Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Qatar World Cup construction workers sue US firm for labor trafficking
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - Dozens of Filipino workers who helped build stadiums that hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming U.S. construction firm Jacobs Solu...
Oct 12, 2023
US working on charter flights to help Americans leave Israel -sources
By David Shepardson and Steven Scheer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department is working to arrange charter flights to Europe to help Americans leave Israel if they want, sources briefed on t...
Oct 12, 2023
US to help Americans evacuate Israel as confirmed deaths rise – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. citizens confirmed dead in the Hamas attack in Israel over the weekend has risen to 27, with 14 more still unaccounted for, White House national security spok...
Oct 12, 2023
Five key moments from Caroline Ellison’s testimony in Bankman-Fried trial
By Jody Godoy and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Caroline Ellison, the star witness in the fraud trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, testified this week that the 31-year-old former billionaire, her onetime bo...
Oct 12, 2023
U.S. judge questions Montana state TikTok ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge questioned Montana's first-of-its kind state ban on the use of short video sharing app TikTok hearing arguments on a legal challenge before it is set to take effect...
Oct 12, 2023
London exhibition celebrates 100 years of Disney
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - From Mickey Mouse sketches to Cinderella's glass slipper, a new exhibition opening in London on Friday celebrates 100 years of the magical world of Disney....
Oct 12, 2023
US Senator Menendez charged with conspiring to act as foreign agent
(Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors pursuing a corruption case against Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Menendez on Thursday brought a new charge against him, accusing him of engaging in a conspiracy to act as a f...
Oct 12, 2023
Mexico govt: Grupo Mexico’s 2014 spill was no accident, urges new plan
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -A 2014 toxic spill in a Mexican river blamed on mining firm Grupo Mexico was not an accident but a cause of negligence, the country's environment minister said on Thursday, whil...
Oct 12, 2023
U.S. retirees to see 3.2% rise in annual benefits in 2024
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retirees and government benefits recipients will get a 3.2% increase next year, the federal government said on Thursday, announcing its smallest annual increase in three ye...
Oct 12, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried trial: scenes from Caroline Ellison’s time on the stand
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - When star witness Caroline Ellison first took the stand on Tuesday at Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial, she needed longer than previous witnesses to point out the 31-y...
Oct 12, 2023
