Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
South African smokers empty shops of cigarettes after ban lifted
By Tumelo Modiba and Promit Mukherjee JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - In the latest wave of panic-buying triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, South African smokers on Tuesday snapped up all the cigarettes the...
Aug 18, 2020
Surging fires threaten world’s largest wetland in Brazil
By Jake Spring BRASILIA (Reuters) - Flames are tearing through Brazil's Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, coming close to the region's main highway and threatening endangered species, as the area...
Aug 18, 2020
Mali President Keita arrested by mutinying soldiers, say security sources
LONDON (Reuters) - Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was arrested on Tuesday by mutinying soldiers in the capital Bamako, two security sources told Reuters. The arrest came after soldiers mutinied...
Aug 18, 2020
Ireland significantly tightens nationwide COVID-19 restrictions
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland significantly tightened its nationwide coronavirus restrictions on Tuesday to rein in an increase in cases, urging everyone to restrict visitors to their homes, avoid public...
Aug 18, 2020
Britain to lead training programme for Ukrainian navy
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will lead a multinational programme to help train the Ukrainian navy, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday, seeking to bolster security in the region and improve Ukraine'...
Aug 18, 2020
Coronavirus in ‘sustained decline’ in Mexico, top official says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic is now in "sustained decline" in Mexico after a significant drop in fatalities during the past week, the government's coronavirus czar Hugo Lopez-Gatel...
Aug 18, 2020
Ukraine, Israel urge Hasidic Jews to cancel pilgrimage due to coronavirus
KYIV (Reuters) - The Ukrainian and Israeli governments issued a joint statement on Tuesday asking Israeli Hasidic Jews to cancel their annual pilgrimage to the central Ukrainian town of Uman this year...
Aug 18, 2020
Indians erect banners, pray for Kamala Harris to win U.S. election
PAINGANADU, INDIA (Reuters) - Indians in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, which U.S. vice president hopeful Kamala Harris visited as a kid, erected banners, held special prayers and wished her succes...
Aug 18, 2020
Austria says it will issue travel warning for Spain’s Balearic islands
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria is expanding its travel warning for the Spanish mainland to include the Balearic islands, such as Mallorca and Ibiza, because of an increase in coronavirus infections there,...
Aug 18, 2020
Russian major-general dies, three servicemen injured after blast in Syria: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian major-general died and three other servicemen were injured after a bomb exploded in the path of a Russian military convoy near Deir al Zor in Syria, the RIA news agency ci...
Aug 18, 2020
