Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
UK’s Johnson digs in as ministers desert government
(Refiles to add Boris Johnson's name) By Kate Holton and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was defiantly hanging onto power on Thursday despite the resignation of...
Jul 07, 2022
Britain’s Northern Ireland minister resigns
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's minister for Northern Ireland, Brandon Lewis, quit on Thursday, saying he no longer believed the values of honesty, integrity and mutual respect were being upheld by Prime...
Jul 07, 2022
Heads of MI5, FBI give joint warning of growing threat from China
By Juby Babu (Reuters) - The heads of MI5 and FBI warned of the growing long-term threat posed by China to UK and U.S. interests, in their first joint appearance on Wednesday. MI5 Director General Ken...
Jul 07, 2022
Meteor flashes across sky over Wellington, New Zealand
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A burning meteor flashed across the sky over the New Zealand capital of Wellington on Thursday, with dozens of witnesses saying they saw a bright light and heard...
Jul 07, 2022
Isolating the Taliban: How young landmine victims may be collateral damage
By Charlotte Greenfield QAFAS KALAY, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A group of Afghan children were grazing sheep in fields near the village of Bolak Wandi in eastern Helmand when they spotted a metallic obj...
Jul 07, 2022
Shanghai chases karaoke COVID cluster as China looks to curb outbreaks
By Brenda Goh and Roxanne Liu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Millions in Shanghai queued up for a third day of mass COVID-19 testing on Thursday as authorities in several Chinese cities scrambled to sta...
Jul 06, 2022
Hong Kong suspends flight bans as it eases COVID rules
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong is suspending a rule that banned individual flights for bringing in COVID-19 patients, as it caused "unnecessary trouble" and inconvenience to residents of the global f...
Jul 06, 2022
Factbox: Main parties contesting Japan’s upper house election
(Corrects year of establishment of DPFP to 2020 from 2000 in July 6 story) By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan holds an upper house election on Sunday that is key to Prime Minister Fumio Kishi...
Jul 06, 2022
Cost-of-living crisis driving ‘breathtaking’ surge in extreme poverty – UNDP
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The global cost-of-living crisis is pushing an additional 71 million people in the world's poorest countries into extreme poverty, a new report published by the U.N. D...
Jul 06, 2022
Rain storms lash China’s northeastern rust-belt
BEIJING (Reuters) - Heavy rain battered China's northeastern rust-belt on Thursday, triggering floods that trapped buses, swamped roads and disrupted commuters in cities, with more storms forecast for...
Jul 06, 2022
