Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Resumption of haj pilgrimage brings joy and sorrow for Indonesians
By Willy Kurniawan and Yuddy Cahya Budiman JAKARTA (Reuters) - For Indonesian teachers Sutrisno and Sri Wahyuningsih, embarking on the once in a lifetime haj pilgrimage stirs bittersweet emotions. Aft...
Jul 06, 2022
World hunger rising as U.N. agencies warn of “looming catastrophe”
By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) - World hunger levels rose again last year after soaring in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Ukraine war and climate change threatening starvation and mass...
Jul 06, 2022
UK minister Gove has told PM Boris Johnson to go- Daily Mail reporter
LONDON (Reuters) - Michael Gove, one of the most senior ministers in the British government, has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson he must quit, the deputy political editor of the Daily Mail reported....
Jul 06, 2022
France’s EDF to be fully nationalised – Borne
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is aiming for a full nationalisation of debt-laden utility EDF, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced on Wednesday. "I confirm to you today that the s...
Jul 06, 2022
Russia’s parliament passes sweeping wartime economic controls
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's parliament on Wednesday rushed through two bills imposing strict controls on the economy, requiring businesses to supply goods to the armed forces and obliging employees at...
Jul 06, 2022
Facing labour shortages, Germany sweetens immigration offer
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will allow some 130,000 resident foreigners to regularize their immigration status and create new incentives for skilled workers to come from abroad amid unprecedented labou...
Jul 06, 2022
UK PM Johnson could face confidence vote tonight – Sky journalist
LONDON (Reuters) - A confidence vote in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could be triggered as early as tonight, Sky journalist Tom Larkin said on Twitter citing a member of the 1922 Committee whi...
Jul 06, 2022
Not ‘business as usual’ for G20 foreign ministers meeting in Bali
By Kate Lamb and David Brunnstrom (Reuters) - G20 foreign ministers travel to the resort island of Bali this week for a meeting that will be overshadowed by the war in Ukraine, with Russia's attendanc...
Jul 06, 2022
France’s PM Borne tells lawmakers: finding compromises has been forgotten for too long
PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Wednesday that finding compromises, which had been forgotten for too long in French political life, will be one of her main aims as the ...
Jul 06, 2022
Factbox-UK lawmakers voice opinion on PM Boris Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was clinging to power on Wednesday, gravely wounded by the resignation of senior ministers who said he was not fit to govern and with a growing ...
Jul 06, 2022
