Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
France's Louvre museum remains shut as workers weigh strike extension
PARIS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Paris' Louvre, the world's most-visited museum, remained closed at 0800 GMT on Wednesday, as its staff continued discussions on whether to extend a strike over pay and workin...
Dec 17, 2025
Ukraine drone debris sparks fire at Russia's Slavyansk refinery, authorities say
Dec 17 (Reuters) - Debris from a downed Ukrainian drone briefly set fire to processing equipment and a pipeline at an oil refinery in Russia's southern Krasnodar region overnight, authorities there sa...
Dec 17, 2025
Japan visitor arrivals growth strong in November despite China travel warning
TOKYO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The ongoing diplomatic rift between Japan and China has had a muted impact on overall tourist numbers as visitors to Japan grew 10.4% year-on-year in November, the country's ...
Dec 17, 2025
Analysis-Australia's gun laws riddled with loopholes and workarounds, experts say
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY, Dec 17 (Reuters) - After Australia's deadliest mass shooting in 1996, the country rushed in some of the world's toughest gun laws, including mandatory licensing and background ch...
Dec 17, 2025
With Thaksin jailed, Thailand's Pheu Thai turns to nephew in poll fight back
By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK, Dec 17 (Reuters) - With general elections just months away and its billionaire patriarch in prison, Thailand's embattled Pheu Thai party is turning to another member of the...
Dec 17, 2025
Australia police charge alleged Bondi Beach gunman with 59 offences, including terror
SYDNEY, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Police in Australia said on Wednesday they had charged a man who allegedly opened fire on a Jewish event on Sydney's Bondi Beach with 59 offences, including a terror charge....
Dec 16, 2025
Australian state parliament to be recalled to pass stricter gun laws
SYDNEY, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The Australian state parliament of New South Wales will reconvene next week to discuss urgent legislation on gun control in the wake of the deadly Bondi shootings and consid...
Dec 16, 2025
Japan cancels H3 rocket launch due to 'facility trouble'
TOKYO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Japan's space agency cancelled on Wednesday its planned H3 rocket launch carrying the Michibiki No.5 satellite system due to "facility trouble", the Japan Aerospace Explorati...
Dec 16, 2025
Taiwan says Chinese aircraft carrier sailed through Taiwan Strait
TAIPEI, Dec 17 (Reuters) - China's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, Taiwan's defence ministry said, its first transit of the sensitiv...
Dec 16, 2025
Analysis-Pakistan's military chief Asim Munir in spotlight over Trump's Gaza plan
By Asif Shahzad and Ariba Shahid ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Pakistan's most powerful military chief in decades faces the toughest test of his newly amassed powers as Washington pushes Islamabad to ...
Dec 16, 2025
