Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Athletics-Fiji Prime Minister Rabuka wins Oceania medal at 75
(Reuters) - Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, aged 75, turned back the clock to win a bronze medal in the shot put at the Oceania athletics championships on Wednesday. Rabuka represented Fiji in th...
Jun 05, 2024
Pope calls for global push to tackle poor nations' debt crises
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The world must do more to reduce the debt burden faced by low income countries to avoid them entering a cycle of poverty and despair, Pope Francis said on Wednesday. Global de...
Jun 05, 2024
Israel court approves temporary ban on Al Jazeera, citing national security
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli court on Wednesday upheld a 35-day ban on Al Jazeera operations in Israel imposed by the government on national security grounds and a minister said he hoped to extend...
Jun 05, 2024
Highest waterfall in China gets a little help from a pipe, officials say
BEIJING (Reuters) - Scenic park operators in China's Henan province were forced to acknowledge that the country's highest waterfall got a helping hand from a pipe due to a lack of rainfall. Video from...
Jun 05, 2024
Winter deepens misery for Argentina's poor following Milei's financial cuts
By Juan Bustamente and Horacio Soria BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Homelessness is on the rise across major Argentine cities as the new libertarian government's tough medicine reforms squeeze pensions, sta...
Jun 05, 2024
Italian court convicts American Amanda Knox in slander case
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - An Italian court on Wednesday found American Amanda Knox guilty of slander and issued a three-year sentence over accusations she made in relation to the murder of her Briti...
Jun 05, 2024
Jordan makes biggest drugs bust in years at border with Saudi Arabia
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan has foiled two plots to smuggle millions of captagon pills through a border post near Saudi Arabia, in the biggest seizure in years of drugs smuggled by...
Jun 05, 2024
Nepal's honey gatherers say fewer hives threaten tradition
By Navesh Chitrakar and Yubaraj Sharma TAAP, Nepal (Reuters) - Aita Prasad Gurung dangled off a cliff in Nepal, carefully manipulating a long pole with a blade at its end to cut away chunks of honeyco...
Jun 05, 2024
South Korea residents on border with North fear spike in tensions
By Hyun Young Yi and Hyunsu Yim PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) - When North Korea sent hundreds of balloons carrying trash over the border to South Korea last week, the move sparked emergency alerts and ...
Jun 05, 2024
ANC to speak as South Africa waits to find out who will govern
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The African National Congress will give an early indication on Wednesday of its response to last week's election, which ended its 30-year run as the majority par...
Jun 05, 2024
