Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
World food prices up in May for third consecutive month, UN agency says
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Nations world food price index rose for a third consecutive month in May, as higher cereals and dairy product prices outweighed decreases in prices for sugar and vegetabl...
Thomson Reuters Jun 07, 2024
Israeli forces step up bombing of Rafah as tanks try to push west
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - With no sign of progress in mediators' efforts to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza war, Israeli forces pounded Rafah from the air and ground overnight as tanks trie...
Thomson Reuters Jun 07, 2024
Olympic rings displayed on Eiffel Tower 50 days before Paris 2024 Games
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris 2024 organisers on Friday unveiled a display of the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower with 50 days to go until the Summer Olympics in the French capital. The 29- by 13-metre co...
Thomson Reuters Jun 07, 2024
Mexico's president-elect says no decision yet on constitutional reforms
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said late on Thursday no decision had been made on a package of constitutional reforms put forward by outgoing President Andres Manue...
Thomson Reuters Jun 07, 2024
Russia charges French national Vinatier with gathering military intelligence
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian investigators said on Friday they had charged Laurent Vinatier, an adviser to the Swiss nonprofit Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, with gathering information on Russia's mi...
Thomson Reuters Jun 07, 2024
Ukrainian military downs five missiles and 48 drones launched by Russia
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian air force shot down all five missiles and 48 out of 53 drones over nine regions during Russia's overnight attack, Ukrainian military said on Friday. The Russian forces attac...
Thomson Reuters Jun 07, 2024
Indonesian president in damage control over new capital
By Stefanno Sulaiman and Kate Lamb JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's president is rushing to reassure investors and bureaucrats about his $32 billion new capital city in a malaria-prone pocket of Borneo...
Thomson Reuters Jun 07, 2024
Amid war, Putin looks east from Russia's window to Europe
By Guy Faulconbridge and Vladimir Soldatkin ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Cut off from the West, Russia is pitching its $2 trillion economy to giants like China and Saudi Arabia and longer-term pr...
Thomson Reuters Jun 07, 2024
Papua New Guinea ends landslide rescue efforts amid fears of another
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Further landslides will likely plague the area where part of a mountain collapsed onto a remote village in Papua New Guinea two weeks ago, New Zealand geological...
Thomson Reuters Jun 06, 2024
Modi set to be formally elected as alliance leader as India coalition talks progress
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Newly elected lawmakers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) arrived in New Delhi on Friday for their first meeting at which he will be formally e...
Thomson Reuters Jun 06, 2024

