Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
US House’s Scalise, Jordan locked in two-way speaker race, for now
By Makini Brice and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Steve Scalise, the No. 2 Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, and Jim Jordan, a leader of the party's conservative wing, are in a...
Oct 07, 2023
California governor vetoes bill to ban caste discrimination
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Saturday vetoed a bill passed recently by the state legislature to ban caste discrimination, saying a separate legislation to that eff...
Oct 07, 2023
Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes northwestern Afghanistan – GFZ
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck northwestern Afghanistan on Saturday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. GFZ revised the magnitude down from an initial reading of...
Oct 07, 2023
Desmond Tutu’s modest car reminds South Africans of his values
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's anti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu could have chosen practically any car in the world when billionaire Warren Buffett offered to buy him a vehicle. But in 2008, the ...
Oct 07, 2023
Indian rescuers struggle to reach flood-hit areas where over 100 are missing
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Indian rescue teams are finding it difficult to reach flood-hit areas in the north-eastern state of Sikkim where more than 140 people are missing because the region is still...
Oct 07, 2023
Haze hits Singapore as hot spots in Sumatra increases
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's air quality fell into the unhealthy range on Saturday, official readings showed, as increased forest fires from neighbouring Indonesia brought haze to the...
Oct 07, 2023
Mild quake felt in Mexico city, no immediate reports of damages
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An earthquake alarm sounded in Mexico City late on Friday and mild shaking was felt in parts of the capital, according to Reuters witnesses, but there were no immediate reports...
Oct 07, 2023
China warns of big waves, wind and rain as Typhoon Koinu approaches
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China warned on Saturday of big waves, heavy rain and strong wind as Typhoon Koinu approaches the southern province of Guangdong and Hainan island. Waves of up to nine metres were...
Oct 06, 2023
Water supply dwindling, Bolivians gather at dam to pray for rain
By Santiago Limachi and Sergio Limachi LA PAZ (Reuters) - Under a scorching sun, more than three hundred Bolivians on Friday marched to a dusty plain near the Incachaca dam that overlooks the city of ...
Oct 06, 2023
Suspect in Colorado supermarket shooting declared mentally fit for trial
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The Colorado man accused of murdering 10 people in a shooting rampage at a Boulder supermarket in 2021, then diagnosed as schizophrenic and declared mentally unfit for pros...
Oct 06, 2023
