Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
Foreign volunteers replace workers who fled Israeli farms under fire
By Leonardo Benassatto HATSAV, Israel (Reuters) - Rather than stretch out under the Caribbean sun, Mark Landsman has been spending his vacation picking tomatoes in Israel, unpaid and in striking range...
Jan 25, 2024
Ukraine says Russia did not request secure airspace in area where plane crashed
(Reuters) - Kyiv reiterated it received neither a written nor verbal request from Russia to secure airspace around the area of Belgorod where a Russian military transport plane crashed, Ukrainian mili...
Jan 25, 2024
Russian woman sentenced to 27 years for bombing that killed war blogger
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - A young Russian woman was jailed for 27 years on Thursday for delivering a bomb that exploded in the hands of a pro-war military blogger last year and killed him on t...
Jan 25, 2024
Finland's presidential hopefuls vie to offer toughest stance on Russia
By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) - Maintaining friendly relations with Russia used to be an important task for Finnish presidents, but Sunday's election of a new leader will mark an unprecedented h...
Jan 25, 2024
Slovak lawmakers to fast-track criminal law reforms debate despite objections
(Reuters) - Slovakia's parliament will fast-track debate on government plans to scrap a special prosecutor's office fighting corruption and lower sentences for financial crimes after ruling lawmakers ...
Jan 25, 2024
Erdogan, eyeing more trade with Iran, says Turkey weighing opening new border crossings
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is considering opening new border crossings with eastern neighbour Iran, President Tayyip Erdogan said late on Wednesday after talks with his Iranian counterpart, as they see...
Jan 25, 2024
Italy, EU's oldest country, plans more spending for elderly
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to introduce a new welfare subsidy for the low-income elderly, according to a draft decree seen by Reuters on Thursday, as part of a broad...
Jan 25, 2024
Russian court jails prominent nationalist Girkin for four years over 'extremism'
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Prominent Russian nationalist Igor Girkin was convicted by a Moscow court on Thursday of inciting extremism and sentenced to four years in a penal colony. Girkin, who denied the char...
Jan 25, 2024
Russia says Ukraine had 15-minute warning on PoW flight; Kyiv demands international probe
MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) - A senior Russian lawmaker said Ukrainian military intelligence had been given a 15-minute warning before a Russian military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war ...
Jan 25, 2024
Swedish PM seeks to meet Hungary's Orban in Brussels for NATO talks
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has offered to meet his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban in Brussels next week to discuss the Swedish NATO application and other bilater...
Jan 25, 2024
