Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Switch off and read, France's Macron tells teenagers
By Michaela Cabrera and Daria Sito-Sucic VILLERS-COTTERETS, France, April 16 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron urged high school pupils on Thursday to switch off their phones and read, push...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2026
Explainer-Iran war exposes weakened state of Britain's armed forces
By Sarah Young and Andrew MacAskill LONDON, April 16 (Reuters) - The Iran war has left Britain's armed forces exposed, heaping pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to act on his promises to invest ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2026
South Africa's Malema faces political crisis after jail sentence in firearm case
By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo JOHANNESBURG, April 16 (Reuters) - Julius Malema, a polarizing figure in South African politics, faces an uncertain political future after being sentenced to five years priso...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2026
US military: 'locked and loaded' to strike Iran's power plants, energy industry if ordered
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. naval blockade of Iran is just an example of "polite" behavior during the ongoing ceasefire and U.S. forces are ready to strike...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2026
Settlers block Palestinian pupils' path to West Bank school with barbed wire
By Nuha Sharaf and Yosri Al-Jamal JERUSALEM, April 16 (Reuters) - Dozens of Palestinian children have been unable to go to school in the Israeli-occupied West Bank this week because of barbed wire ere...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2026
How the US could clear mines from the Strait of Hormuz
By Cassell Bryan-Low April 16 (Reuters) - As the United States embarks on clearing mines from the Strait of Hormuz, it could draw on an arsenal of drones, explosiveladen robots and helicopters to redu...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2026
Pope Leo, in Cameroon, decries world ruled by 'tyrants' after Trump attacks
BAMENDA, Cameroon, April 16 (Reuters) - Pope Leo blasted leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants", in unusually forceful remarks in Cameroon on...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2026
Nigeria warns of widespread floods in 2026, flags risks in 33 states
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, April 16 (Reuters) - Nigeria faces a high risk of widespread flooding in 2026, with more than 14,000 communities exposed across 33 of the country's 36 states as well as the Fed...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2026
Exclusive-Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon’s growing reliance on SpaceX
By David Jeans April 16 (Reuters) - Last August, U.S. Navy officials carrying out a test of unmanned vessels realized they had hit a single point of failure: Starlink. A global outage across Elon Musk...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2026
Peruvian markets stumble as Castillo-backed leftist gains ground
By Lucinda Elliott and Marco Aquino LIMA, April 16 (Reuters) - Peruvian markets have reacted nervously as left-wing congressman Roberto Sanchez gains ground in a tight presidential race, reigniting in...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2026


