Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
US House to vote on impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas
By Moira Warburton and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House will vote on Monday whether to advance or block a Republican charge to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas fo...
Nov 13, 2023
Thousands evacuated as Iceland braces for volcanic eruption
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Some 900 earthquakes hit southern Iceland on Monday, authorities said, adding to tens of thousands of tremors that rattled the region in recent weeks as the country braces for w...
Nov 13, 2023
Kenya’s president urges progress on global plastics treaty
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Negotiators working on the world's first treaty to curb plastic pollution need to hurry up and strike a deal, Kenya's President William Ruto said on Monday at the ...
Nov 13, 2023
Los Angeles freeway closed by fire, creating commuter headache
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Los Angeles commuters are starting their workweek with a major traffic headache on Monday as a downtown stretch of the heavily transited Santa Monica Freeway remained clos...
Nov 13, 2023
Donald Trump Jr. to testify second time in father’s civil fraud trial
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - Donald Trump Jr. is set to testify again on Monday in his father's civil fraud trial, this time called by the defense to field questions about the former U.S. president's fam...
Nov 13, 2023
New US House speaker tries to muster his Republicans to avert government shutdown
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fledgling U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson faces his first big legislative battle this week as his tries to marshal his fractious Republican ma...
Nov 13, 2023
Explainer-Why is South Asia the global hotspot of pollution?
By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Toxic levels of air pollution are disrupting the lives of millions of people in South Asia forcing closure of schools, impacting sporting events and leaving gover...
Nov 13, 2023
Construction ban to fight pollution compounds misery for Delhi labourers
By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Totaram Maurya heaves bricks and sacks of cement on building sites in New Delhi to feed his family of seven. But he's been stuck at home with no pay for more than...
Nov 13, 2023
Three Indian cities among world’s 10 most polluted after Diwali
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two Indian cities joined New Delhi to be among the world's worst 10 for pollution on Monday morning, with smoke heavy in the air a day after revellers let loose with firecrackers...
Nov 12, 2023
Tim Scott, lone Black Republican in US Senate, ends White House bid
By Gram Slattery (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Tim Scott suspended his run for the 2024 Republican presidential election nomination on Sunday after months of burning through campaign cash at a blistering r...
Nov 12, 2023
