Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
IMF says Sri Lanka is on track for an agreement with it
COLOMBO (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund had constructive and productive discussions with the Sri Lankan authorities on economic policies and reforms to be supported by an IMF extended fund...
Jun 30, 2022
Australia part of Asia, minister says on visit to Malaysian birthplace
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Visiting the Malaysian city where she was born, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said her story showed that Australia was part of Asia, as new data showed more than half of Au...
Jun 30, 2022
Business leaders say new Hong Kong chief must open up city, rebuild its image
By Farah Master and Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Business executives in Hong Kong have a wish list for its new leader: scrap COVID-19 quarantine rules, and promote the rule of law and transpare...
Jun 30, 2022
Colombia’s Petro picks Jose Antonio Ocampo as finance minister
BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's leftist President-elect Gustavo Petro said on Thursday he had picked Jose Antonio Ocampo to be finance minister in his government when he begins his term in August. Ocampo...
Jun 30, 2022
Shanghai Disneyland theme park re-opens after three-month closure
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - More than a thousand visitors streamed in on Thursday as Walt Disney Co's Shanghai Disney Resort theme park opened after a closure of three months, with face masks and social dist...
Jun 30, 2022
Indonesia passes contentious law to create more provinces in Papua
By Stanley Widianto and Kate Lamb JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament passed on Thursday legislation to create three new provinces in its underdeveloped region of Papua, a move critics fear cou...
Jun 30, 2022
Pakistan foreign minister calls for easing sanctions on Afghanistan
BERLIN (Reuters) - Pakistan's foreign minister called for an easing of Western sanctions against Afghanistan under the Taliban government, saying the basic functioning of the Afghan economy must not b...
Jun 30, 2022
Philippines President Marcos says food sufficiency urgent issue
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos said on Thursday ensuring food sufficiency for a country battling soaring inflation will be among his top priorities as he began his six-year ...
Jun 29, 2022
As Tokyo’s June flames out in record heatwave, a power plant shutdown stokes blackout concern
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's electricity grid creaked on Thursday under the strain of Tokyo's hottest June streak since 1875, as the sudden shutdown of a power plant left tens of millions of residents a ...
Jun 29, 2022
South Korea’s Yoon warns at NATO summit of threat to ‘universal values’
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's president warned a NATO summit of the threat to universal values at a time of new conflict and competition, a reference to Russia's aggression in Ukrain...
Jun 29, 2022
