Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Bolivian miners clash with police in La Paz, demand president’s resignation
LA PAZ, May 14 (Reuters) - Explosions were heard during violent clashes in La Paz on Thursday, as mining groups took to the streets, calling for the resignation of centrist President Rodrigo Paz. Demo...
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Egypt exhibits Tutankhamun tomb artifact and two restored New Kingdom tombs in Luxor
By Sayed Sheasha LUXOR, Egypt, May 14 (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities on Thursday exhibited a plaster blocking wall of King Tutankhamun's tomb in Luxor and unveiled two restored ancient tombs on the ...
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US pledges new humanitarian aid to UN, says it must align with Trump's interests
By Simon Lewis and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - The State Department's top aid official said on Thursday that $1.8 billion in new humanitarian aid to be provided by the U.S. through...
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UN human-rights experts urge Starbucks and US to address union-busting claims
By Waylon Cunningham May 14 (Reuters) - A group of United Nations human-rights experts has asked Starbucks and the U.S. government to respond to allegations that Starbucks has carried out a years-long...
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Bolsonaro reversal on ties to jailed banker leaves allies reeling
By Ricardo Brito and Luciana Magalhaes BRASILIA, May 14 (Reuters) - Allies of Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro scrambled on Thursday to play down ties to a jailed banker that threatened his odds in ...
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Black cemetery in Florida vandalized, 'Trump' spray-painted on graves
By Octavio Jones PALMETTO, Florida, May 14 (Reuters) - Police in Florida are investigating vandalism at a historic, predominantly African American cemetery where 17 gravesites were damaged, with heads...
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Nigeria rights body demands probe into civilian deaths in airstrikes
LAGOS, May 14 (Reuters) - Nigeria's human rights body on Thursday called on the military to launch a "thorough and prompt" investigation into what it called recurrent civilian casualties from military...
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IMF says constructive US-China dialogue, reduced tensions good for world economy
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that it welcomes the initial positive dialogue between U.S. President Donald Trump and...
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Bosnian Serb general Mladic's early release denied by UN court
AMSTERDAM, May 14 (Reuters) - A U.N. war crimes court said on Thursday it had denied a bid for early release by Ratko Mladic, the 84-year-old Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide and crimes agai...
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Cuba's electrical grid suffers partial collapse as protests flare
By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, May 14 (Reuters) - Cuba's electrical grid suffered a partial collapse early on Thursday morning, the country's grid operator UNE said, snuffing out power across eastern Cuba a...
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