Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
China's "dragon" baby boom may boost population in 2024: report
HONG KONG (Reuters) - More babies are being born in hospitals across China in the Year of the Dragon, financial news outlet Yicai reported, an increase which could soften the decline in population in ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 23, 2024
Israeli defence firms make air show return, tight-lipped on Gaza war
By Joe Brock SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Israel's defence industry was out in force at the Singapore Airshow this week, making its return after being largely absent from the Dubai air show in November in th...
Thomson Reuters Feb 22, 2024
Several injured in 100-car pile on icy China expressway
BEIJING (Reuters) - Several people were injured after more than 100 cars collided into each other on an icy stretch of an expressway in the Chinese city of Suzhou, Chinese media reported on Friday, th...
Thomson Reuters Feb 22, 2024
Armenia freezes participation in Russia-led security bloc - Prime Minister
(Reuters) - Armenia has frozen its participation in the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) because the pact had failed the country, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an in...
Thomson Reuters Feb 22, 2024
Exclusive-Chinese police work in Kiribati, Hawaii's Pacific neighbour
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Chinese police are working in the remote atoll nation of Kiribati, a Pacific Ocean neighbour of Hawaii, with uniformed officers involved in community policing and ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 22, 2024
New Zealand reassessing proposed overhaul of Antarctic base
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand is reassessing a proposed overhaul of its Antarctica base after negotiations with a construction firm reached a deadlock due to budget issues, the go...
Thomson Reuters Feb 22, 2024
South Korea raises health alert to 'severe' over protest by doctors
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has raised its health alert as of Friday morning after thousands of doctors walked off the job this week to protest against a government plan to raise the number of medic...
Thomson Reuters Feb 22, 2024
UK authorities seize 'biggest ever' cocaine shipment
LONDON (Reuters) - British authorities said on Friday they had seized 5.7 tons of cocaine from a port in southern England, in what is believed to be the biggest ever seizure of Class A drugs in the UK...
Thomson Reuters Feb 22, 2024
UK and EU to share intelligence on gangs trafficking migrants in new deal
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will gain access to the EU's intelligence on criminal gangs involved in human trafficking as part of a deal with the bloc's border protection agency, Frontex, in another sig...
Thomson Reuters Feb 22, 2024
IMF, Ukraine reach staff agreement on next disbursement of $880 million
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Officials from the International Monetary Fund and the Ukrainian government on Thursday reached a staff-level agreement on updated economic policies, paving the...
Thomson Reuters Feb 22, 2024

