Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
US must be ready for simultaneous wars with China, Russia, report says
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States must prepare for possible simultaneous wars with Russia and China by expanding its conventional forces, strengthening alliances and enhancin...
Oct 12, 2023
US regulators fine credit firm TransUnion $23 million over rent screening failures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fined credit reporting agency TransUnion a total of $23 million over inaccurate rental backgro...
Oct 12, 2023
White House calls Trump’s comments on Hezbollah, Israeli defense minister ‘dangerous’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's comments calling Hezbollah "smart" and criticizing Israel's defense minister were "dangerous and unhinged," White House spokesman Andrew Bat...
Oct 12, 2023
El Niño to continue through Northern Hemisphere spring, US forecaster says
(Reuters) - There is an 80% chance that the El Nio weather pattern will continue through the Northern Hemisphere spring from March to May 2024, a U.S. government forecaster said on Thursday. "Area-ave...
Oct 12, 2023
EU watchdog piles pressure on banks to better quantify climate risks
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Banks may not be fully reflecting risks from climate change in their capital buffers and several changes will be introduced over the next three years to help rectify th...
Oct 12, 2023
Wildfires in dry Amazon rainforest choke Manaus city
By Bruno Kelly MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - Clouds of dense gray smoke from dozens of wildfires in the Brazilian Amazon, many of them illegally started, have hung over the region's capital city Manaus, ...
Oct 12, 2023
Biden to meet with Target, IBM and other CEOs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will meet with the chief executives of several large companies on Thursday to get their perspective on the U.S. economy, a White House official said. The mee...
Oct 12, 2023
European airlines say sustainable fuel targets may mean higher fares, consolidation
By Joanna Plucinska and Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European airline chiefs said on Thursday the industry needs to make more money and may consolidate further to pay for sustainability targets, a...
Oct 12, 2023
UK’s climate policy changes may raise costs and jeopardise goals –advisers
LONDON (Reuters) -Changes to Britain's climate policies will make meeting its climate targets harder and could increase energy and transport costs for households, the country's independent advisory pa...
Oct 12, 2023
Low wheat prices irk Kansas farmers, capping US winter wheat acreage
By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. farmers are about halfway done planting winter wheat for harvest in 2024, but acreage is expected to remain stable or decrease from last year because of low...
Oct 12, 2023
