Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Russian journalist’s Nobel Peace Prize fetches record $103.5 million at auction to aid Ukraine children
By Lidia Kelly (Reuters) -Dmitry Muratov, the co-winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize and the editor of one of Russia's last major independent newspapers, auctioned off his Nobel medal for a record $1...
Jun 20, 2022
Mexican migrant advocates demand end to deportations, detention
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican human rights organizations marked World Refugee Day on Monday by speaking out against the government's response to migrants entering the country, as rec...
Jun 20, 2022
Mexico foreign minister says has tested positive for COVID-19
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Monday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and would carry out his duties at home. Ebrard said on Twitter that his symptoms...
Jun 20, 2022
Honduras sentences former executive for murder of environmental activist
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A Honduran court sentenced a former energy executive to over two decades behind bars Monday for his role in the murder of Berta Caceres, whose 2016 assassination spotlighted th...
Jun 20, 2022
Civil society group flays diamond watchdog over Russia stalemate
(Reuters) - The Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition on Monday sharply criticised the global diamond watchdog for resisting efforts to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at this week's interna...
Jun 20, 2022
Panama’s president says diagnosed with rare blood disorder
By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo said on Monday he has been diagnosed with a rare blood disorder known as myelodysplastic syndrome and that he will be se...
Jun 20, 2022
Zelenskiy defiant as Russia intensifies attacks on eastern cities, seizes territory
By Natalia Zinets, Max Hunder, Oleksandr and Kozhukhar KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine on Monday acknowledged difficulties in fighting in the east of the country as Russian forces captured territory along a ...
Jun 20, 2022
U.N. chief to Security Council: ‘We cannot give up on people of Syria’
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the Security Council on Monday to extend its approval of aid deliveries from Turkey to millions of pe...
Jun 20, 2022
Youths sue European governments over fossil fuel energy pact
By Juliette Portala (Reuters) - Five young people will on Tuesday file a lawsuit against 12 European governments over an international pact that allows fossil fuel investors to sue countries for takin...
Jun 20, 2022
Yellen, Canada’s Freeland present united front on Ukraine, economic challenges
By David Lawder TORONTO (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met with Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday, pledging cooperation on issues ranging from sanctions against R...
Jun 20, 2022
