Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
China’s rain-swollen Yangtze river triggers unprecedented flood alert
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's biggest river, the Yangtze, and several of its tributaries have risen to dangerous levels after days of heavy rain, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes an...
Aug 18, 2020
WHO says people in 20s, 30s, 40s increasingly driving pandemic
(Reuters) - The spread of the coronavirus is being increasingly driven by people aged in their 20s, 30s and 40s and many are not aware that they have been infected, the World Health Organisation's reg...
Aug 17, 2020
Hong Kong leader says U.S. sanctions an ‘inconvenience’
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday U.S. sanctions against her will cause "inconvenience" in her personal affairs, but nothing she will take to heart. Lam was speaking a ...
Aug 17, 2020
Piles of cash in viral video stoke bribery scandal in Mexico
By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An unverified video showing piles of cash being handed to Mexican congressional staffers went viral on Monday, fueling a corruption scandal that is alread...
Aug 17, 2020
North Korea to convene key party meeting to discuss economy, military
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea plans to convene a key meeting of the ruling party on Wednesday and discuss economic and military issues amid international sanctions and recent flood damage, state media...
Aug 17, 2020
Venezuela’s COVID-19 infections set to overwhelm testing capacity, says opposition adviser
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's rate of infection of COVID-19 is set to overwhelm its testing capacity, likely leading to an artificial flattening of the contagion curve, a lawmaker and medical advise...
Aug 17, 2020
New Zealand reports 13 new confirmed cases of coronavirus
(Reuters) - New Zealand on Tuesday reported 13 new confirmed cases of coronavirus for the last 24 hours compared with nine a day earlier as the Pacific nation battles to contain an outbreak in the big...
Aug 17, 2020
NHC says 60% chance of cyclone formation near Cape Verde islands
(Reuters) - A broad area of low pressure located about 700 miles (1,126.54 km) west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands has become better organized and has a 60% chance of becoming a cyclone in the ne...
Aug 17, 2020
Earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes Samar, Philippines: EMSC
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck Samar, in the eastern Philippines on Tuesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake had a depth of 30 kilometers, EMS...
Aug 17, 2020
Scarred Lebanon braces for Hariri killing verdict
By Toby Sterling Leidschendam, NETHERLANDS (Reuters) - Judges at the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon are set to rule on Tuesday in the case of four Hezbollah members charged with conspiracy t...
Aug 17, 2020
