Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
We don't all smoke weed in Germany, Scholz assures Chinese students
By Andreas Rinke SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday reassured Chinese students in Shanghai that they did not have to smoke cannabis if they studied in Germany and that Germany had l...
Apr 15, 2024
Singapore PM Lee to hand over power to successor Wong on May 15
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, 72, announced on Monday he will hand over power to his successor, Lawrence Wong, on May 15. Wong, 51, is currently the deputy prime mini...
Apr 15, 2024
Philippine president: trilateral agreement with U.S., Japan not directed at anyone
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Monday the trilateral agreement signed between his country and the United States and Japan was not directed at anyone, but merely a ...
Apr 15, 2024
France's Macron: we must avoid escalation in Middle East
PARIS (Reuters) - France will do all it can to avoid further escalation in the conflict between Israel and Iran in the Middle East, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday, urging Israel to show rest...
Apr 15, 2024
UK's Cameron urges Israel not to retaliate against Iran
LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary David Cameron urged Israel not to retaliate after Iran's drone and missile attack, saying Tehran's move had been a near-total failure and the focus should ...
Apr 15, 2024
France steps up security around synagogues and Jewish schools
PARIS (Reuters) - France will step up security around Jewish schools and synagogues, partly as a response to the current Middle East crisis between Israel and Iran, said Interior Minister Gerald Darma...
Apr 15, 2024
Iran attack on Israel adds to airline troubles in Middle East
By Joe Brock SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Global airlines faced disruptions to flights on Monday after Iran's missile and drone attacks on Israel further narrowed options for planes navigating between Europe...
Apr 15, 2024
France, Germany and EU mark anniversary of Sudan war with funding push
PARIS (Reuters) - Top diplomats from France, Germany and the European Union will push for more funding for Sudan on Monday when they meet in Paris to mark the first anniversary of the conflict eruptin...
Apr 15, 2024
Exclusive-Russia and China trade new copper disguised as scrap to skirt taxes, sanctions
(Reuters) - Russian Copper Company (RCC) and Chinese firms have avoided taxes and skirted the impact of Western sanctions by trading in new copper wire rod disguised as scrap, three sources familiar w...
Apr 15, 2024
China says Hong Kong must 'tightly hold' national security line to safeguard development
By Jessie Pang and Joyce Zhou HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's top official on Hong Kong affairs said the city should "tightly hold" onto the bottom line of national security to safeguard development, in...
Apr 14, 2024
