Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Georgia boils Caucasian grape candy as wine harvest ends
By David Chkhikvishvili TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's grape harvest may be over, but vineyard owner and hotelier George Piradashvili's work for the year is far from finished. At his winery in the east...
Nov 17, 2023
Magnitude 6.7 earthquake shakes southern Philippines – GFZ
MANILA (Reuters) -A magnitude 6.7 earthquake rattled the southern Philippine region of Mindanao on Friday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said, and while there were no immediate repo...
Nov 17, 2023
Adverse weather disrupts some flights at Dubai’s main airport
DUBAI (Reuters) - Adverse weather in the United Arab Emirates has caused some disruption to flights at Dubai's main airport, a spokesperson for operator Dubai Airports said on Friday. "As of 10am UAE ...
Nov 17, 2023
Parts of river Rhine in south Germany closed to shipping
HAMBURG (Reuters) - Parts of the river Rhine in south Germany remain closed to shipping on Friday after a rise in water levels following heavy rain this week, German authorities said on Friday. Rhine ...
Nov 17, 2023
US’s Biden signs stopgap spending bill, White House says
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden signed on Thursday a stopgap spending bill to avert government shutdown, the White House said. (Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt, Gokul Pisharody in Bengaluru; Editin...
Nov 17, 2023
Analysis-What China’s Xi gained from his Biden meeting
By Michael Martina and Greg Torode SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - When Chinese President Xi Jinping met executives for dinner on Wednesday night in San Francisco, he was greeted with not one, but...
Nov 17, 2023
Environmental groups urge funding halt for TotalEnergies’ Mozambique project
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Banks and other financiers should withdraw their support of TotalEnergies' $20 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Mozambique, environmental lobby gr...
Nov 17, 2023
Kenya could lose up to 7.25% of GDP to climate change, World Bank says
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya could lose up to 7.25% of economic output by 2050 if it does not take strong action to adapt to climate change and mitigate its effects, the World Bank said ...
Nov 16, 2023
US opens investigation into antisemitic, anti-Muslim discrimination at schools
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Education said on Thursday it has begun investigations of six colleges and one school district over accusations of antisemitic or anti-Muslim discrimination during a...
Nov 16, 2023
Mistrial declared for Kentucky officer charged in Breonna Taylor killing
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - The federal civil rights trial of a former Louisville, Kentucky, police officer charged in the 2020 death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose killing fueled a wave of rac...
Nov 16, 2023
