Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Barcelona raises water bills due to long-running drought
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - Water bills will rise sharply in Barcelona and neighbouring cities due to a long-running drought in Spain's northeast as the costs of desalination and water purifica...
Nov 28, 2023
American Lithium says Peru lithium project could be fast-tracked
(Reuters) - Canada's American Lithium Corp on Tuesday said it submitted an early environmental permit study for its Falchani lithium project in southern Peru and expects approval in coming months, whi...
Nov 28, 2023
Rupert Murdoch to be deposed in Smartmatic defamation case against Fox
By Helen Coster and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Rupert Murdoch is set to be questioned under oath on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of voting technology company Smartmatic's $2.7 billion defamation ...
Nov 28, 2023
Powerful Koch group endorses Haley’s 2024 Republican presidential bid
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The conservative U.S. political network led by billionaire Charles Koch on Tuesday endorsed Nikki Haley for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, giving t...
Nov 28, 2023
FDIC watchdog planning ‘special inquiry’ on agency leadership, sexual harassment
By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) -A watchdog overseeing the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp will conduct a "special inquiry" into to how the bank regulator's leadership has handled complaints about s...
Nov 28, 2023
White House urges RSV vaccine makers to meet demand
By Susan Heavey and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior Biden administration officials met with RSV vaccine makers this week to underscore the need for manufacturers such as Sanofi and Astr...
Nov 28, 2023
Sri Lanka needs $100 billion to become net zero emitter by 2040, president says
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka needs $100 billion to become a net zero emitter by 2040, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday, as the island also attempts to build climate...
Nov 28, 2023
Hunter Biden offers to testify publicly in House Republicans’ probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden on Tuesday offered to testify publicly next month to a House Republican impeachment inquiry of his father's Democratic administration,...
Nov 28, 2023
High cost of capital a bane for energy transition ahead of COP28
By Divya Chowdhury MUMBAI (Reuters) - Advocates for the energy transition are concerned ahead of the COP28 summit in Dubai about the high cost of capital available to make change happen, as policymake...
Nov 28, 2023
Biden to join mourners at memorial of former US first lady Rosalynn Carter
By Rich McKay and Jonathan Allen ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will help lead tributes to Rosalynn Carter, the former U.S. first lady who died on Nov. 19 at ag...
Nov 28, 2023
