Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Baltic leaders urge Belarus to hold ‘free and fair’ elections
VILNIUS (Reuters) - The prime ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania called on Belarus on Saturday to conduct new "free and fair" elections as protests swelled against President Alexander Lukashen...
Aug 15, 2020
Baltic PMs urge Belarus to hold ‘free and fair’ elections
VILNIUS (Reuters) - The prime ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on Saturday called on Belarus to conduct new "free and fair" elections as protests swelled against President Alexander Lukashen...
Aug 15, 2020
Iran’s president says Emirates made ‘huge mistake’ in Israel deal
(Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has made a "huge mistake" in reaching a deal toward normalizing ties with Israel, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on Saturday. He warned...
Aug 15, 2020
New Zealand’s Ardern seen resisting call to delay September vote as virus flares up
By Colin Packham and Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is set to decide by Monday whether a general election will go ahead on Sept. 19, with most analysts ...
Aug 15, 2020
South Korea capital returns to tougher social distancing rules as virus cases spike
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported 166 new coronavirus cases as of Friday, of which 155 were domestic, prompting the reimposition of tighter social distancing curbs in Seoul area as authorities wo...
Aug 15, 2020
New Zealand COVID-19 outbreak grows, Australia still struggles
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - New Zealand on Saturday reported seven new cases of the coronavirus as a lockdown in the country's biggest city, Auckland, was extended on Friday in response to the country's fir...
Aug 14, 2020
Latin America’s coronavirus cases exceed 6 million
By Javier Lpez de Lrida SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases in Latin America, the region of the world worst-affected by the pandemic, exceeded 6 million on Friday and continued to accelerate, accor...
Aug 14, 2020
India’s Modi says ready to mass produce COVID-19 vaccine
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is ready to mass produce COVID-19 vaccines to distribute across the country when scientists give the go-ahead to do so, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independenc...
Aug 14, 2020
Australia commemorates end of WW2 with message of unity
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - In socially distanced ceremonies across Australia that echoed a message of unity, politicians, veterans and ordinary people commemorated on Saturday the 75th anniversary of the d...
Aug 14, 2020
Japan’s Abe sends offering to war dead shrine as conflict’s legacy lingers in East Asia
By Antoni Slodkowski, Linda Sieg and Sangmi Cha TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Saturday - th...
Aug 14, 2020
