Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
How a rising star of France’s far right weaponised a routine inquiry against public broadcasters
By Michel Rose PARIS, April 28 (Reuters) - A French factfinding inquiry - normally a dull parliamentary ritual - has turned into a polarising political spectacle, giving France's far right an unexpect...
Apr 28, 2026
Five wounded in two shootings in Athens, 89-year-old gunman at large
ATHENS, April 28 (Reuters) - Five people were wounded in two separate shooting attacks in Athens carried out by an elderly gunman who remained at large, police and local media reported on Tuesday. The...
Apr 28, 2026
Brazil's Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro are neck and neck in presidential runoff, poll finds
SAO PAULO, April 28 (Reuters) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro were tied in a simulated run-off, an AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll showed on Tuesday, ahead of thi...
Apr 28, 2026
Effort begins to rescue Timmy, the humpback whale, stranded off Germany's Baltic coast
By Friederike Heine BERLIN, April 28 (Reuters) - An attempt to remove a stranded humpback whale from shallow waters off Germany's Baltic coast began on Tuesday, after four weeks of intense public deba...
Apr 28, 2026
Gulf leaders meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss response to Iranian strikes
April 28 (Reuters) - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chaired a consultative meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Jeddah on Tuesday, state media said, the first in-person meeting of Gulf l...
Apr 28, 2026
Ex-aide backs UK's Starmer over Mandelson appointment
By Elizabeth Piper, Andrew MacAskill and Alistair Smout LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's one-time closest aide, Morgan McSweeney, backed his former boss on Tuesday by...
Apr 28, 2026
Swiss court discontinues Karimova trial
ZURICH, April 28 (Reuters) - Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court has discontinued a money laundering trial against Gulnara Karimova, a daughter of Uzbekistan's former president, on the grounds that s...
Apr 28, 2026
Northern Irish militant group says it will target police in their homes, newspaper reports
BELFAST, April 28 (Reuters) - The New IRA said it would target the homes of police officers with bombs after confirming it planted a car bomb that exploded outside a police station in Belfast on Satur...
Apr 28, 2026
Iran eases internet curbs for businesses as blackout enters third month
DUBAI, April 28 (Reuters) - Iran's top security body has approved a temporary scheme for businesses to access the global internet with fewer restrictions, a government spokesperson told Iranian media ...
Apr 28, 2026
Finland and Estonia say US defence deliveries delayed over Middle East war
HELSINKI, April 28 (Reuters) - Some U.S. defence equipment deliveries to Europe are being delayed because of the war in the Middle East, the presidents of Finland and Estonia said on Tuesday. Finnish ...
Apr 28, 2026
