Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Nigeria destroys seized pangolin parts to deter wildlife trafficking
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria has burned four tonnes of seized pangolin scales, valued at $1.4 million, the first time it has publicly destroyed seized wildlife products to discourage ill...
Oct 17, 2023
Donald Trump returns to New York for civil fraud trial
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - Donald Trump is set to appear in New York court on Tuesday for the third week of a civil fraud trial that could dismantle pillars of the former U.S. president's business empi...
Oct 17, 2023
US releases asylum seekers on the streets. Some suburbs bear the burden.
By Daniel Trotta OCEANSIDE, California (Reuters) - Overwhelmed by record numbers of asylum seekers from around the world, U.S. border officials have released thousands of migrants on streets in the Sa...
Oct 17, 2023
Hardline Republican Jim Jordan makes grab for US House speaker’s gavel
By David Morgan, Makini Brice and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Jim Jordan will try to claim the gavel of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday in a vote that...
Oct 17, 2023
U.S. lawmaker seeks answers from Meta, X, Google, TikTok over Israel-Hamas false content
By Zeba Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Michael Bennet on Tuesday sought information on how tech giants Meta, X, TikTok and Google were trying to stop the spread of false and misleadin...
Oct 17, 2023
Biden heading to Israel and Jordan, focused on ground offensive and humanitarian crisis
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden leaves on Tuesday on a whirlwind trip to Israel and Jordan to get an update on Israel's war aims in its looming battle with Hamas milit...
Oct 17, 2023
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes southern Iran – GFZ
(Reuters) - A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck southern Iran on Tuesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. (Reporting by N...
Oct 17, 2023
US Hurricane Center: 50% chance of cyclone over central tropical Atlantic
(Reuters) - A system located midway between the Windward Islands and the Cape Verde Islands has a 50% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said o...
Oct 17, 2023
Biden to visit Israel on Wednesday, Secretary of State Blinken says
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and to make clear Israel has the right to defend itself, Secretary...
Oct 16, 2023
Nearly 1,000 U.S. citizens, family have departed Israel with government help
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nearly 1,000 U.S. citizens and family members have departed Israel on State Department-sponsored charter flights and other transport options since Friday for ...
Oct 16, 2023
