Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese court rejected a complaint demanding the shutdown of Shikoku Electric Power's Ikata No.3 reactor, in the first formal ruling on the legal battle for the nuclear plant in w...

By Luiza Ilie and Gabriela Baczynska BUCHAREST/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's leading political umbrella group, the centre-right European People's Party (EPP), is set to back European Commi...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia said on Thursday that it would make pension contributions for workers who take paid parental leave, the latest effort by the centre-left Labor government to address gender...

By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Three Hong Kong High Court judges on Thursday rejected an appeal by prominent pro-democracy activist Tam Tak-chi against his conviction and 40 month sentence for 1...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will offer visa-free travel to nationals from Switzerland, Ireland, Hungary, Australia, Belgium and Luxemborg from March 14, foreign minister Wang Yi said on Thursday. (Repor...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States continues to have a wrong perception of China, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters on Wednesday. Speaking at a news conference on the sidelines of an annual p...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is willing to work with Russia to foster new drivers of cooperation and consolidate friendship, foreign minister Wang Yi told a news conference on the sidelines of an annual ...

HANOI, Mar 7 (Reuters) - Communist Party-ruled Vietnam upgraded ties with Australia on Thursday, in the latest success for its "bamboo diplomacy", after it boosted relations last year with the world's...

(Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Wednesday that it carried out strikes against two unmanned aerial vehicles in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen that "presented an imminent threat to merchant ves...

By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - China has stepped up grey-zone warfare against Taiwan, aiming to make the areas around the democratic island "saturated" with balloons, drones and civilian boats, a Tai...