Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)

By Leika Kihara and John Geddie TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to be pressed on her promised tax cuts and spending plans on Monday after a historic election win...

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities on Sunday said they were seeking court approval to put prominent opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa under house arrest, shortly after he was seized by ar...

By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media mogul and China critic, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in jail, the most severe punishment under the c...

(Corrects paragraph 1 to add dropped letter 'r' in leader's name) By Martin Petty BANGKOK, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Thailand's ruling Bhumjaithai Party scored a decisive victory at last weekend's general ele...

By Laurie Chen BEIJING, Feb 9 (Reuters) - China's top court has overturned a Canadian man's death sentence on drug charges, his lawyer said on Monday, marking a breakthrough in a case that has straine...

By Renju Jose Feb 9 (Reuters) - A white supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand seven years ago said on Monday that he was irrational when he pleaded guilty, local m...

TAIPEI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Taiwan's government on Monday condemned the "harsh" sentence handed out to Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and called for his release. "Jimmy Lai's harsh sentence under Hong...

Feb 9 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's most vocal China critic, media tycoon Jimmy Lai, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in jail, ending the city's biggest national security case which drew international co...

By Orathai Sriring and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Thailand faced a realignment of conservative politics on Monday after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's Bhumjaithai Party won ...

HONG KONG, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced on Monday to a total of 20 years in jail on three charges comprising two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces...