Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
ASEAN summit focus on maritime security, trade amid South China Sea tensions
MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday that maritime security, trade and clean energy will shape the country's future with the ASEAN bloc as Beijing...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2024
US now pushes UN to back 'immediate' Gaza ceasefire to free hostages
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday revised language in a draft United Nations Security Council resolution to back "an immediate ceasefire of roughly six-weeks ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2024
At least 126 activists killed in Latin America in 2023 -report
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 126 human rights and environmental defenders were murdered in Latin America in 2023, according to data from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) published ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2024
Peru's President Boluarte to make changes to cabinet, says minister
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's President Dina Boluarte will make changes to her cabinet, Foreign Minister Javier Gonzalez-Olaechea said on Tuesday, as speculation swirled in local media that her prime minist...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2024
Pacific Islands face challenges as growth slows, says World Bank
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Growth in Pacific Island economies slowed last year to 5.5%, with tourism and remittances from overseas workers recovering in some countries, while shocks from cyclones and drought ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2024
World Bank, Gates, UN pledge close to $600m to end cervical cancer
LONDON (Reuters) - Global health donors pledged nearly $600 million towards eliminating cervical cancer on Tuesday, at the first global forum dedicated to fighting the disease. The World Bank, the Bil...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2024
Russian spy chief calls Macron's comments about NATO soldiers in Ukraine dangerous
MOSCOW (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's comments on possibly sending NATO soldiers to Ukraine are pushing the world to the brink of nuclear war, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SV...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2024
Pro-Palestinian group sues Canada over military exports to Israel
By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian and human rights advocates in Canada on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the federal government to stop it from allowing companies to export military...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2024
Explainer-Famine looms in Gaza - how will the world know it has arrived?
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations has warned that widespread famine in the Gaza Strip is "almost inevitable" without action. A formal conclusion that famine has arrived...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2024
Yemen's Houthis say they target two US warships in Red Sea
CAIRO (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis carried out a military operation in which they targeted two U.S. warship destroyers in the Red Sea, the group's military spokesman, Yahya Sarea, said in ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 05, 2024

