Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
US, South Korea sign integrated nuclear deterrence for Korean peninsula
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. commitment to deterrence against North Korea is backed by the full range of U.S. capabilities, including nuclear, U.S. President Joe Biden told South Korean President Y...
Jul 11, 2024
UK's Starmer urges NATO allies to boost defence spending
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on other NATO allies on Thursday to do more to increase their defence spending, saying it was needed to protect the alliance's values ...
Jul 11, 2024
Biden corrects himself after mistakenly referring to Ukraine's Zelenskiy as 'President Putin'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday mistakenly referred to Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy as "President Putin" before correcting himself at the NATO summit in Washingto...
Jul 11, 2024
UN demands Russia withdraw from Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday demanded that Russia "urgently withdraw its military and other unauthorized personnel" from Ukraine's Zap...
Jul 11, 2024
Explainer-What is the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua?
By Daniel Trotta and Jose del Pino (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday placed sanctions on Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang with prison origins that law enforcement leaders throughout the Ameri...
Jul 11, 2024
Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Belgorod region injures five children, governor says
(Reuters) - A Ukrainian drone strike on a courtyard outside a multi-storey apartment block on a border town in southern Russia's Belgorod region injured five children, two of them seriously, the regio...
Jul 11, 2024
Analysis-Macron tries to assuage NATO fears despite French political limbo
By John Irish WASHINGTON (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron once shook up NATO by declaring it was suffering "brain death". But his days of such boldness on the international stage may be sl...
Jul 11, 2024
Inmates escape Niger prison holding militants
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger's interior ministry said it had ordered search units to be on alert after inmates escaped on Thursday from the high-security Koutoukale prison whose inmates include Islamist m...
Jul 11, 2024
Why Joe won't go: behind Biden's rejection of Democrats' calls to leave the race
By Jeff Mason, Jarrett Renshaw and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shortly after President Joe Biden's halting debate with Donald Trump on June 27, his exit from the 2024 U.S. presidential race se...
Jul 11, 2024
Leaders from Beryl-hit Caribbean say more aid needed
(Reuters) - The leaders of small Caribbean island nations on Thursday said that financial damages wrought by the passage of Hurricane Beryl would run beyond their capacities and urged lenders to ease ...
Jul 11, 2024
