Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Explainer-Why is Russia trying to capture the Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar?
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Russian paratroopers have reached the eastern edge of the Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar, which Kyiv's top commander says Moscow wants taken by May 9, the date when R...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2024
Divisions among Colombia's EMC rebels fracture peace talks, rebel leader and government say
By Luis Jaime Acosta YARI PLAINS (Reuters) - A majority of the units that make up Colombia's Estado Mayor Central (EMC) armed group have abandoned peace negotiations with the government because of int...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2024
2024 US election vocab: Dobbs dads, lawfare, Fetterman Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Every U.S. national election, a cottage industry of strategists, pollsters and organizers craft brand-new words and phrases to describe the mood of American voters and the polit...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2024
US Supreme Court tackles rioter's obstruction case, with Trump implications
By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considers a Pennsylvania man's bid to avoid an obstruction charge related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Ca...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2024
Statue to Tony Blair honours "Tonibler" cult in Kosovo
By Fatos Bytyci FERIZAJ, Kosovo (Reuters) - As sculptor Agon Qosa put some of the finishing touches to a statue of Tony Blair, he thought about what the former British prime minister had done for Koso...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2024
Ukraine says it 'ran out of missiles' to stop Russian strike ruining power station
(Reuters) - A lack of air defense missiles prevented Ukraine from thwarting a Russian missile attack last week that destroyed the biggest power plant in the region around the capital Kyiv, President V...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2024
US Treasury preparing new Iran sanctions after Israel attack, Axios reports
(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is preparing fresh sanctions on Iran in response to Iran's attack on Israel, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing a copy of her remarks. "Treasury will no...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2024
World economy to skirt recession but growth too low, German government sources say
By Christian Kraemer BERLIN (Reuters) - The danger of a global recession has largely been averted but growth will be meagre, German government sources said, referring to International Monetary Fund fo...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2024
Factbox-What we know about Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange that caught fire
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A fire at Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange on Tuesday engulfed its spire, which collapsed onto the roof in a scene reminiscent of the 2019 blaze at Par...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2024
Kremlin suggests Ukraine would use Olympic truce to try to regroup
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin reacted coolly on Tuesday to French President Emmanuel Macron's call for a truce in international conflicts during the Paris Olympics, saying Ukraine might use it as an ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2024

