Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Russia and China scold the United States over 'Golden Dome' plans
MOSCOW, May 20 (Reuters) - Russia and China said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile-defence shield plans threatened strategic stability and that Washington had been ir...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2026
Ukraine, Hungary kick off expert-level consultations
May 20 (Reuters) - Kyiv and Budapest began expert-level consultations online on Wednesday, the countries' foreign ministers said. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said he focused his opening s...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2026
Chinese personnel swim, use boats to evacuate people in flood-hit areas
HONG KONG, May 20 (Reuters) - Rescue workers used boats or swam through floodwaters to evacuate people in waterlogged areas across central and southwest China on Wednesday after torrential rain killed...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2026
Bulgaria wants U.S. to allow visa-free travel for its nationals, says PM
SOFIA, May 20 (Reuters) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev on Wednesday said he spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump over the phone and brought up visa-free travel for Bulgarian nationals to the U...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2026
US Homeland Security says it assisted Spain in probe of former PM Zapatero
WASHINGTON/MADRID, May 20 (Reuters) - The United States' Department of Homeland Security assisted Spanish police in a money-laundering probe that led to an investigation by Spain's High Court of forme...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2026
Explainer-Israeli vote to dissolve parliament may bring elections forward
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, May 20 (Reuters) - Israel's parliament is expected to vote on Wednesday on a bill to dissolve itself, potentially bringing forward by a few weeks the next national election...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2026
As Merz struggles, Germany's far-right AfD goes local to woo voters
By Susanne Neumayer-Remter and James Mackenzie HALBERSTADT, Germany, May 20 (Reuters) - As German Chancellor Friedrich Merz struggles to halt a relentless slide in approval ratings, Ulrich Siegmund, f...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2026
Poland says US troop deployment delayed, not canceled
By Anna Koper WARSAW, May 20 (Reuters) - Poland's defence minister said no decisions have been made to reduce the number of American troops in the country and recent U.S. moves may only temporarily de...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2026
Two Japanese, one Chinese national injured in Shanghai knife attack, China's foreign ministry says
BEIJING, May 20 (Reuters) - Two Japanese nationals and a Chinese national were injured in a knife attack "by a person with a mental disorder" at a restaurant in Shanghai on Tuesday, a Chinese foreign ...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2026
Last two bodies of Italian divers killed in scuba diving accident recovered, Maldives says
MALE, May 20 (Reuters) - The last two bodies of Italian divers killed in a scuba diving accident in the Maldives have been recovered, the media office of the Maldives president said on Wednesday, comp...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2026

