese students in Australia head home as coronavirus upends study
By Swati Pandey and Loren Elliott SYDNEY (Reuters) - Just a few months after arriving in Sydney for a planned two-year stay, university students Maggie Zhang and boyfriend Sunny Gu sat down to make a ...
Aug 20, 2020
Japan to ease COVID-19 entry curbs on foreigners with resident visas: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to ease its COVID-19 entry restrictions on foreign nationals with resident visas from next month, public broadcaster NHK reported, after an outcry over the emotional and ...
Aug 20, 2020
Ireland’s EU commissioner, minister under fire for attending golf event amid COVID restrictions
DUBLIN (Reuters) - An Irish Cabinet minister "apologised unreservedly" on Thursday for attending a social event with more than 80 people - reported to have included European Trade Commissioner Phil Ho...
Aug 20, 2020
Australia’s Victoria reports lowest rise in COVID-19 cases in five weeks
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second-most populous state of Victoria on Friday reported its lowest daily rise in new coronavirus cases in more than five weeks, fuelling optimism that the spread of th...
Aug 20, 2020
Fourteen hospitalized after ammonia gas leak in southern India: report
(Reuters) - Fourteen people were hospitalized in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh following an ammonia gas leak from a dairy unit, Reuters partner ANI reported early on Friday. The gas leak...
Aug 20, 2020
