Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Brazil’s Senate approves aid package, lower house yet to vote
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Senate on Thursday approved a major pre-election aid package, sending the government-backed measure to the lower house. The measures are seen as a crucial pillar of Presi...
Jun 30, 2022
China says New Zealand PM’s comments on assertiveness “wrong”
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - China's embassy in New Zealand rebuked New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for comments she made at the NATO summit about Chinese assertiveness, calling th...
Jun 30, 2022
Hong Kong deploys massive security as Xi set to swear in new leader
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Authorities deployed a massive security force around Hong Kong on Friday as Chinese President Xi Jinping prepared to swear in the city's new leader and attend celebrations to mar...
Jun 30, 2022
Ukraine’s Lviv symbolically votes to ban formerly Moscow-affiliated church
By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) - The local council in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Thursday became the first to ban a branch of the Orthodox church that was until last month directly affiliated...
Jun 30, 2022
Peru’s Machu Picchu threatened by wildfire
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian firefighters were fighting to contain a forest fire near the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu on Thursday, as the blaze threatened to close in on the ancient city high in the Ande...
Jun 30, 2022
U.S. delegation fails to secure release of Americans in Venezuela visit
By Matt Spetalnick and Vivian Sequera WASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) - A U.S. delegation led by President Joe Biden's chief hostage negotiator ended a visit to Venezuela on Thursday after failing to sec...
Jun 30, 2022
N.Korea says COVID outbreak began with patients touching ‘alien things’ near border with S.Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea concluded that its first COVID outbreak began with patients touching "alien things" near the border with South Korea, its state media reported on Friday. "It was known th...
Jun 30, 2022
Baby giraffe born in Santiago Zoo in Chile
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The Santiago Zoo in Chile has a new resident: a male giraffe calf weighing almost 100 kilograms (220 pounds) and measuring 2 meters (6.5 feet). The baby giraffe was presented to t...
Jun 30, 2022
Ecuador’s government, indigenous leaders reach agreement ending protests
By Alexandra Valencia (Reuters) -Ecuador's government and indigenous groups' leaders on Thursday reached an agreement to end more than two weeks of protests against the social and economic policies of...
Jun 30, 2022
Tunisian president seeks expanded powers in new constitution
By Tarek Amara and Angus McDowall TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisian President Kais Saied published a planned new constitution on Thursday that he will put to a referendum next month, expanding his own powers ...
Jun 30, 2022
