Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) World News (Master Feed)
France's Macron to name new PM as he launches political reset
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron was expected to appoint a new prime minister on Tuesday, as he seeks to boost his second mandate ahead of European parliament elections. The move wil...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2024
Russia orders U.S. citizen detained on drugs charges
(Refiles to fix headline) MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Moscow court said on Tuesday that it had remanded American citizen Robert Romanov Woodland in custody until March 5 on drugs possession charges, which ca...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2024
Taiwan issues alert after China satellite launch
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan authorities sent out an island-wide alert on Tuesday, saying a Chinese satellite had flown over south Taiwan airspace, around the same time Chinese state media confirmed the l...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2024
Maldives president courts investors in China as ties with India sag
By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - At an "Invest Maldives" forum in a southern Chinese port city, the Maldivian president shook hands and exchanged words with smiling local officials on a China visit set...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2024
Bridge dilemma captures divide over China in Taiwan elections
By Sarah Wu KINMEN, Taiwan (Reuters) - Pointing at Xiamen's skyscrapers across the water from his office, Chen Tsang-chiang recalled how 30 years ago the southern Chinese city was as low-slung as his ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2024
Poland detains suspected Belarusian spy
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland has detained a Belarusian woman on suspicion of spying and providing Belarusian security services with information about the diaspora in Poland, the Internal Security Agency ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2024
Indonesia ready to work with countries to finalise South China Sea code
MANILA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on Tuesday her country is ready to work with other Southeast Asian nations to finalise a long-delayed code of conduct for the South C...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2024
Bhutan votes in final round of national elections, economy main issue
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Bhutan began voting on Tuesday, the final round of national parliamentary elections that will form the Himalayan kingdom's fourth government since democracy was e...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2024
Japan to expand FY2024/25 budget reserves for earthquake aid
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to expand its budget reserves for fiscal 2024/25 to support recovery from the Noto peninsula earthquake, Minister of Finance Shunichi Suzuki said on Tue...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2024
South Korea's parliament expected to pass bill to ban dog meat trade
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's parliament is expected to vote on Tuesday to phase out the eating and selling of dog meat, a move that would end the controversial centuries-old practic...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2024

